tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009067879087757296.post890838409175163822..comments2024-03-28T06:15:00.652+00:00Comments on Eight Miles Higher: Science Fantasy: Thomas Burnett SwannAndrew Darlingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07964525874288660998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009067879087757296.post-66539159301742933382017-05-30T18:57:05.914+01:002017-05-30T18:57:05.914+01:00Thank you for the lovely article about the writer ...Thank you for the lovely article about the writer who changed my heart and my life when I was young. Thomas Burnett Swann was one of a kind and deserves to be remembered in a better light than he usually is -- not as a minor and ideosyncratic fantasists but as the lyic and powerful mythopoetic artist he was. <br /><br />I was surprised, though, that you didn't mention his beautiful and radical "How are the Mighty Fallen?" which explores the (putative) gay relationship between David and Jonathan in an entirely sympathetic way, years before anyone else in fantasy or SF had the guts to even mention that gays existed. To Swann, love was love no matter how it manifested, and was to be cherished. <br /><br />You mention the sorrow at things passing away in Swann's books, something I noticed got more pronounced as he grew older and his health failed. In a way, it was as if he took Yeats' "Celtic Twilight" and extended it to cover the entire Western mythic worldview. Fortunately, what is remembered never truly dies, and thanks to Thomas Burnett Swann, much that might have died is remembered. With love.<br /><br />-- Dana Corby<br />danacorby@centurytel(.)net<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009067879087757296.post-70417060676531502022017-05-25T04:17:46.494+01:002017-05-25T04:17:46.494+01:00Order a professional Sparkling White Smiles Custom...Order a professional <a href="http://teeth-whitening.syntaxlinks.com/r/SparklingWhiteSmiles" rel="nofollow"><b>Sparkling White Smiles</b></a> <b>Custom Teeth Whitening System</b> online and <b>SAVE BIG</b>!<br />* 10 shades whiter in days!<br />* Professional Results Guaranteed.<br />* As good as your dentist.<br />* Same strength Teeth Whitening Gel as dentists use.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.com