Comments on: Kerouac in space: Geoff Landis's "Still on the Road" podcast http://boingboing.net/2010/02/03/kerouac-in-space-geo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: nemofazer http://boingboing.net/2010/02/03/kerouac-in-space-geo.html#comment-704071 nemofazer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-704071 Escape Pod is lovable. Escape Pod is lovable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/03/kerouac-in-space-geo.html#comment-703905 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703905 Kerouac's reputation as some kind of God of the Road Trip is exaggerated. He wasn't even going to call his first Beat book "On the Road," that was his publisher's idea. And it's not really about being a vagabond. Kerouac was generally going places he'd been before and visiting people he already knew. People seize on the IDEA of "On the Road" because of what they expect from it. The sci-fi take on "On the Road" is already well-known, to the point of overexposure: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Which, in book form (except for the last one) more than lives up to the hype. For real-life chronicles that are more like what people EXPECT from Kerouac, I'd suggest checking out the works of Aaron Cometbus. Kerouac’s reputation as some kind of God of the Road Trip is exaggerated. He wasn’t even going to call his first Beat book “On the Road,” that was his publisher’s idea. And it’s not really about being a vagabond. Kerouac was generally going places he’d been before and visiting people he already knew. People seize on the IDEA of “On the Road” because of what they expect from it.

The sci-fi take on “On the Road” is already well-known, to the point of overexposure: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Which, in book form (except for the last one) more than lives up to the hype.

For real-life chronicles that are more like what people EXPECT from Kerouac, I’d suggest checking out the works of Aaron Cometbus.

]]> By: valis http://boingboing.net/2010/02/03/kerouac-in-space-geo.html#comment-704161 valis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-704161 I would highly recommend Landis's novel Mars Crossing as well. http://geoffreylandis.com/science-fiction.html I would highly recommend Landis’s novel Mars Crossing as well.
http://geoffreylandis.com/science-fiction.html

]]> By: 13tales http://boingboing.net/2010/02/03/kerouac-in-space-geo.html#comment-703950 13tales Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703950 I love Escape Pod. I love Escape Pod.

]]> By: jennybean42 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/03/kerouac-in-space-geo.html#comment-703975 jennybean42 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703975 I, too, love Escape Pod. I, too, love Escape Pod.

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