I like non-sequiter too, more for the art, but the writing does have a continuity that I can live with. Mallard Fillmore is too much like Rush Limbaugh, a venomious mouthpeice claiming to be just a joke. Prickly City is just a shameless and crudely done immitation of what has gone before. Using funny animals as a dodge for addressing "real" issues is a bit like "The Daily Show" using comedy to tell hard truths. I don't have a problem with such things done well, but don't like badly done or ill-concealed efforts. On the other hand, ALBEDO was started as a straight SF story, using funny animals simply as a hook. But as things developed, the "animalness" became an integral part of the story.
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Date: 2005-04-18 08:48 am (UTC)Mallard Fillmore is too much like Rush Limbaugh, a venomious mouthpeice claiming to be just a joke.
Prickly City is just a shameless and crudely done immitation of what has gone before.
Using funny animals as a dodge for addressing "real" issues is a bit like "The Daily Show" using comedy to tell hard truths. I don't have a problem with such things done well, but don't like badly done or ill-concealed efforts.
On the other hand, ALBEDO was started as a straight SF story, using funny animals simply as a hook. But as things developed, the "animalness" became an integral part of the story.