tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408403166122343560.post9170265145083154997..comments2023-10-22T06:35:07.476-04:00Comments on Chasing Pictures: Left Behindtrawlermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540909996117280033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408403166122343560.post-16372872579044331902009-08-06T14:04:01.523-04:002009-08-06T14:04:01.523-04:00I remember that you composed something based on so...I remember that you composed something based on some SF novels for your Senior exhibit. Was that something different or the same? We went to the performance, but I don't remember much about it.<br /><br />Please do remember to post the music.<br /><br />Simak's novel is interesting from a film blog standpoint because it seems like it would be incredibly difficult to adapt for cinema. Long pages of prose consist of nothing but two characters talking to one another and the conceit of the diary entries would be difficult to translate. Also, the Principle and shipless star travel would be tough things to convey in visual terms.<br /><br />You should watch La Jetee. I know that you dislike time travel stories, but I think that you'll like it anyhow. At least, I hope you will.<br /><br />I'm reading 2001 right now. It's good, but it also already seems like a much more inhuman book than A Choice of Gods is. Simak's work is deeply humanistic. Clarke's work seems, from the beginning, to want all us dumb humans to quit being human and move on already. I don't know. I'm about halfway done. I'm still reserving judgment. I am glad that I'm finally reading a "classic" that I've avoided this long.trawlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540909996117280033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408403166122343560.post-36426798561935825562009-08-06T00:10:54.369-04:002009-08-06T00:10:54.369-04:00That's great. I'm glad you think it's...That's great. I'm glad you think it's a good book. Because it is. I wrote a piece of music inspired by part of it. I'll try to remember to [remember to] post it to my blog in the next few days. It's for live percussion ensemble and synthesizer. lots of cymbal rolls.Alfred Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195657547850386757noreply@blogger.com