Conan and Mary Sue
I have a new column up at Castalia House, in which I review Robert E Howard’s short story, Tower of the Elephant, and ponder the meaning behind the deliberately deplorable badness of postmodern art.
http://www.castaliahouse.com/conan-the-tower-of-the-elephant/
A pen sharper than mine dips deeper into the inkwell of wisdom on this same question. A fuglin clad figure named Severian (of the Ancient and Honorable order of the Seekers of Truth and Penance, or so I assume) reviews American Gothic (the painting) and Star Wars, the Mary Sue Awakens (the propaganda drivel). I strongly recommend taking the time to read it.
http://www.rottenchestnuts.com/why-everything-must-be-cgi/
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
