East of Eden: In Fannish Terms

[bimo]

Currently reading John Steinbeck's East of Eden, I can't help myself but mentally refer to the novel's Cathy/Kate plotline as "The Stephen King remix", simply because Kate, as a character, feels so much like a King character, doing King-typical things -- however written from a different perspective, by a different writer with completely different intentions, focus and strengths.

Of course I know how wrong this is, for about a hundred literary reasons. But still, the popular fannish concept of the "remixed" story seems the one best suited to describe my impression.

Comments

[selenak]

I believe it's actually a shame because so many of the novel's strongest scenes are so closely related to Lee in one way or the other.

Exactly. I so much missed him that I couldn't appreciate the movie in its own right until the second time I watched it.

And arrggggghh, you torture me. I can't. My September takes me to Los Angeles first, on a Feuchtwanger conference, and then on a trip through Yellowstone Park and various canyons in Utah with the APs for all our birthdays which are all in September. You'll have to write a report!