[GROUP] Coffee Break Collection #39 - MAGIC lt

msfry · Post by **msfry** » August 27th, 2023, 5:11 pm

I believe I shall read "The Box of Robbers" -- tomorrow morning! It doesn't deal directly with magic, but clearly there was magic afoot beforehand to make the story possible.

Winnifred · Post by **Winnifred** » August 27th, 2023, 10:08 pm

msfry wrote: ↑August 27th, 2023, 5:11 pm I believe I shall read "The Box of Robbers" -- tomorrow morning! It doesn't deal directly with magic, but clearly there was magic afoot beforehand to make the story possible.

Well, if it isn’t magic keeping three bandits alive in a chest for years (and squishing them back in there again, to be released at some later date), I don’t know what is!

msfry · Post by **msfry** » August 28th, 2023, 7:49 am

Winnifred wrote: ↑August 27th, 2023, 10:08 pm
msfry wrote: ↑August 27th, 2023, 5:11 pm I believe I shall read "The Box of Robbers" -- tomorrow morning! It doesn't deal directly with magic, but clearly there was magic afoot beforehand to make the story possible.
Well, if it isn’t magic keeping three bandits alive in a chest for years (and squishing them back in there again, to be released at some later date), I don’t know what is!

I guess I'm confused about fantasy vs magic. Had she lured them back into the chest saying abra ka dabra and waving a wand, that would definitely qualify as magic! Whatever, it's a very cute story. Will you PL it for me when the time comes?

Winnifred · Post by **Winnifred** » August 28th, 2023, 9:09 am

msfry wrote: ↑August 28th, 2023, 7:49 am
Winnifred wrote: ↑August 27th, 2023, 10:08 pm
msfry wrote: ↑August 27th, 2023, 5:11 pm I believe I shall read "The Box of Robbers" -- tomorrow morning! It doesn't deal directly with magic, but clearly there was magic afoot beforehand to make the story possible.
Well, if it isn’t magic keeping three bandits alive in a chest for years (and squishing them back in there again, to be released at some later date), I don’t know what is!
I guess I'm confused about fantasy vs magic. Had she lured them back into the chest saying abra ka dabra and waving a wand, that would definitely qualify as magic! Whatever, it's a very cute story. Will you PL it for me when the time comes?

Well, they’re closely related, and there’s often magic in a fantasy. Fantasy is a genre. I think of magic as the agency that leads to unlikely events (like three men living in a trunk for years).

Sure, I’ll PL your story.

Cheers,

Grothmann · Post by **Grothmann** » October 6th, 2023, 1:01 am

Hello Lynette:

Night Wings
By Jack Snow
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 11:32

Audio at: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_nightwings_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV10N03192709/page/n125/mode/2up

I am glad I found this collection. This isn't a Mystery, or Horror, or Science Fiction. It is a straight forward story. Enjoy.

Dale

msfry · Post by **msfry** » October 6th, 2023, 7:24 am

Thank you, Dale. I look forward to listening.

elsieselwyn · Post by **elsieselwyn** » October 15th, 2023, 8:25 am

Here are two for you, Michelle

:

Cards from the Mouth by Thomas Nelson Downs (1868-1938)

text: https://archive.org/details/artofmagic00down/page/27/mode/1up

link: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_cardsfromthemouth_es_128kb.mp3 (01:59)

Author is not in database, so here is his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Nelson_Downs

Relation between Magic and Religion by Crawford H. Toy (1836-1919)

text: https://archive.org/details/jstor-592340/page/n1/mode/2up

link: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_relationbetweenmagicandreligion_es_128kb.mp3 (11:45)

msfry · Post by **msfry** » October 15th, 2023, 1:24 pm

PL Notes for Nightwings.

Intro should include (in bold): "Title of story by Author. Coffee Break Collection 39 - Magic This is a LibriVox . . .

All else is OK.

msfry · Post by **msfry** » October 15th, 2023, 2:08 pm

PL Notes, Relation Between Magic and Religion

2:17 Missing paragraph after "end Footnote. "It is very doubtful whether such hard-and-fast dividing lines can be assumed for early stages of religion. In the beginning everything seems to have been in flux — there were no sharp definitions of natural and supernatural, of gods and demons, or, in general, of friendly and unfriendly Powers." There was a vague sense of power . . .

All else is good. If answered prayers aren't "magic", they sure seem so!

Cards From The Mouth is PL OK

elsieselwyn · Post by **elsieselwyn** » October 15th, 2023, 2:49 pm

msfry wrote: ↑October 15th, 2023, 2:08 pm PL Notes, Relation Between Magic and Religion

2:17 Missing paragraph after "end Footnote. "It is very doubtful whether such hard-and-fast dividing lines can be assumed for early stages of religion. In the beginning everything seems to have been in flux — there were no sharp definitions of natural and supernatural, of gods and demons, or, in general, of friendly and unfriendly Powers." There was a vague sense of power . . .

All else is good. If answered prayers aren't "magic", they sure seem so!

Cards From The Mouth is PL OK

Whoops! Good catch! Here it is corrected: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_relationbetweenmagicandreligion_es_128kb.mp3 (12:03)

msfry · Post by **msfry** » October 15th, 2023, 2:53 pm

Relation Between Magic and Religion is PL OK

Grothmann · Post by **Grothmann** » October 15th, 2023, 5:36 pm

Hi:

I have made the correction, and changed the file name also. Night Wings is not -- https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_nightwings_dg_128kb.mp3

Everything else is the same.

Thanks
Dale

Grothmann · Post by **Grothmann** » October 15th, 2023, 8:17 pm

Grothmann wrote: ↑October 15th, 2023, 5:36 pm Hi:

I have made the correction, and changed the file name also. Night Wings is now -- https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc39_nightwings_dg_128kb.mp3

Everything else is the same.

Thanks
Dale

msfry · Post by **msfry** » October 16th, 2023, 6:56 am

Night Wings is PL OK. Thanks for contributing to the project.
BTW I could not discern any difference between the original and new file name.

marisad6 · Post by **marisad6** » October 28th, 2023, 3:33 pm

I am interested in participating in this project. Can we read individual tricks from Magic; stage illusions and scientific diversions, edited by Albert A. Hopkins? There are some good tricks in there with entertaining descriptions that are under 15 minutes, but I’m not sure if it’s OK to read parts of chapters.

Also, what is the deadline for submitting readings for this after we volunteer?