tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post8016780040346764206..comments2024-03-21T19:03:19.133-04:00Comments on Where there had been darkness...: Roger Zelazny Book Review: This Moment of the StormJugularjoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-16748789381049003312014-06-16T12:02:11.777-04:002014-06-16T12:02:11.777-04:00Ahh, it's one of my favorite stories of his. I...Ahh, it's one of my favorite stories of his. I had no idea it was also popular with others, that's great. The end is extremely beautiful, and I simply love the title so much. I also wondered about connection with Francis Sandow, good to have it clarified. <br />Too much freedom and possibilities can also be a bad thing, eh? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-90307801335688946032010-12-07T11:59:19.804-05:002010-12-07T11:59:19.804-05:00Ah, very cool! Thanks for the information!Ah, very cool! Thanks for the information!Jugularjoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-68922230680100437842010-12-07T11:48:22.628-05:002010-12-07T11:48:22.628-05:00re: "I suspect that this either started as a ...re: "I suspect that this either started as a Francis Sandow story or that protagonist Godfrey Holmes was the proto-Sandow."<br /><br />No to the first but yes to the second. Zelazny is quoted on this in the second part of the ...AND CALL ME ROGER biography, within the second volume of THE COLLECTED STORIES OF ROGER ZELAZNY, wherein the genesis of the novel ISLE OF THE DEAD is described:<br /><br />“This was a spin-off from the novelette I did called ‘This Moment of the Storm.’ Actually, it wasn’t the guy I was interested in, at first. I wanted somebody that was born in the twentieth century, who had made it aboard one of these generation starships where he’d been frozen and spent generations getting to this new planet which proved habitable. By the time he got there, they’d invented a faster-than-light drive, because several centuries had gone by and they’d become more sophisticated. Earth had much higher technology, and he had the means of going back fast if he wanted to, but he didn’t. He wasn’t sure he was happy on the world he’d reached, though, and decided to go out and try a few others, since it was easy to do. There were still time dilation effects and, through making a few sharp investments here and there, with so much time passing, he became quite wealthy. He also happened to become the oldest human in the galaxy, and because of the fancy new medicine he was in very good shape. He also just happened to have been through the initiation ritual which would make him a god in this other religion, even though he didn’t believe in it wholeheartedly. But it was the concept of the big expanse of time that interested me.” <br /><br />But "This Moment of the Storm" didn't start as a Francis Sandow story because this story was written in 1965 (published 1966) and he didn't write ISLE OF THE DEAD until 1968 (published 1969). The fact that "This Moment of the Storm" was so well-received and popular (both a Nebula and Hugo finalist in 1967) may have sparked his interest in revisiting that scenario for the novel.<br /><br />Chris KovacsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com