Re: OT Film (No standards: crap.)

[Nick Bennett <nickbenn@twinsongs.com>]

"That Hell-Bound Train" was the story; it was by Robert Bloch. I think 
you can find it in the three-volume "Complete Stories of Robert Bloch" 
collection, as well as volume II (I think) of the Hugo Winners collections.

Ellison's "The Cheese Stands Alone" is a great one, too.

Nick


Mech wrote:
> At 6:39 PM +0200 8/28/07, Tilmann Dehnhard wrote:
>>
>> help me. who wrote this excellent story about a man with ab watch he 
>> got from the devil that can make the past hour loop forever - and the 
>> guy forgets about it, because he always thinks: there will come a 
>> better hours, soon...?
>
> I think it might have been Robert Silverberg (not 100% certain, 
> though).  The title was something like "The Hellbound Train".
>
> Along similar lines is one of my favorite Harlan Ellison stories, "The 
> Cheese Stands Alone".  It involves a man encountering an, erm, 
> suspicious curio shop broker (aren't they all) who can show you a 
> vision of the best -- the absolute pinnacle -- moment of your life.
>
>     --m.