tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post1089822143488676135..comments2024-03-28T16:39:46.847-04:00Comments on Tellers of Weird Tales: Before the Golden Age-John Russell FearnTerence E. Hanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-69031249319237328932013-05-20T07:42:24.132-04:002013-05-20T07:42:24.132-04:00I guess the big difference between BSG and the Dum...I guess the big difference between BSG and the Dumarest saga is that - whereas the crew of BSG rarely get to land anywhere - Earl does wind up on a different planet in each book. I've often wondered about the origins of this particular mythic type too, as I'm not sure he has a European equivalent - no recent equivalents, anyway - although he does have some similarities to a knight errant (something Stephen King was quick to exploit in his 'Dark Tower' books). He may be an exclusively American creation!<br />Aonghus Fallonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434527113873901741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-14098810667787537522013-05-18T10:04:14.196-04:002013-05-18T10:04:14.196-04:00Aonghus,
Thanks for mentioning E.C. Tubb. He shou...Aonghus,<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning E.C. Tubb. He should be on my current list, "More Authors from the Golden Age of Science Fiction." I'll correct the oversight.<br /><br />The Earl Dumarest series sounds interesting. I just read about it on Wikipedia. It sounds like Battlestar Galactica was--intentionally or not--a swipe from that series.<br /><br />If Earl is a descendant of Shane, The Man With No Name, etc., I wonder what are the origins of that character. Part Byronic hero? Part descending angel? A supernatural figure of some kind?<br /><br />THTerence E. Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-5839984372188064012013-05-17T04:54:02.398-04:002013-05-17T04:54:02.398-04:00I remember reading that E.C. Tubb wrote Westerns p...I remember reading that E.C. Tubb wrote Westerns prior to the Earl Dumarest books. Retrospectively, Earl is very recognisably a descendant of 'Shane', 'The Man With No Name' etc - so I guess no surprises there!Aonghus Fallonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434527113873901741noreply@blogger.com