Comments on: Alexei Kondratiev 1949 – 2010 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2010/05/alexei-kondratiev-1949-2010.html A modern Pagan perspective Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Scott Kurtz http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2010/05/alexei-kondratiev-1949-2010.html#comment-13405 Scott Kurtz Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:05:07 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=4859#comment-13405 I am just learning of Alexei's death now, about nine months after it occurred. It is quite a shock to hear of this. I had been out of touch in recent years, not because of disagreements but because our paths had simply seemed to part.. I met Alexei back in the late 1970s at one of the New York City Empiricons. I remember one time when Alexei and I were talking at great length to a somewhat less than coherent Lin Carter. Alexei would no doubt remember the rather macabre yet humorous circumstances. We used to have lengthy discussions about science fiction (J.G. Ballard's Vermillion Sands and elemental disaster novels, Theodore Sturgeon, Gene Wolfe, etc etc etc), fantasy (Tollkien), modern classical music (especially the work of Olivier Messiaen, Lou Harrison, and Boris Tishchenko). I had thought about contacting him recently after learning about the death of the Russian composer Boris Tishchenko (who was Shostakovich's favorite pupil). The depth and breadth of his knowledge and enthusiasms was truly awesome. I regret not having communicated with him for so long. I am just learning of Alexei's death now, about nine months after it occurred. It is quite a shock to hear of this. I had been out of touch in recent years, not because of disagreements but because our paths had simply seemed to part.. I met Alexei back in the late 1970s at one of the New York City Empiricons. I remember one time when Alexei and I were talking at great length to a somewhat less than coherent Lin Carter. Alexei would no doubt remember the rather macabre yet humorous circumstances. We used to have lengthy discussions about science fiction (J.G. Ballard's Vermillion Sands and elemental disaster novels, Theodore Sturgeon, Gene Wolfe, etc etc etc), fantasy (Tollkien), modern classical music (especially the work of Olivier Messiaen, Lou Harrison, and Boris Tishchenko). I had thought about contacting him recently after learning about the death of the Russian composer Boris Tishchenko (who was Shostakovich's favorite pupil). The depth and breadth of his knowledge and enthusiasms was truly awesome. I regret not having communicated with him for so long.

]]> By: Ken Gale http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2010/05/alexei-kondratiev-1949-2010.html#comment-13404 Ken Gale Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:38:01 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=4859#comment-13404 I wanted you to know that a one-hour radio show I did with Alexei the day before St. Patrick's Day in 1999 has been posted on to my web site. It was not long after "The Apple branch" had been published and we compared writing prose and writing comic books and writing nonfiction with writing fiction. There were also many tidbits of Celtic culture and you get to hear some of Alexei's wonderful sense of humor. He inspired some interesting listener phone calls, too. There is also an obituary to him by me on the same page. http:www.comicbookradioshow.com/Alexei99.html I wanted you to know that a one-hour radio show I did with Alexei the day before St. Patrick’s Day in 1999 has been posted on to my web site. It was not long after “The Apple branch” had been published and we compared writing prose and writing comic books and writing nonfiction with writing fiction. There were also many tidbits of Celtic culture and you get to hear some of Alexei’s wonderful sense of humor. He inspired some interesting listener phone calls, too. There is also an obituary to him by me on the same page.

http:www.comicbookradioshow.com/Alexei99.html

]]> By: jane sibley http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2010/05/alexei-kondratiev-1949-2010.html#comment-13403 jane sibley Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:28:21 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/?p=4859#comment-13403 I've known Alexei for many years. Stood in awe of him for as many. He was an incredible man, so learned in so many fields. He did me the great honor of beta-reading my latest book, "The Divine Thunderbolt: Missile of the Gods" (Xlibris) and I was thrilled that he only identified 4 booboos/omissions, and 3 of those were not in the chapter on the Celts. His knowledge of Slavic, as well as general Continental languages, folklore, and religion permitted him to do unusually in-depth comparisons and contrasts of same. Sort of like Joseph Campbell, but here, I'd put my money on Alexei. Farewell, old friend, someday we'll meet again in the Beautiful Lands, and let's share some mead and get into another one of those lovely chewy discussions! I’ve known Alexei for many years. Stood in awe of him for as many. He was an incredible man, so learned in so many fields. He did me the great honor of beta-reading my latest book, “The Divine Thunderbolt: Missile of the Gods” (Xlibris) and I was thrilled that he only identified 4 booboos/omissions, and 3 of those were not in the chapter on the Celts. His knowledge of Slavic, as well as general Continental languages, folklore, and religion permitted him to do unusually in-depth comparisons and contrasts of same. Sort of like Joseph Campbell, but here, I’d put my money on Alexei. Farewell, old friend, someday we’ll meet again in the Beautiful Lands, and let’s share some mead and get into another one of those lovely chewy discussions!

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