Quote: I can see the parallels with the Greek myths, which likewise saw the underworld as fierce and menacing. The more Northern pantheons like the Norse and Celts saw the sea as equally dangerous.
The Greeks were also plagued by earthquakes and volcanoes. There may be a pattern at work here.
Quote: I think there may be something in the connection you suggest, or it may be even more direct. Shaver was writing just after the great American scare of Japanese invasion, at a time when the Japanese were caricatured in the US as small, cruel, devious, and degenerate, just like Shaver's Deros.
In politically hot climates like that, more works tend to be published that are somewhat racist, or look down on another political faction - especially if they're different. Take the James Bond books/films made during the Cold War for example.
It's hard to see, but there are two sides to every political story. The Chinese believe their system has been sustained for thousands of years while the U.S. one is collapsing after a couple hundred. The Nazi Germans decided to take over Europe because they were terrified of the British, French, and Russians, and figured the only way to stay alive was to control everything. The Russians spent the entire cold war thinking the Americans were terrifying and insane because they were talking about first-strike capability and space-based weapons, and had missiles parked right on their back porch (via NATO).
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 Untold Tales of the Lair Legion #348: The Core, or Deepest Down - Complete · The Hooded Hood thanks his daughter for the lunch and the laundry. Here's the damn story, okay? · Sat Oct 02, 2010 at 09:54:48 am EDT
- I should have guessed where all the subplots were headed, given the specific power ... (no text) · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 04:01:41 am EDT
- And deep it is. · Al B. Harper · Sun Oct 10, 2010 at 09:29:42 am EDT
- Reply to part 4... · L! · Sat Oct 09, 2010 at 03:09:51 pm EDT
- Part four reply. · Rhiannon · Sat Oct 09, 2010 at 11:00:26 am EDT
- Those people will never want to see a S'more again. · Visionary
 · Sat Oct 09, 2010 at 10:36:10 am EDT
- Or sushi. · HH · Sun Oct 10, 2010 at 05:14:52 am EDT
- It's one of those "that can't be good" moments. · Anime Jason · Sat Oct 09, 2010 at 10:25:48 am EDT
- Which one? · HH · Sun Oct 10, 2010 at 05:10:50 am EDT
- Will the grading be norm or criterion reference based? (no text) · killer shrike gives the story a strong A, regardless · Sat Oct 09, 2010 at 09:10:29 am EDT
- Part 3 reply. · Rhiannon · Fri Oct 08, 2010 at 03:07:58 am EDT
- Hatty sure does get shot a lot. · Visionary · Fri Oct 08, 2010 at 01:08:43 am EDT
- That must have been very cathartic for young Vincent (no text) · killer shrike · Thu Oct 07, 2010 at 05:46:03 pm EDT
- Hmmmm.... · L! · Thu Oct 07, 2010 at 03:34:55 pm EDT
- Hmmmm....? · HH · Sat Oct 09, 2010 at 07:10:39 am EDT
- Third part - the game! · Anime Jason · Thu Oct 07, 2010 at 09:20:30 am EDT
- Part 2 reply. · Rhiannon · Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 03:31:21 am EDT
- At the foot of part two... · Anime Jason · Tue Oct 05, 2010 at 08:11:06 pm EDT
- Sally's got some 'splainin to do · killer shrike doesn't think a flow chart will help her though · Tue Oct 05, 2010 at 07:35:39 pm EDT
- Some peculiar goings ons down below... · Visionary · Tue Oct 05, 2010 at 07:25:08 pm EDT
- "Diving inside a tub of maggots tossed inside a spin dryer"? You do have a way with a phrase. (no text) · killer shrike enjoyed this part and is looking forward to future parts. · Sat Oct 02, 2010 at 03:56:42 pm EDT
- Interesting. · L! · Sat Oct 02, 2010 at 03:43:06 pm EDT
- So I should hold off on cleaning out their lockers? · Visionary · Sat Oct 02, 2010 at 01:18:09 pm EDT
- They're really more "within" than "deep down" at this point. · Anime Jason · Sat Oct 02, 2010 at 12:51:17 pm EDT
- Part 1 reply. · Rhiannon · Sat Oct 02, 2010 at 11:08:37 am EDT
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