And for later grist for the dramatic mill, it will probably serve us that one is a strong, well-characterized, complex woman, preferably from another political viewpoint or culture. While Carson traveled to Venus, Carter to Barsoom, and Rogers to the future by themselves, we may need companions for the hero, like Flash Gordon did. And let’s have the aliens of this world be as close to humans as possible in physique and psychology, otherwise other assumptions become much harder to play with. We’ll need a hero, a youngish white male paragon to travel to another world, because that’s the core of the form. So now, here’s Part III, What a Watchmen Treatment of Planetary Romance Might Look Like…. Debate is good!Īnd, I’ve been ending on a cliffhanger, like any good pulp. This is a fun exercise and it’s quite possible that I’m way off in what I construct next, so if I am, please offer up your ideas, views, suggestions. When we last left our intrepid blogger (me) two weeks ago and four weeks ago, he was blogging (very roughly) about the superhero genre, pre- and post- Watchmen, and the kind of light that Alan Moore’s Watchmen shone onto superhero comics, as well as the core elements of the planetary romance form. I was setting up this conversation about what a Watchmen-like treatment of planetary romance would look like, both the pretty parts and the ugly ones. What Would it Look Like to Pull a Watchmen on Planetary Romance? Part III What Would it Look Like to Pull a Watchmen on Planetary Romance? Part III This novel was also discussed by Black Gate blogger Ryan Harvey a few years ago, so if you want an alternate view, it’s here. Princess of Mars, Gods of Mars and Warlord of Mars were all too well remembered so I downloaded Thuvia Maid of Mars at, which does audio recordings of public domain books. I’d previously talked about Burroughs and the amazing biography written about him here. I was optimistic about rereading my first novel experiences, Edgar Rice Burroughs though. Dune aged poorly for me in some important ways (I detailed it here) and Anthony’s Spell for Chameleon had little redeem itself in my mind (the ways that reread fell flat are here). I’ve had rocky experiences on rereads before though. Scott Bakker’s Prince of Nothing (covered here by Theo), Charles Stross’ Saturn’s Children and the first two books of The Lord of the Rings. My reread of the X-Men is well underway (here’s post X in the blog series), and I’ve also relistened to R. To calm my brain at times, I’ve been rereading books I enjoyed. Art by Roy Krenkel, Jr., Bob Abbett, and Roy Carnonĭuring confinement and adjusting to a new job (while writing a new novel!), I’ve been feeling like my bandwidth is restricted. Thuvia of Mars paperback editions (Ace 1962, Ballantine 1969, Four Square 1962).
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