tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post6744047518170034651..comments2024-02-11T15:29:31.409-05:00Comments on Richard's Pretension: Peruse to SnoozeRichard Bellushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-65418314868660320882018-05-27T00:25:01.576-04:002018-05-27T00:25:01.576-04:00Neumann is interesting even though his central the...Neumann is interesting even though his central thesis (parallel of individual and societal development) feels simply wrong. My favorite book on mythology at the transition from pre-history to history is still "The White Goddess" by Robert Graves. He knows his material and his insights provide many "aha!" moments.<br /><br />I'm glad an earlier Scalzi review was helpful. He writes good, literate, but unpretentious scifi.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-4701208692098552512018-05-26T20:29:56.176-04:002018-05-26T20:29:56.176-04:00The Neuman book sound really interesting. Always l...The Neuman book sound really interesting. Always looking for books that explore mythology and its impact on our lives. Read quite a bit of Campbell, but looking for something else. This sounds like it might fit the bill.<br /><br />I checked out the first novel of "Old Man's War" on your recommendation and really enjoyed it. I have Scalzi on my reading list for sure. Need to check out "Lock In" for sure.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-41735080566101716912018-05-26T15:30:57.526-04:002018-05-26T15:30:57.526-04:00The idea has been booted (‘boted?) around before, ...The idea has been booted (‘boted?) around before, true enough. Surrogates – the comic and the movie – ran with the premise big time. Still, Scalzi did well with is version of it.<br /><br />Hmm, maybe there should be a Buffy and Archie crossover comic. This is especially suited to the <a href="http://richardbellush.blogspot.com/2017/02/over-dale.html" rel="nofollow">rebooted Archie</a> that accompanied the premiere of Riverdale last year.<br />Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-17802772549949034962018-05-26T11:57:07.776-04:002018-05-26T11:57:07.776-04:00Re: Scalzi--there was a similar narative running t...Re: Scalzi--there was a similar narative running thru the Grimjack comics about tourist-bots. Where tourist could use robot to visit the city, which was safer as the city was something similar to Escape from New York, and inter-dimensional. Fairly interesting idea. <br /><br /><br />Re: Basic Writing--I was never big on philosophy as it always seemed to me they talked around in circles, and were hard to understand so I never got much from them. Kudos for getting thru that. <br /><br /><br />Re: Buffy--as I read your review I thought that sounds like Archie with vampires which I'd never thought of before, but yeah. El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.com