Missing the point by a mile - or leagues, rather

Aug 06, 2008 22:16

Or, Did Alan Moore even read Jules Verne?

The theme of this year's International Blog Against Racism is "Intersectionality" which ought to be a snap for me, but as usual I'm behind and disorganized but thanks to shewhohashope and oyceter both posting about steampunk and colonialism, I remembered something which I've been meaning to try to examine in greater detail, ( Read more... )

stupidity, history, comics, racism, ibarw, verne, steampunk, imperialism, nemo

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nenya_kanadka August 7 2008, 03:36:01 UTC
Sudden urge to fangirl Captain Nemo, of whom I've only heard through other fen....

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evilstorm August 7 2008, 04:19:07 UTC
Ditto! Christ, now I have to read those novels too, I guess.

And omg, yes, that Seraphim story. Socute, ahahaha.

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nenya_kanadka August 7 2008, 05:29:52 UTC
He sounds really quite gorgeous from P@L's description!

I've only read I think two Jules Verne stories--Five Weeks In A Balloon, I *think*, and Around The World In Eighty Days, the latter of which I've seen in various film versions and may possibly have even read.

This is bad, since Dr. Emmett Brown is my hero.

(Volunteering at library means I'm confronted frequently with the idea that I can read books I don't have money to buy, though! Hurrah.)

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evilstorm August 7 2008, 06:50:57 UTC
He does, doesn't he. Damnit.

I don't even remember if I've read any Verne stories, considering the fact that if it happened, it was at that age where I ripped through books at an insane rate and everything...blurs, after a while. I think I might've read Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Hm.

Of late I seem to have drifted from my SFF roots, strangely enough. The latest books I've bought/borrowed are--uh--Seize the Fire, an awesome book on Nelson, two books on Turandot, and Thus Spake Zarathustra. Yeah.

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nenya_kanadka August 7 2008, 05:59:30 UTC
Steampunk Mulder! XD

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evilstorm August 7 2008, 06:51:24 UTC
Steampunk Mulder hell yeah XDD

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nenya_kanadka August 7 2008, 05:23:29 UTC
Hmmm, does the Nargothrond astronomical/artistic clock in Leithian owe something to the elephant clock, then?

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Oh, I'm sure it does-- bellatrys August 10 2008, 14:27:16 UTC
This mental collection of all kinds of artifacts from every museum and art book I've ever seen is both useful and extremely frustrating, because That reminds me of something I saw once - or somethings - but when/where/what? is pretty much a constant condition!

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Re: Oh, I'm sure it does-- nenya_kanadka August 10 2008, 20:45:05 UTC
Heh! I can see that being annoying. Surfeit of riches, I suppose!

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