the Biblical Book of Judges;
Greek myth;
a modern novel;
modern comic strips;
an alternative present envisaged by Alan Moore;
a remote future envisaged by Poul Anderson.
In the twentieth century, the emphasis switched from strong men to flying men. Superheroes started in science fiction and their origins are still visible there:
Anderson's Un-Men, Sensitive Man, self-propelled psychotechnicians and mutant time travelers;
Larry Niven's Gil the Arm and protectors;
Julian May's Jack the Bodiless and Diamond Mask;
SM Stirling's Adrian Breze resisting the Shadowspawn with their own powers of telepathy, metamorphosis etc.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I'm not sure how TRULY a Shadowspawm metamorphoses, not when he has to temporarily leave his body in aetheric form to assume a different shape. The word is probably more truly used of post-corporeal Shadowspawn.
And Julian May's SAGA OF PLIOCENE EXILE and Galactic Milieu series remains in my mind as books I should reread.
And we see were-people of various kinds in Anderson's two OPERATION books.
Sean
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