tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post8305732919164966165..comments2023-10-21T07:45:44.140-07:00Comments on JimFear138 Audio Productions: The JimFear138 Podcast Ep.89 ft. Jesse Abraham LucasJimFear138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15432837450993153064noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-19444685100062542062018-06-05T22:12:44.834-07:002018-06-05T22:12:44.834-07:00I really think you have a point there. I had to go...I really think you have a point there. I had to go out and read The Odyssey myself, nobody in school ever taught that to us. And the great old philosophers like Plato and Aristotle you have to get into college before someone'll crack those open for you. Public education really is a travesty, and it's influence definitely goes a long way toward explaining why fiction nowadays just isn't as good as fiction back then anymore. Jim Fearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428223329362056174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-56119111198412333482018-05-29T17:31:51.859-07:002018-05-29T17:31:51.859-07:00I get what Jesse is saying about not overdoing the...I get what Jesse is saying about not overdoing the outlandish, a fight against a group of bandits or pirates can be just as enthralling as fighting Tharks on Mars. (Robinson Crusoe is just as good as John Carter) <br /><br />I do have one caveat though. While Jesse's theory about the writing being poorer because of how different we are socially compared to the heyday of the pulps it also might be because of our dumbed downed education system. The great works of philosophy, literature and poems aren't taught like they were anymore. The pulps feel different in part because the great chain of Western culture was not broken like it is now. They were men of higher education and culture than we are now.MegaBusterShepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05209462775505123050noreply@blogger.com