Comments on: Every SF Epic Based on Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey?

By: Casey Hamilton

Casey Hamilton — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:20:27 +0000

Woo hoo, Unca Stevie!!

By: persky

persky — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:45:11 +0000

They do seem to be trying awfully hard to make the data fit the model. The fit for Jumper seems to be based on the last third of the book (compare to Reflex, which is relatively more of an epic, and which has more in the way of “spiritual guides” and companions), and the fit to the Hitchhiker’s Guide seems to be based more on Arthur’s displacement than any particularly heroic action against, e.g., the Vogons (compare to Life, the Universe, and Everything, which is at least an epic).

That said, Jumper is certainly in the same league as Ender’s Game.

By: Ken Houghton

Ken Houghton — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:30:32 +0000

Most of my sf books are in the garage right now, but my (admittedly vague) memory is that Heinlein’s essay about The Three Stories is from 1947 or 1948.

Must be the publicity machine.

Still, cool company to be in, even if you did have to be shoehorned.