Fire Time, written by Poul Anderson, prose sf set in fictional locations, mainly an extrasolar planet, in the future;
The Tale of One Bad Rat, written and drawn by Bryan Talbot, contemporary mainstream graphic fiction set in recognizably real places (London, the Lake District, the Motorway Services outside Lancaster) with fictional characters modelled on photographed real people, including an acquaintance from nearby Preston.
All fiction reflects life. Fire Time addresses the issue of personal loyalties in time of war. One Bad Rat addresses the issue of child sexual abuse.
I like to turn to graphic fiction in the evening after reading prose, and doing other things, earlier in the day. Tomorrow morning, we will set off early to walk by the canal from Lancaster to Carnforth (toward the Lake District but not as far) so there will be no breakfast blog posts.
High is heaven and holy.
4 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Reading plain prose reports about something as nasty as child sex abuse is more than plenty bad enough! I don't think I could handle/tolerate/stomach graphic depictions of such a thing, no matter sanitized it was.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
The physical abuse is not shown, just the psychological effects on the victim.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I was trying to say I did not expect the sexual abuse to be depicted.
Ad astra! Sean
We will set off on that walk soon. Back to Ishtar maybe later in the day.
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