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(Sorry this is long… as it was I couldn’t fit everything in! Too much evidence!) When I first finished the story I thought the humans had discovered all of the monsters… but then, I re-read the last page. “Beyond the stars is the answer,” McReady says , “From a hotter planet that circled a brighter, […] Continue reading →

“He beat back the nausea, and, seizing a tray from dead hands, hurried into the street and ate ravenously, hiding to keep out the sights. ‘Yesterday, they would not have served me,’ he whispered, as he forces the food down.” At first glance, DuBois’s The Comet appears to be a work of science fiction because […] Continue reading →

While W.E.B. Du Bois’ “The Comet” is a science fiction story depicting post-apocalyptic New York, it is much more than that; to me, it is a story primarily concerned with race relations that merely uses the science fiction genre as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My first impression upon reading ‘Darkwater’ was an instant reminder of the movie ’28 Days Later’. In fact, I think the basic beginning- waking up to a world now dead- is similar for most zombie flicks. Even ‘The Walking Dead’ … Continue reading → Continue reading →

“inert; dead; almost sarcastic in its unfeeling curves” (263)  these words stuck in my mind while I was reading The Comet. Taken out of context such as I have done, it is difficult to determine if the young woman is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

“The Comet” by WEB DuBois had an aspect to it that really made it stand out from other sci-fi pieces: the continuous reminder about the difference of race between Jim and Julia. The racial difference is constantly mentioned, which in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was really fascinated by both these short stories, more specifically “Who Goes There?”  Both John Carpenter’s novella and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstien” are really ahead of their time.  I know that phrase is often tossed around, and I think we may have touched on this in the first or second class with “Frankenstien”, but I …

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I was thoroughly enjoying W.E.B. DuBios’s “The Comet” as it explored the issues of race relations and the fear of being alone.  Being set in New York City, it almost felt like a thoughtful episode of Sex and the City.  But instead of another round of cosmos (the martini cocktails), the characters deal with the […] Continue reading →

           After reading W.E.B. Du Bois’ short story “The Comet,” I was intrigued by the author’s employment of water as the element by which I could gauge emotion/tone at critical points in the narrative. Not only is “The Comet” included in a collection entitled Darkwater, but Du Bois begins “The Comet” by referencing his character Jim […] Continue reading →

After looking through the differences between the 1818 version and the 1831 version of Frankenstein, I was a bit shocked at the changes. Some changes were minor rewordings, although they seem quite pointless, but I can’t begin to comprehend the … Continue reading → Continue reading →