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more about #storytelling Grey_Area: This puts me in mind of Sir Terry's musings about "narrativium" and this quote by Muriel Rueyser: "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." ... more » 0kami: How are mythology, astrology, and religion disadvantageous to a culture? more » LittleDragon: Good quote. reminds me of a saying I heard once. "To achieve great things, one must not only act, one must dream" more » Wookie1972: How come nobody has mentioned Falstaff? Han Solo, at least as originally written (big, bearded, and inspired by Francis Ford Coppola) would fit the mold. more » mikecap: Topher totally doesn't exist. He's got to be an amalgam of great scientific experts, and there must be a copy of him in each Dollhouse... more » Marcus: As an actor who's done my share of the Bard, your take on how a Shakespearean Anakin Skywalker would have been played is spot on. I also particularly... more » FrankN.Stein: I agree, Shakespeare still rules after all those yearsd - but I believe being a little closer to the Island here in Europe, I just heard a long wail f... more » ZachariahTyndareus: Brill, love the connections between old and new narratives. :) How about the inscrutable Iago and Mieville's Uther Doul?? more » kelz: This post totally makes up for all that Twilight coverage. Great job. more » YalethaMedusa: Many if the actors in SF have done Shakespeare as well, and it shows when you've studies them both. I don't personally think it's the writers that ha... more » Bill-Lee: When I saw Episode III, I didn't think of Shakespeare at all. Anakin's journey has more in common with Greek Tragedy since we already know the outcome... more » DillonAerosmith: In my judgement, the proper model for Anakin to Vader is Brutus. He ends up doming the wrong thing for the right reason. more » StrayChestnutBed: Nice, but I thought Hal's full name was Henry Plantagenet. Isn't it Hotspur who's called Henry Percy? more » RosaliaBabas: Great post, especially the stuff about Topher. You've made me even more excited for season 2. I'd love to see a few more ladies like Portia (from Th... more » Liz Weinbloom: Greenblatt shout-out on io9 makes my life. more » Tdawwgg: William Shakespeare was the J.J. Abrams of his day, reinvigorating Elizabethan England's worn-out action-adventure franchises. No, he wasn't. He wass... more » dorkhero: I always wanted to see a sci-fi version of Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' with visuals stolen from the Warhammer 40K games. Kind of like the way 'Romeo... more » geesejuggler: Great article, Charlie Jane; Mixing my love of Shakespeare and sci-fi= good!Another good example of shadowy manipulators is Don John in Much Ado About... more » laughingacademy: One could argue that the classic Star Trek episode "Shore Leave" owes a debt to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with the role of the fairies played by th... more » Woodrow Jarvis Hill: Given that much of the DOCTOR WHO "New Adventures" range was about darker explorations into the idea of McCoy's Doctor as a master manipulator, I'd s... more » -
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The Shakespearean Heroes Science Fiction Should Steal From
William Shakespeare was the J.J. Abrams of his day, reinvigorating Elizabethan England's worn-out action-adventure franchises. And Shakespeare's writing still has clues for today's story-smiths. Characters who switch from nice to nasty? Secret passions? Strange disguises? The Bard got there first. More » -
#storytelling
What's The Difference Between Story And Plot?
People always say the story is the most important thing in good science fiction. But excessively "plot-driven" science fiction is dismissed as mindless or worse. What's the difference between story and plot anyway?
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