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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 00:36:11 -0700 Subject: Re: (urth) Sev's skull and spring constellations From: Lisa Schaffer-DoggettOn Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 01:55 PM, Don Palumbo wrote: > Of course, Wolfeis crass enough to copy, but he does it with such=20 > incredible style and intelligence, and never without giving it a twist=20= > of his own.=A0 BNS has Joseph Campbell's monomyth coming out its = mouth,=20 > ears, nose, throat, and all its pores (and then just does it all over=20= > again in URS); but BNS is likely the most compelling and clever (and=20= > easily the most elaborate) reworking of this formula in SF, which is=20= > saying a lot, because some of the other SF reworkings (all six=20 > original DUNE books, THE STARS MY DESTINATION, and FLOWERS FOR=20 > ALGERNON among them) are among the best SF novels ever written.=A0 = [btw,=20 > is this a coincidence? I don't think so.] > > I am about to begin writing a long scholarly article on this--and=20 > probably won't be done writing it until the end of September or=20 > later.=A0 While it will be published in print, is there some way to=20 > eventually post it on this site (which I just joined recently) for=20 > anyone on this list who is interested to look at (and, hopefully, add=20= > their 2 cents worth to)? > > --Don Palumbo > > Don (I am not the first Don) replies, All writing is copying of some sort, and crassness isn't always a=20 shortcoming. You could submit your article to Ultan's Library. I=20 don't have the url but you can google it. Or maybe link it to the=20 Lupine Nuncio. Again you must google. --