Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING?
In reading Watchmen, I am most struck by the God, Man and Superman subtext of all the Who is killing the Masks drama. Moore posits the notion that there is no God and in the absense of God man must create one while simultaneously arguing that IF there is a God He would be as detached and removed from day-to-day human interaction as Dr. Manhattan. ~rave! --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Chris Hayden belsidus2...@... wrote: (I am re reading it, too, after seeing The Tales of The Black Freighter and re-viewing the film again. Funny how the film and dvd kept hitting those lines and scenes from the book and I would key on the image from the book, Dave Simmons work and the movie absolutely hit that scene--the director even portrayed some better. That is the ultimate fanboy superhero experience--again, it will be sort of like a cult film-- While I was watching the film again I watched with two minds--fanboy mind in which the comic is imprinted on my brain--and unattached objective mind, which was wondering what the hell all this was about. Totally useless to anybody who is not a diehard historian of the genre--I know the hope. That Watchmen will infect the world. It was not to be. The rest of the world wants Super-heroes. Not Masks. Or Watchmen. --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal ravenadal@ wrote: --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella tdlists@ wrote: What are you reading? I am reading Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen (and enjoying the hell out of it) and the Octavian Nothing duology (I adore the language). Although the two Octavian Nothing books take place in pre revolutionary America, they are about a preternaturally gifted young black slave plopped into a strange new world and his first person account of trying to rationally navigate that maddingly contradictory world. ~rave! http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING?
One other note... word is Universal Pictures bought the rights to Jordan's works and--in some kind of fantasy fraticidal match-up--there's talk of an Eye of the World movie set for 2011, same time as The Hobbit sequel. Why anyone would try to make a movie out of Jordan's epic (which spans 15 books) is beyond me. Even if they decide to make it animated (which is rumored by some), it's still way too much to put on a big screen. And given Jordan's complexity and detail, going to be hard to merge/cut books. Not to mention the screams of bloody murder that would arise from his fans. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990464.html?categoryid=13cs=1 On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Jeff Carter mbsj...@gmail.com wrote: Um did you say late Robert Jordan? -Original Message- From: Sincere sincere1...@gmail.com sincere1906%40gmail.com Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:45 AM To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com SciFiNoir_Lit%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING? lol and i thought it was just me... :) I'm reading A New Spring- the Wheel of Time prequel by the late Robert Jordan... it's been sitting on my shelf forever, and I finally just picked it up and started thumbing through it. Walking through Brooklyn, found a copy of RA Salvatore's The Orc King on the stoop of a brownstone--one of the many tales of Drizzt Do'Urden the dark elf from the Forgotten Realms Fantasy series. I read the original Drizzt novels (along with the accompanying Icewind Dale books) way back as a kid. I didn't keep up with the continuing novels or spin-offs. So I have to go on wiki just to catch myself up to what the heck's been going on. I'm sure tales of the ebon-skinned evil elves will get under my own ebon skin as I read... though I always did like the storyline. When this semester ends, I might dive into it. Sin aka Black Galactus On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:30 AM, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.comravenadal%40yahoo.com wrote: This is supposed to be a SciFiNoir LIT group...is anybody reading ANYTHING...sci fi? ~rave? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_._ [The entire original message is not included] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING?
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@... wrote: What are you reading? I am reading Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen (and enjoying the hell out of it) and the Octavian Nothing duology (I adore the language). Although the two Octavian Nothing books take place in pre revolutionary America, they are about a preternaturally gifted young black slave plopped into a strange new world and his first person account of trying to rationally navigate that maddingly contradictory world. ~rave! http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING?
I don't come by often...because I'm reading. I'm currently reading Desires and Designs, a fantasy novel by K.J. Parker. Next on my list is Retro-KM by Edward Uzzle, then Raggamuffin, by Tobias S. Bucknell. --- On Fri, 4/17/09, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: From: ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING? To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 3:30 PM This is supposed to be a SciFiNoir LIT group...is anybody reading ANYTHINGsci fi? ~rave? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING?
I'm just finishing up The Darker Mask as collection of short stories by Steven Barnes, Walter Mosley, LA Banks and others. I just finished a story about a Latina crack addict turned superhero and a story about the life of a henchman from his perspective. Only three more stories left, so I'm looking for something else What are you reading? From: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifinoir_...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ravenadal Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 8:30 AM To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] ...is anybody reading ANYTHING? This is supposed to be a SciFiNoir LIT group...is anybody reading ANYTHING...sci fi? ~rave? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
