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From: ted@usceast.UUCP (Ted Nolan)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: Earth-2 vs Earth-1 (spoilers from Crisis #2)
Message-ID: <2170@usceast.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 20:02:01 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 6 20:02:01 1985
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Organization: Csci Dept, U of S. Carolina, Columbia
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Summary:
In article <20980088@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes:
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>But in practice there are very few interesting "SF-type" Green Lantern
>stories. The reason is that the Guardians are an inherently dumb,
>early-sizties sort of pseudo-science-fiction idea. You know, like the
>original LSH. The difference is that the LSH has grown and the Guardians
>have not.
>
>> So, what do you think, he said.....
>
>-=-
>Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center
>ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: seismo!cmu-cs-k!tim
>CompuServe: 74176,1360 audio: shout "Hey, Tim!"
>
Actually, I don't think it's a dumb early-60's psf idea, it's more like
a 1930's and 40's mainstream(*) sf idea. In fact, I have a specific one in
mind.
Yes, you guessed it, I think the Green Lantern idea was based on
Doc Smith's Lensman series. Substitute lens for ring, Arisa (sp?) for Oa,
and what do you have? Two groups of heroes cleaning up the galaxy for
a distant planet of superbeings.
I even noticed one of the GL corps named Arisa a few years back (I don't
follow the title regularly). Did the inspiration for GL come from
Smith? Anyone have any speculations?
* - yes I know there is an unjust tendency to downplay Smith nowdays,
but at the time he was definitely in the mainstream.
Ted Nolan ..usceast!ted
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