(urth) Semi-OT: Random Mievillainousness
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
danldo at gmail.com
Thu Dec 2 09:38:31 PST 2004
China M. has an article in the Guardian (http://tinyurl.com/6s587)
from which I pull the following quotes as possibly interesting
and/or relevant to the recent-ongoing discussion of his work:
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I'm in this business for the monsters. My single favourite monsters
are the beastmen in The Island of Doctor Moreau. I love the
octopoid creatures and the giant swine spirit in William Hope
Hodgson. I have a lot of time for pig monsters. I've always liked
being terrified of monsters from underwater coming up, like the
Creature from the Black Lagoon. There's a picture of Beatrix
Potter's Jeremy Fisher with the trout about to bite his foot and
he hasn't seen it yet. Completely terrifying.
...
Loads of children read books about dinosaurs, underwater
monsters, dragons, witches, aliens, and robots. Essentially, the
people who read SF, fantasy and horror haven't grown out of
enjoying the strange and weird.
...
The weirdest thing I ever saw was in Hyde Park. There was a
crowd, I joined them, and for the next 10 minutes we stood
aghast and fascinated watching a pelican eating a pigeon.
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--Dan'l
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