6.0583 More Rs: Multiple Author Universes (2/24)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Fri, 12 Mar 1993 16:54:55 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0583. Friday, 12 Mar 1993.
(1) Date: 9 Mar 1993 (15 lines)
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Subject: Multiple authorship universes
(2) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 17:26:44 -0500 (EST) (9 lines)
From: jmueg@unity.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: 6.0568 Rs: Multiple Author Universes (3/91)
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Date: 9 Mar 1993
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Subject: Multiple authorship universes
It's all very well to talk of authors using characters that have
appeared elsewhere - but what about the idea used in *At Swim Two
Birds* by Myles na gCopalleen (aka Brian Nolan, Brian O Nualain
et al). This book was first published in 1939. Among other things
it points out that it is wasteful of an author to create new characters
when so many fictional ones have already been brought into being.
Why not recycle some of them into new situations? This idea was far
ahead of its time - it must surely recommend itself to an age as
concerned as ours is with the conservation of scarce resources.
Johannes de Tauriprato
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 17:26:44 -0500 (EST)
From: jmueg@unity.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: 6.0568 Rs: Multiple Author Universes (3/91)
The query about Star Trek seems like a good opportunity to point out the
value of re-reading Foucault's essay on the death of the author in light
of television (possibly by the light of the television).
John Unsworth