Comments | sartorias: George Elliott, Middlemarch, and SF

sartorias

George Elliott, Middlemarch, and SF

Feb 11, 2009 09:08

Those of you who like 19th C novels as much as I do, go read Jo Walton's take on the idea of Middlemarch and science fiction ( Read more... )

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coppervale February 11 2009, 17:18:20 UTC

Slightly-related factoid: my graphic novel series STARCHILD began with pages I recycled from an unfinished Classics Illustrated adaptation of Silas Marner...

sartorias February 11 2009, 17:20:04 UTC

How cool is that?

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sartorias February 11 2009, 18:53:59 UTC

Very good point about Dickens. Yep, I can totally see him running with sfnal ideas!

Mervyn Peake was talked a lot about during the seventies, as I recall. He had a coterie of fans, who had a bit of an elitist attitude--same with Lud-in-the-Mist
's fans.

burger_eater February 11 2009, 19:44:24 UTC

Middlemarch? Wasn't that a show on PBS or something?

/philistine

I will admit that I'm perfectly happy with only a little complex interaction between characters who seem real, as long as they're the right interactions.

sartorias February 11 2009, 20:13:42 UTC

*g*

Good point about interactions (though some of us like the more byzantine complexities).

newsboyhat February 11 2009, 20:38:36 UTC

I agree with the Dickens and I've heard so much of George Eliot from both you and my 19th century lit professor. Now, I just need free reading time!

akirlu February 11 2009, 20:48:37 UTC

Thanks for the pointer, that's a lovely essay, and makes me much more curious about Middlemarch since Jo pretty well nails what I don't like about Dickens and Hardy. I do so very much enjoy when Jo gets thinky about genre.