tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post1955279616859617119..comments2024-03-27T02:13:13.079-04:00Comments on Original Content: Homer Price In Space?Gail Gauthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-27659339259156544922010-10-27T23:02:04.908-04:002010-10-27T23:02:04.908-04:00I’m just thinking it would be hard for Earth-bound...I’m just thinking it would be hard for Earth-bound readers to spot the line between ordinary life in space and the cockeyed exaggerations that appear in most <i>Homer Price</i> stories. Maybe that's how all doughnut machines work in zero gravity, for example. An interesting storytelling challenge.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-16102454822880144112010-10-27T17:50:45.000-04:002010-10-27T17:50:45.000-04:00Well, my thought was that an off-world world would...Well, my thought was that an off-world world <i>would</i> be ordinary in an off-world sort of way. The extraordinary should be ordinary for the citizens of an extraordinary world.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-53295780692737841412010-10-27T16:17:39.839-04:002010-10-27T16:17:39.839-04:00Huh. A big part of the appeal of Homer Price for m...Huh. A big part of the appeal of <i>Homer Price</i> for me is how grounded in "ordinary" American life it seems, making its tall tales stand taller. (Of course, it's not an American life I ever experienced, being a generation younger.) I'm not sure I could find that quality off-world.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.com