tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339553278765301079.post886498110959946804..comments2024-03-05T10:30:32.538-08:00Comments on Chillers and Thrillers: A "Watershed Moment" "Under the Dome"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339553278765301079.post-7379556746633295792010-08-10T19:41:59.083-07:002010-08-10T19:41:59.083-07:00You could be right about there being no cranes in ...You could be right about there being no cranes in Chester's Mill, but it seems likely that there would be bulldozers, tractors, or similar equipment inside the dome, available for use, and, at this point in the story, none of the characters know whether the generator could be moved using such heavy equipment. Still, your point about the crane is well taken.Gary L. Pullmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582267259146924248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339553278765301079.post-68293272636713274452010-08-05T03:30:59.077-07:002010-08-05T03:30:59.077-07:00"Rusty, who suddenly seems a more primitive t..."Rusty, who suddenly seems a more primitive thinker than he has been shown to be in the past, asks why a barrier of any kind is needed to protect the dome generator, recalling that he’d been unable to lift or even move it. (Has Rusty forgotten about machines such as cranes? the reader wonders.)"<br /><br />Has this journalist forgotten about the impenetrable nature of the Dome, and thus that if there were no cranes alreadly contained within the town when the Dome came down, this is a pretty redundant criticism? the reader wonders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339553278765301079.post-33304753006979687012010-07-26T18:11:44.431-07:002010-07-26T18:11:44.431-07:00That's a great quote, Lazlo!That's a great quote, Lazlo!Gary L. Pullmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582267259146924248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339553278765301079.post-85982545851797609212010-07-25T19:49:26.703-07:002010-07-25T19:49:26.703-07:00"[The dome]may also be regarded as a metaphor..."[The dome]may also be regarded as a metaphor for the very experience that results from the writing and the reading of horror fiction. The writer places the dome; his characters struggle beneath the transparent barrier; and the reader is amused by the spectacle of the characters’ agony." <br /><br />This reminds me of a quote by a famous writer, can't remember who, about how great fun it was to "put characters in the fire of one's imagination, and watching them pop like chestnuts."lazlo azavaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947137317385572671noreply@blogger.com