As I’ve said in class, I’m not a fan of the experimental things being done with text in this book. For me, they’re a distraction: the blank pages, page after page with only a single line on them, pages whose whitespace is being slowly invaded by words written over and over each other until they’re… Continue reading Form, function, and content
Author: Nik Caruso
Road Script
So, I’ve never written a screenplay, but I have written comic scripts before, so I’m using that format. I’m doing the flashback to the supermarket on pages 183-5. Page 1 [Page divided into three horizontal panels. I’m looking for a grey, dreary, overcast kind of feel to this — think late fall morning after it’s… Continue reading Road Script
Will The “Real Babette” Please Stand Up?
I know I spoke about this in class, but it’s poked at my mind quite a bit over the last few days. Jack’s obsession with his illusions, especially when it comes to Babette, strikes a chord with me. We have so much gender-loaded language in our society now, and even more in the 1980’s when… Continue reading Will The “Real Babette” Please Stand Up?
It’s loud, individual conversations cannot be discerned, and this post is way too long.
The first thing that hits me is the shrieking. Thinking back to when I was a child, yes, I remember that shrieking was somehow an integral part of play. As an adult it simply makes me cringe. The sound seems to bypass the auditory organs and perform a direct sonic assault to my brain. The… Continue reading It’s loud, individual conversations cannot be discerned, and this post is way too long.
Where are all the “leaders”?
So, I have to admit, I was expecting to see the word “leader” in Lucifer’s Hammer many more times than 14. For a novel that, at its heart, seems to be talking about human society and bootstrapping ourselves out of disaster it seems as though there should be more instances of it. What’s telling, however,… Continue reading Where are all the “leaders”?
The attraction of the apocalypse
I’ve been struck by the way that people in Lucifer’s Hammer seem both repelled by and yet somehow attracted to the idea of the apocalypse. At first it’s presented as a ludicrous idea — there’s even doubt as to whether or not the comet would even be visible from Earth — and something worthy of… Continue reading The attraction of the apocalypse
Ephemera for 9/3
I’ll explain why it’s germane in class.