tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post3341389623485970759..comments2024-02-16T08:03:59.431-08:00Comments on Rocket Stack Rank: The Visionaries, by Albert E. CowdreyGreg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-43070292839207826622016-12-12T16:49:20.974-08:002016-12-12T16:49:20.974-08:00This wasn't my favorite Jimmy and Morrie story...This wasn't my favorite Jimmy and Morrie story... that probably goes to "A Haunting in Love City" (F&SF Jan/Feb 2013). At least there their relationship problems ARE more relevant to the story.Cattfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238337321213264601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-71413696787979783122016-10-22T06:59:35.369-07:002016-10-22T06:59:35.369-07:00It's nice to see stories that focus on settled...It's nice to see stories that focus on settled gay male couples; this is one of only three or four in the past two years. Morrie is a bit stereotypical, but people like him certainly exist. (Minus the magical powers.) It even plays to a very old idea that the only men with magical powers were effeminate homosexuals--like Uncle Arthur on Bewitched. <br /><br />The problem with the relationship in the story isn't even that a couple with that much conflict wouldn't stick together. Sometimes, for whatever reason, they do. But in those cases (all that I can think of) they both sought affection from other people. I'd find it easier to believe Jimmy and Morrie's relationship if they either a) showed real affection for each other or b) casually talked with each other about their outside flings. I have trouble believing in a long-term, poisonous, monogamous relationship between two guys.Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-65221796989346626932016-10-22T04:17:20.594-07:002016-10-22T04:17:20.594-07:00I had pretty much the same feelings about this one...I had pretty much the same feelings about this one. I liked how things tied together: Milton's story of a more literal monster being conceived there and the local historian's information about Milton's monstrous relatives. That type of person with his wife's ambition would be a dangerous combo.<br /><br />I also found Jimmy's ungenerous thoughts about Morrie a little much. I'd expect them to be balanced out with more affection than we saw here.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119082365881285289noreply@blogger.com