tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post5479339669691159134..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Fantasy/SF: recent readingRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-68492785892944204802010-05-28T13:02:25.008-07:002010-05-28T13:02:25.008-07:00Just finished the Eyre Affair myself and had much ...Just finished the Eyre Affair myself and had much to question. Firstly, is everything a send up? I can get Millon Floss and Braxton Hicks, but I confess a lot of the others escape me. Secondly, is the Richard the III presentation a send up of the audience participation in the long lasting replay of "Rocky Horror Picture Show?" <br>On another note, the ERB story reminds me of that one you discussed about the Persian Navy discovering New Yor, The Last American by James Mitchell. Visitng the ruins of once prominent cities in science fiction is, I guess, pretty common as, for instance, in "A Scientific Romance" by Ronald Wright or "Eternity Road" by Jack McDivitt.Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-62833030396997941712010-05-29T11:36:37.730-07:002010-05-29T11:36:37.730-07:00Oh, undoubtedly, to both. I had to look up Braxton...Oh, undoubtedly, to both. I had to look up <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braxton_Hicks_contractions" rel="nofollow">Braxton Hicks</a>; I can see why you'd know it in your line of work.<br><br>Spotting references to ruined Londons in literature has become a bit of a hobby for me (admittedly, with Google Books, it's also become a bit fish-in-a-barrel lately); I've had a long correspondence with David Platt (not <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Platt_%28Coronation_Street%29" rel="nofollow">this one</a>), whose <a href="http://traumwerk.stanford.edu:3455/71/29" rel="nofollow">Where London Stood</a> site is devoted entirely to the theme of ruined modern cities.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com