tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867030737332168098.post1907532750210082083..comments2023-05-13T15:05:34.588+03:00Comments on Tpi's reading diary: My Hugo votes 2014, part 1, novellas tpihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267293532080444663noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867030737332168098.post-58241666192040403652014-07-04T13:53:23.442+03:002014-07-04T13:53:23.442+03:00Yes, it is a homage to Tarzan and monster movies, ...Yes, it is a homage to Tarzan and monster movies, and it has wonderful writing. But that doesn't really make it speculative fiction in my opinion. tpihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06267293532080444663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867030737332168098.post-62454493197425562152014-07-03T03:23:37.994+03:002014-07-03T03:23:37.994+03:00I thought Wakulla Springs was, far and away, the b...I thought Wakulla Springs was, far and away, the best written of the novellas, with interesting characters.<br /><br />I must have read it differently from you. I read it as an *homage* to Tarzan (and Edgar Rice Burroughs), an inherently fantastic character, and also as an homage to Universal Studios monster movies of the 50s, which pretty much *defined* science fiction for most average Americans back then.<br /><br />That these two legendary parts of sf/f were set against such a realistic background made it a superb story, IMHO.NS Leightonnoreply@blogger.com