tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post2256604217992054220..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Witch of the Demon SeasJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38474829535217318782012-10-04T08:22:55.945-04:002012-10-04T08:22:55.945-04:00Thanks both of you.
Because the Norse, Egyptian a...Thanks both of you.<br /><br />Because the Norse, Egyptian and Greek gods (at least) are real in the Marvel universe, that implies that Earth has been visited a lot. Although I suppose that aliens are always turning up in Marvel comics, so it makes more sense there than in the real world.<br /><br />James Hutchingsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49789484362402863352012-10-02T13:29:39.328-04:002012-10-02T13:29:39.328-04:00The notion that Thor and the Asgardians were alien...The notion that Thor and the Asgardians were aliens/extra-dimensional beings rather than "true" gods was current in the 70s, when I first started reading comics. I'll leave it to others better versed in comics as to whether it was original or not, though it's worth noting that Jack Kirby was, by the late '60s, if not before, a believer in and promoter of "ancient astronaut" theories.James Maliszewskihttp://grognardia.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43367762154075921782012-10-02T13:00:26.847-04:002012-10-02T13:00:26.847-04:00Yeah, Thor (and other mythological figures at Marv...Yeah, Thor (and other mythological figures at Marvel) was originally intended to be exactly what you thought he was - a God of Thunder who was part of a pantheon of gods. The idea of the Asgardians being aliens whose science made them appear as gods is something that came years later and was seized on by the Marvel filmmakers precisely because they feared the broader audience wouldn't accept magic peanut butter in their sci-fi chocolate.<br /><br />I'd like to read this story and more of Anderson's early pulp fiction, but I get the impression that they often get left out of anthologies for some silly reason.Andy Sheetsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89229343925783017142012-10-02T12:06:50.940-04:002012-10-02T12:06:50.940-04:00Are you sure that Thor's powers are "alie...Are you sure that Thor's powers are "alien science"? It seemed that way in the Avengers movie, but in the old comics it seems like the gods are meant to be actual gods.James Hutchingsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62533078430266287552012-10-01T17:51:55.867-04:002012-10-01T17:51:55.867-04:00Haven't read this one myself. I don't care...Haven't read this one myself. I don't care much for Poul Anderson anymore, even his 'classics' but maybe he did something with this story, which sounds pretty awful, that would be worth mining for ideas.Jason Zavodanoreply@blogger.com