tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21327088.post5141916105443859680..comments2023-11-11T00:30:49.313-05:00Comments on New Day Rising: Short novel: Heart of DarknessFantasy Writer Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009677348939299315noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21327088.post-36817804687538394592008-08-19T11:31:00.000-04:002008-08-19T11:31:00.000-04:00I read that a long time ago, after I saw the movie...I read that a long time ago, after I saw the movie Heart of Darkness about the making of Apocalypse Now. I don't remember much anymore. My brain is going with every passing year.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04399098868122212536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21327088.post-22517042873987120842008-08-16T01:20:00.000-04:002008-08-16T01:20:00.000-04:00Oooh... you've found Conrad.And(@ Crushed) since I...Oooh... you've found Conrad.<BR/>And(@ Crushed) since I've studied this text in uni, I'll declare that yes, it can be read as anti-colonial. But that's really not all there is to it. <BR/>I find the play on white and dark and white in dark and dark in white absolutely fascinating!Sukhalokahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839282055547314024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21327088.post-4536969700655293302008-08-11T15:06:00.000-04:002008-08-11T15:06:00.000-04:00It is quite an unnerving tale. difficult to know w...It is quite an unnerving tale. difficult to know what to make of it on first reading.<BR/><BR/>I think these were the days when the true horrors of what was going on in Leopold of Belgium's Congo Free State were starting to come out, thoigh Kurz is based on a real Belgian employee named Klein.<BR/><BR/>Is it an anti-colnial piece? Or is it more like Alien, builds on fear of the unknown?<BR/><BR/>I'm still not sure.Crushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.com