tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post607044785091330529..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: O as in OBLIVION as in Where are American Fantasy Characters?Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-47182000033555638942013-04-13T17:34:28.138-05:002013-04-13T17:34:28.138-05:00D.G.:
Yes Kerouac, Hunter Thompson, and Fitzgerald...D.G.:<br />Yes Kerouac, Hunter Thompson, and Fitzgerald are pretty much forgotten. THE GREAT GATSBY movie may spotlight Fitzgerald for a short season<br /><br />In UNDER A VOODOO MOON and THE RIVAL, I spotlight what New Orleans was like in 1834 in customs and mind-set. <br /><br />In RITES OF PASSAGE and ADRIFT IN THE TIME STREAM, I focus on what America was like in 1853 and what horrors England and Europe spawned in the early 1800's. I also detail the culture and customs of the times. I even throw in William Faulkner in the New Orleans of the Roaring 20's!<br /><br />I like to think people don't know the fun prose and odd historical facts they are missing! :-)<br /><br />Nick:<br />Like you, I thought Martin was British as well at first! Sadly, no one reads Twain or Steinbeck anymore. Hemingway is only a little better read. Sigh.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-6013172532632121252013-04-13T15:44:19.944-05:002013-04-13T15:44:19.944-05:00I have to say, I didn't know what nationality ...I have to say, I didn't know what nationality Martin was, but I would have assumed he was British. You have had authors like Twain and Steinbeck who mythologised the American landscape, but I suppose there isn't really anyone doing that now.Nick Wilfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841776353790635132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-59325127110682665442013-04-13T13:00:53.722-05:002013-04-13T13:00:53.722-05:00I'm always amazed at how many Americans don...I'm always amazed at how many Americans don't read some of their best authors shunning J. Kerouac, and others from the Beat era, and authors like H.S. Thompson, and Fitzgerald. (as an expatriate, I can say that) Taste is subjective, but these men had their finger on what was happening in their country at the time they lived in.<br /><br />I would love to read more about the stories from our western places, what New Orleans has been like over the decades, and what little-town USA did before technology bogged us all down and bit into our leisure time.<br /><br />Just sayin'. . .D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-4571582273448315072013-04-13T11:22:49.474-05:002013-04-13T11:22:49.474-05:00Alex:
My RITES OF PASSAGE and ADRIFT IN THE TIME S...Alex:<br />My RITES OF PASSAGE and ADRIFT IN THE TIME STREAM takes place in New Orleans and in the Gulf of Mexico. I tried for a historical fantasy set in 1853, which made of America a land of contesting myths and monsters. FRENCH QUARTER NOCTURNE and CREOLE KNIGHTS takes place in New Orleans in 2005, extending the war between American myths and monsters into our present. But I am just an unknown. :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-45627578173487843872013-04-13T11:14:09.608-05:002013-04-13T11:14:09.608-05:00Good point! Fantasy settings are usually medieval,...Good point! Fantasy settings are usually medieval, which implies Europe. Someone needs to get busy writing to change that.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com