*SPOILERS*
There is so much to talk about.
To start with, A Thousand Times Great Grandmère is often called the Dust Witch. Maybe Timothy should think twice about listening to her...
Okay, maybe it's not a big deal. Obviously she's not Madamoiselle Tarot or the time travelling tattoo artist. Moving on...
In "Make Haste to Live" the character of Angelina Marguerite is a Time Lady. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. The evidence is that she is unfathomably old, she gets younger-looking all the time, and at one point is called a "daughter of time".
Showing posts with label From the Dust Returned. Show all posts
Showing posts with label From the Dust Returned. Show all posts
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
From the Dust Returned Internal Continuity (SPOILERS)
Surprisingly, especially for a book that was worked on over 55 years, this book has issues within itself, which must be dealt with before figuring out how exactly it fits with the others.
Fortunately, there are only a few things, so it won't be a long post.
The first couple have to do with the character of Cecy, who can move her mind out and enter other beings or even inanimate objects to see what it's like to be them.
First of all, in the chapter entitled "Homecoming", at one point Cecy dreamily tells her brother Timothy that she's in the mind of a lonely woman in California. Moments later, the woman walks into the mud pots near her house, allowing herself to be engulfed by the mud and the sulfurous fumes. When this happens, Cecy quickly moves into the mind of a bird and flies off. Just seconds later, there is a smack as a bird hits the attic window and Cecy announces that her mind has fully returned to the House.
Fortunately, there are only a few things, so it won't be a long post.
The first couple have to do with the character of Cecy, who can move her mind out and enter other beings or even inanimate objects to see what it's like to be them.
First of all, in the chapter entitled "Homecoming", at one point Cecy dreamily tells her brother Timothy that she's in the mind of a lonely woman in California. Moments later, the woman walks into the mud pots near her house, allowing herself to be engulfed by the mud and the sulfurous fumes. When this happens, Cecy quickly moves into the mind of a bird and flies off. Just seconds later, there is a smack as a bird hits the attic window and Cecy announces that her mind has fully returned to the House.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
From the Dust Returned Review
If you're getting tired of me solely reviewing Ray Bradbury books, don't panic
. I'm doing something different this month. Unfortunately for you (if you're tired of Bradbury reviews, that is) this is one of the former.
This time, it's From the Dust Returned
. This is a fix-up novel that has been in the making since 1946. In fact, it started as a few short stories, but now it is finished (well, finished ten years ago...) as a "novel".
Because of its history, it doesn't fit together structurally as cohesively as, say, Something Wicked
This Way Comes did. That is not to say, however, that it is a bad book. It's simply not a convenional novel. To be sure, it has an overarching storyline, just separated into short stories and shorter, connecting, chapters.
. I'm doing something different this month. Unfortunately for you (if you're tired of Bradbury reviews, that is) this is one of the former.This time, it's From the Dust Returned
. This is a fix-up novel that has been in the making since 1946. In fact, it started as a few short stories, but now it is finished (well, finished ten years ago...) as a "novel". Because of its history, it doesn't fit together structurally as cohesively as, say, Something Wicked
This Way Comes did. That is not to say, however, that it is a bad book. It's simply not a convenional novel. To be sure, it has an overarching storyline, just separated into short stories and shorter, connecting, chapters.
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