Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!columbia!topaz!Miller.pasa From: Miller.pasa@Xerox.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: SF-LOVERS Digest V10 #297 Message-ID: <3172@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 16:55:47 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3172 Posted: Wed Aug 7 16:55:47 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 22:36:03 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 44 From: Miller.pasa@Xerox.ARPA >From: steve stuart@webstr.DEC >In reference to M. Moorcock's stuff: >I especially liked the way >that while any individual series dealt with one particular >incarnation, fate would, at times throw a few of the incarnations >from other series into the picture. >I'd like very much to read more sf with this feature (bug? :-)) ... >can anyone think of what other authors do this, and do it well? Anybody who likes Moorcock, the Theives World stuff, Old Humphrey Bogart movies, O. Henry stories, or anything else in the world, should check out a comic book called GRIMJACK. It is, in my humble opinion, the best book on the market at the moment. Grimjack is a mercenary, detective, bodyguard, assasin, thief, fighter, thug, bar owner (and all around nice guy) who lives in The Pit in the city of Cynosure. Cynosure is approximately equal to Tanelorn-- the point at which all the multiverses come together, and The Pit is roughly equivalent to Downwind in Sanctuary-- which is roughly equivalent to Central Park after dark, or the college registrar's office anytime (i.e. not a place to cultivate marigolds.) The combination is a powerful setting where ANYTHING can happen. Giant sentient slugs attack with Uzzis (spelling is optional. I mean the Isaeli machine guns) and the locals really enjoy heavy metal (bands, that is.) The writing of this series is what makes it worthwhile. Believe it or not, things are constrained and operate under logical rules. The stories have been simply superb (though there has been a recent shift in authors, and I watching to see if the standard is maintained.) The artwork is generally some of the best out there and it each month's issue redefines the phrase "attention to detail." Be sure to read all the grafitti wherever it appears; billboards can be a lot of fun; an things like pinball machines in swords & sorcery taverns just make my day. Its from First comics and should be available in any good comics store. Issue 15 (I think) is the latest one I've read and it's a great starting point-- it concerns Grimjack's assignment to guard a shipment being delivered by a sentient truck which speaks only in 20th century rock lyrics. It's called "This Wheel's on Fire." Read it. --Chris