The Blog is back!

Ok so I guess that wasn’t my last entry, as I will now be using this blog for my new English class about Fantastical literature. So since we were talking about Avatar way back when class began I guess I’ll start there. I was told by one of my classmates that someone has posted on their blog a portion of the dialogue or script from Pocahontas, replacing characters  from that story with ones from Avatar or something to this effect. I had noticed the same similarity between these two stories as well. Granted I didn’t notice until after I had seen the movie which happened to be the same night as the first day of class which is fitting I suppose.

The first few readings from that first week of class were certainly not what I was expecting, especially all the astronomical calculations, and general lack of Sci-Fi that I am used to. I never thought we’d be watching PBS specials starring Carl Sagan either (who by the way is an excellent singer). Once we got into Gulliver’s Travels though, I was in familiar territory, at least thanks to NBC’s version starring Ted Danson. That third book was a fairly interesting read, and I really enjoyed the discussion in class as to whether or not what was in the book should be classified as Science Fiction.

At first glance I would say no way it was science fiction it was more fantasy, but once I tried to put myself in the shoes of someone who may have been reading it at the time it was released would have absolutly considered it as science fiction. By today’s standards it seems a bit silly and it may have seemed that way to people of Jonathan Swift’s time as well. Alright I’m gonna go read some more blogs for some inspiration. Until next time.

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~ by themilkmanblog on February 4, 2010.