Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/

Exactly what it says on the tin.
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On 8/15/2022 2:07 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
> Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
> https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
>
> Exactly what it says on the tin.

Whoa, two for five here. "I am Legend" and "Remnant Population".

Lynn

On 15/08/2022 14.07, James Nicoll wrote:
> Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
> https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
>
> Exactly what it says on the tin.

In Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series, the real ruler of the
galaxy lives in a little shack on a planet with population
one. Sometimes people come and ask him questions, and then
go away. He doesn't believe in anything except what his
senses are currently telling him, so he stops believing in
them after they've left. When he's inside his shack, he
stops believing in the universe outside of it.

He has what could accurately be labelled a "detached point
of view."

--
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On 2022-08-15 1:07 p.m., James Nicoll wrote:
> Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
> https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
>
> Exactly what it says on the tin.

Not just I am Legend. Every damn thing Matheson wrote was about being
alone.

On Thursday, 25 August 2022 at 20:32:48 UTC+1, David Johnston wrote:
> On 2022-08-15 1:07 p.m., James Nicoll wrote:
> > Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
> > https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
> >
> > Exactly what it says on the tin.
> Not just I am Legend. Every damn thing Matheson wrote was about being
> alone.

Well, _A Stir of Echoes_ is - spoiler - about finding out
psychically what dreadful people your neighbours
may be. And "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is about
unwanted company.

On 8/15/2022 2:07 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
> Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
> https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
>
> Exactly what it says on the tin.

You know, there should be a Robert Heinlein book in this mix. Maybe
"Methuselah's Children".

Lynn

On 26/08/2022 13.19, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 8/15/2022 2:07 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
>> https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
>>
>> Exactly what it says on the tin.
>
> You know, there should be a Robert Heinlein book in this mix.  Maybe "Methuselah's Children".

I'm not seeing it. Unless you're saying that the 7,000 people on
board the hijacked starship all wanted to be alone together. In
fact, Heinlein's protagonists tend to be quite gregarious.

The only real loner of whom I can think was "the unwed mother",
who spent a lot of time with himself.

--
Michael F. Stemper
The name of the story is "A Sound of Thunder".
It was written by Ray Bradbury. You're welcome.

On 26/08/2022 13.54, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
> On 26/08/2022 13.19, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 8/15/2022 2:07 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>> Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
>>> https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
>>>
>>> Exactly what it says on the tin.
>>
>> You know, there should be a Robert Heinlein book in this mix.  Maybe "Methuselah's Children".
>
> I'm not seeing it. Unless you're saying that the 7,000 people on
> board the hijacked starship all wanted to be alone together. In
> fact, Heinlein's protagonists tend to be quite gregarious.
>
> The only real loner of whom I can think was "the unwed mother",
> who spent a lot of time with himself.

Doh! Waldo was a hermit, recluse, and loner.

--
Michael F. Stemper
The name of the story is "A Sound of Thunder".
It was written by Ray Bradbury. You're welcome.

On 8/26/2022 1:54 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
> On 26/08/2022 13.19, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 8/15/2022 2:07 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>> Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
>>> https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
>>>
>>> Exactly what it says on the tin.
>>
>> You know, there should be a Robert Heinlein book in this mix.  Maybe
>> "Methuselah's Children".
>
> I'm not seeing it. Unless you're saying that the 7,000 people on
> board the hijacked starship all wanted to be alone together. In
> fact, Heinlein's protagonists tend to be quite gregarious.
>
> The only real loner of whom I can think was "the unwed mother",
> who spent a lot of time with himself.

The 7,000 escapees all wanted to not be dissected. They wanted to be
left alone.

Lynn

On 8/26/2022 1:56 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
> On 26/08/2022 13.54, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
>> On 26/08/2022 13.19, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> On 8/15/2022 2:07 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>> Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
>>>> https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
>>>>
>>>> Exactly what it says on the tin.
>>>
>>> You know, there should be a Robert Heinlein book in this mix.  Maybe
>>> "Methuselah's Children".
>>
>> I'm not seeing it. Unless you're saying that the 7,000 people on
>> board the hijacked starship all wanted to be alone together. In
>> fact, Heinlein's protagonists tend to be quite gregarious.
>>
>> The only real loner of whom I can think was "the unwed mother",
>> who spent a lot of time with himself.
>
> Doh! Waldo was a hermit, recluse, and loner.

+1. I forgot about him too.

Heinlein did not miss a trick, he covered ALL topics.

Lynn

On Friday, 26 August 2022 at 19:19:07 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 8/15/2022 2:07 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
> > Five SFF Stories About Hermits, Recluses, and Loners
> > https://www.tor.com/2022/08/15/five-sff-stories-about-hermits-recluses-and-loners/
> >
> > Exactly what it says on the tin.
> You know, there should be a Robert Heinlein book in this mix. Maybe
> "Methuselah's Children".

James's other doings pushed me to remind myself
(and to comment without putting in my name, again)
of <https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/AndHeBuiltACrookedHouse>
within which story "Heinlein makes a brief allusion to
himself as the 'Hermit of Hollywood'", though I gather
elsewhere that being a hermit in the actual 21st century
doesn't exclude shopping in person for groceries.

At least I think that was mentioned in _The Hermit of Treig_
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011hp3>, see also
<https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/highland-hermit-stuns-fans-glasgow-26400478>
which admittedly contradicts what I just claimed.