The Faces of Science Fiction by Patti Perret

Author:Patti Perret
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: SFF, photography, biography
Published: 1984-01-01T22:18:37+00:00

PHILIP JOSE FARMER Though I've seen only a few photographs of the faces (and the bodies) of those in this unique work, I know many of them in the flesh, riot more than two or three look like the stereotyped image of a fantasy or science-fiction writer, These could be photographs of truck drivers, cowboys, winos, astronauts, sea captains, waitresses, lumberjacks, psychiatrists, drill sergeants, rabbis, fencing instructors, terrorists, chemists, drug dealers, stamp collectors, storm window salespersons, incipient St. Joans of the Arc, gurus, GM executives, or what-have- you.

There's very little in these faces and bodies to show that they have struggled with the cosmos, not to mention publishers, Like Jacob with the angel, they have wrestled with the high, and, like St. George with The Dragon, with the low. They are foragers of the universe and veterans of the Eschatological War. Yet very few of the wounds show, and their breasts display no medals. Who could tell that they are all cunctipotent euhemerizers?

It's too bad that the photographer had no camera to catch the auras emanating from the heads herein. Then we could, while seeing the many differences, also see a remarkable likeness. Then we could say, "There is a man or a woman who has explored the seven circles of heaven and the seven circles of hell."

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