Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:03:33 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Take that Darth Vader, thwack! , was  Sith andbefore

> omni at omniphile.com 6/16/2005 1:26:00 PM >>>
>At 01:14 PM 6/16/05 -0400, Michael Walsh wrote:
>
>>Kubrick made very effective use of silence.
>
>Yep.  They are doing well with that on the new Battlestar Gallactica
>too...as well as giving you a better feel for how big space really is

>with
>those long zoom-in shots of the Gallactica.  You know the think is
>really
>huge...and then you see a starscape or nebula with a tiny dot on it,
>then
>it zooms in and you realize that the tiny dot is that huge spaceship
>and
>your scale meter pegs...

Which brings to mind this, about space.

In James White's novel "All Judgment Fled" there are two refitted
Apollo capsules sent out to Mars to investigate a Very Large Object.  He
did a very effective job of getting across the near claustophobia of
this months long journey.  Imagine being seated next to two other people
for months... and nowhere to go.

Heck, it was good enough to be reprinted a few years ago:
http://oldearthbooks.com/j_white.htm

White was one of those wonderful people in fandom, a fan and a damn
fine writer.

mjw
>
>-- Mike B.
>--
>When "wide open spaces" brings parking to mind, go ahead and die.