tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510797459079815239.post3447377353279890055..comments2024-03-01T20:43:21.823-05:00Comments on The Savage AfterWorld: 19th Century Post-Apocalyptic American FictionTim Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17390608104314125626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510797459079815239.post-90704187534497717522012-12-04T15:52:46.936-05:002012-12-04T15:52:46.936-05:00"A very early screenplay for Logan's Run ..."A very early screenplay for Logan's Run was discovered recently at an archaeological site in Virginia, and experts are speculating that it may date to as early as the 17th century."<br /><br />But before you get too excited about that discovery, it appears that the dialog and plot were extremely rough around the edges. But they also dug up a steampunk script that was apparently a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510797459079815239.post-79208041710270574232011-10-26T01:49:14.783-04:002011-10-26T01:49:14.783-04:00I have one of those big DK books called Science Fi...I have one of those big DK books called <b>Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia</b>, with an article called <i>The 1900s: The Future of the City</i>. It talks about 1900s sci-fi being about ether huge urban landscapes, or cities turning into ruined concrete jungles. It did talk about John Ames Mitchell's <i>The Lost American</i>, but it also noted Winsor McCay's (of Little Nemo Malcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510797459079815239.post-82774487631001331382011-10-25T21:23:42.546-04:002011-10-25T21:23:42.546-04:00@ Matthew: Logan's Run was published in 1967. ...@ Matthew: Logan's Run was published in 1967. I was more stunned with a book from 1889 with the same imagery.Tim Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390608104314125626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510797459079815239.post-8304765214179984822011-10-25T18:22:10.161-04:002011-10-25T18:22:10.161-04:00It's a simple and interesting satire of then m...It's a simple and interesting satire of then modern America that isn't entirely inaccurate to this day. <br />I'm sure some modern readers would find an America weakened by decadence and lack of character that is then ravaged by climate change to be left to the mercy of wandering Persians to have just a touch of prophetic irony.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510797459079815239.post-49245554054310914592011-10-25T17:39:27.419-04:002011-10-25T17:39:27.419-04:00Two Words: Logan's Run.Two Words: Logan's Run.Matthew Schmeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348372645986806502noreply@blogger.com