HW: M.Moorcock (or Bob??) IT took me ages!Enjoy?
Alan Linsley
alankerren at YAHOO.CO.UK
Fri May 2 17:23:06 EDT 2003
Indeed, I should have pointed out that the New Worlds publication of
the poem is prefaced with a paragraph from The Garden of Time as an
acknowledgement of the inspiration.
AL
--- Doug Pearson <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM> wrote: > On Fri, 2 May 2003
> Like many of Calvert's poems/lyrics, this one is based on the work of
> another author, J.G. Ballard (who wrote the novel 'High Rise' [1975],
> tying
> in with the other thread even though that one's more about bassists
> than
> authors; also, his first novel, 'The Drowned World' [1962] provided
> the
> title for "City Of Lagoons"). Ballard's 'The Garden Of Time' (1962)
> concludes with its protaganists turned to statues (sorry to spoil the
> ending!), hence the Medusa reference.
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