tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post355469689746030285..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: The Unassembled BoySteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-26438386124698900202008-03-29T09:30:00.000-07:002008-03-29T09:30:00.000-07:00Or he read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, from 1818...Or he read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, from 1818.<BR/><BR/>Or any Greek or Roman or Norse or Hindu or Buddhist mythology, all of which offer men -- or women -- who are improved.<BR/><BR/>Not much new under the sun, plotwise, and Gordy didn't come up with this trope. I love the Dorsai, but I didn't swipe them for my Matadors, any more than Drake did for Hammer's Slammers. Ulysses and Ajax and Achilles were around a long time before anybody came up with paper to write about 'em ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-33873342577037884392008-03-29T08:58:00.000-07:002008-03-29T08:58:00.000-07:00Hmm ... sounds like Kastle and/or someone at Gold ...Hmm ... sounds like Kastle and/or someone at Gold Medal read "Danger - Human!" (and I checked: Dickson got that one published in 1957): aliens take a man apart and put him back together better than he ever was.<BR/><BR/>Kastle obviously took that idea in a different direction ... but it sounded like an interesting direction for a teenager. Definitely let us know how the book holds up if and when you re-read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com