I Think This Was Intended As a Slam . . .

[snurri]

. . . but I'm pretty OK with it, actually:

"Imagine if Syndrome from The Incredibles decided to write a novel about Supers, and you've got Superpowers."

I ain't telling you where I found it.

Comments

[ted chiang (from livejournal.com)]

Google says it comes from Atomic Think Tank.

It's a weird idea. I'd have thought that if Syndrome tried to write a novel about Supers, he might have come up with something like Dark Knight Strikes Again.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Something that's awful on nearly all levels except for the fucked-upness, you mean?

[ted chiang (from livejournal.com)]

I thought of DKSA as a superhero story by someone who had come to hate superheroes.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

That makes a lot of sense. Now I kinda want to read it again . . .