tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839422865061540962.post3017957977903724659..comments2024-02-13T01:50:46.013-10:00Comments on Seagull Rising: What If You're Wrong?JonMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705424889025942210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839422865061540962.post-58818567589138053262017-02-08T06:02:56.487-10:002017-02-08T06:02:56.487-10:00Also, Kline's Venus trilogy starts with the sp...Also, Kline's Venus trilogy starts with the space princess as a cold hard bitch who has not only conquered half the planet, she's thrown the Venusian prince into the salt mines for the offense of being a cad and trying to come onto her. It's kinda like the Taming of the Shrew, but with more giant termites, pteronodons and swamp dragons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839422865061540962.post-16341305847437636752017-02-08T05:59:34.430-10:002017-02-08T05:59:34.430-10:00As much as I hate to champion progressiveness, the...As much as I hate to champion progressiveness, the pulps were WAAAAY more progressive than they're ever given credit for.<br /><br />Burroughs set the bar incredibly high for women as co-protagonists in Son of Tarzan.<br /><br />Even something as cheesy as Spidermen of Gharr had a bit where the action scientist from the past got told to get with the (post-apocalyptic) times - there was no reason for the dame to NOT go on a raid against the alien robot concentration camp to free the slaves because she was good with a spear and they needed as many bodies as they could get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com