tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post3143960442128607401..comments2024-03-27T10:53:14.239-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: Guest Post: "Arthur Machen and Other Walkers" by Dale NelsonDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-22459552266411771732016-03-23T21:34:21.262-04:002016-03-23T21:34:21.262-04:00Ray Bradbury was another who never learned to driv...Ray Bradbury was another who never learned to drive. He had no problem taking the train or flying in an airplane.<br /><br />In his younger days he like to walk. An experience he had while walking inspired his story "The Pedestrian". Bradbury was walking late a night, and a copy went up to him and asked, "How come you not home watching TV?"<br />Seeingsightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15145290574595775774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-69552653981469474072016-02-21T06:53:45.958-05:002016-02-21T06:53:45.958-05:00I myself am a walker, though I have not done much ...I myself am a walker, though I have not done much lately due to poor weather. Also, even if he could afford a motor, I doubt that Machen, the fierce anti-materialist, would ever wish to drive a car when there is much more to be experienced by walking in the forgotten byways of London or the timeless countryside of Gwent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-3947245681541563042016-02-20T08:24:11.793-05:002016-02-20T08:24:11.793-05:00This discussion of cars and writers reminded me of...This discussion of cars and writers reminded me of a conversation had between Edith Wharton and Henry James. Wharton purchased her first automobile in 1904, a Pope-Hartford, and frequently upgraded to new and better models. She was a great fan of motoring, but never drove, employing a chauffeur as people of her class did then. When shown a new and gleaming car during one of his visits to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-75059334073629676652016-02-19T17:42:36.001-05:002016-02-19T17:42:36.001-05:00I'm sure you're right.In the late 50s in S...I'm sure you're right.In the late 50s in Scotland my father had a Morris 8, which looked like something from a gangster film,and the only other car in the area was a vintage Bullnose Morris owned by ancient lady farmers. In Machen's heyday only the wealthy had cars, and writers are sadly not often greatly rewarded.Sandy Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064756302394502872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-67861299685352395092016-02-19T04:21:31.309-05:002016-02-19T04:21:31.309-05:00Thanks for an interesting post, Dale. I'm sure...Thanks for an interesting post, Dale. I'm sure you're right that Machen never learned to drive. Cars were a luxury item in Britain until the 1950s at the earliest and Machen was never well off. But in any case he was all his life a keen walker, from his youthful rambles in the Gwent countryside to his long perambulations of the obscurest London streets and squares. To add another example,Mark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.com