Song in a minor key In this short theres little to more than a single moment. It feels like the space outlaw Northwest Smith is taking a break. It seems like a tiny character study about what this man really wants, to go back to his past. We see the contrast of the green earth and clovers put next to the thought of killing a man. For some reason this made me think about the concept of an outlaw, expat, or anyone who has to leave their home in a forceful way. We see a lot of this in sci fi, a character that’s in a planet that’s not theirs. Or a character who’s planet is destroyed. It seems like getting kicked out is a part of sci fi. We can see this in some of the most recent star wars movies.
The Oceans at the end of the lane This took me a really long time to finish, BUT I MADE IT! I personally love the overlapping of magical realism and contemporary fantasy. I’m less knowledgeable of Anglo-Saxon literature, than I am of Latin American, Spanish and European works. At my school we would read a lot of magical realis, works like 100 years of solitude and Isabel Allende. This book is kind of a mixture of magical realism and the classic fairy tales. The story is set in a more “believable setting”. Unusual things are happening to seemingly normal people. It’s when he meets Lettie that things start getting weird. The classic fairy tale elements are the different creatures like the fleas and varmints. The real part is the disconnect the protagonist has between his childhood and adulthood. It is suggested that his heart was eaten by the hunger birds, and its slowly growing back. This symbolizes the loss of purity and innocence when leaving childhood. Although The oceans at t