Although I have not yet had opportunity to view it, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is now in the local movie theaters. I listened to the first half of the audio book for free this morning. It was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922, in response to Mark Twain’s comment about the unfairness of youth coming at the beginning of life, and old age at the end. The venue is my hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, described accurately as a “Southern” city.

The audio of the second half of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is not yet available at Librivox.org, but you may find the entire text of Fitzgerald’s work at Gutenberg.org (three fifths down the page), and probably at Stanza too if you want to download it to your iPod. See “Reading On My iPod Touch.” You can listen to the first half of the story right here, thanks to Librivox and computer technology. Give it a listen.

As to the movie - I just read a review, and apparently it has almost nothing in common with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, except the title and the basic premise. REVIEW.