Fantasizing ATD

[Ian Livingston]

Hm. Where does the idea of zombies originate? Could it have been with
Egyptian mummification? The slaves, of course, would not likely have
understood the religion behind the process....

"Us" and "Them" is, on the other hand, as old as "us".

Lucky for me, I can still do fantasy, if I can only have the time to read it!

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> With at least one other plister, I, too, have been unable to read fiction in
> the genre we call fantasy since I took myself (too) seriously. In Sunday's
> NYTimes, David Orr, poet [I think] and poetry reviewer and smart takes
> R.R. Martin seriously, in a light-hearted (but dark) way. I only post this
> however to quote this from it:
>
> " Because beyond "The Wall", the giant construction of ice and stone that
> marks
> Westero's [northern] border, a race of creatures called "The Others" is
> preparing to.....
> well, it's not clear yet, but it seems to involve turning people into
> zombies"
>
> Shades of northern ATD monsters with evil Trespassers out of Time, I could
> not help but think.
>
> Some tropes are universal, eh Mr. Jung?
>
>



-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant