Keeping with the art theme, there’s Boris Vallejo’s depiction from the March 1977 Starlog Magazine printing of Arena (more on that | HERE|): It was adapted from a story by Frederic Brown, a great old school sci-fi writer.”Īnd, check out this editorial from Marvel Comics issue 4 of Unknown Worlds: Plus you get the amazing pairing of John Buscema & Dick Giordano on art. The set up is so primal that you’re practically dealing in archetypes. What I like about it is that it’s storytelling pared right down to the bone: One man. Rascally Roy obviously liked it as much as me, as he reprinted it in the last issue of his b/w follow up Unknown Worlds Of Science Fiction. “ Arena is one of my all-time favourite one-off comic stories, from Roy Thomas’ short-lived Worlds Unknown. Of it, Pete Doree (Of The Bronze Age Of Blogs) sez: In the comics department, there was a 1976 Marvel Comics magazine adaptation in Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction. First published in the June 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine. All indications are that the two fleets are evenly matched. Sure enough, scouts report a large armada approaching the solar system. Fearing the worst, Earth builds a war fleet. Survivors of these encounters are able to provide little other information about the enemy. Their vessels are found to be faster and more maneuverable, but less well armed. The mysterious Outsiders have skirmished with Earth’s space colonies and starships. Next, check out the original story, available in an unabridged audiobook version created by Rick Jackson (aka The Time Traveler) for The Time Traveler Show podcast…īy Fredric Brown Read by William Spurling If Carson represents the USA, and the alien represents Japan, would the pervasive blue sand not therefore be representative of the Pacific Ocean? Of course it would! Now if we keep looking for symbols, we can certainly find them. The description of the alien, a “red sphere with several dozen fully retractable thin tentacles” is nicely comparable it with the Imperial Japanese battle ensign… The story being a fascinating metaphor for the Pacific War. Rabkin pointed out the curious description of the alien, and the year in which the story was first published (1944). Rabkin, on Fredric Brown‘s spectacular short story Arena. The SFFaudio Podcast #051 had a brief primer, by Professor Eric S. The part of a Roman amphitheater that was covered with sand to absorb the blood spilled by the combatants. An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of spectacular events -2. My post on Arena begins here:Īrena (noun) – -1. One of the comments there also points out the connection to Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game (but that’s another post altogether). Seabrook’s article and the thoughtful comments it’s spawned are well worth looking at | HERE|. That other post, by Jack Seabrook, mostly covers the Outer Limits‘ response to Arena – which is something that I’ve only briefly mentioned. bones e-zine blog, to prompt me to actually finish writing up this post – which is essentially a collection of inspired by and/or similar stories.It took a recent article, on roughly the same topic, over on the excellent bare For nearly a year I’ve been studying the extensive influence of Fredric Brown’s 1944 short story, Arena.
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