Re: Star Child Memory / Will Dockery

Will Dockery wrote:

Faraway Star wrote:

Will Dockery wrote:

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Star Child Memory
by Will Dockery
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My immediate reaction to the title is that it is a) in

reference to "2001: A Space Odyssey," and b) setting off warning bells
that a new-agey, psychedelic drug trip poem will follow.

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Of course my policy has always been to critique a poem

on its own terms, so a new-agey psychedelic drug trip poem has just as
much chance of receiving a positive review as does any other poem. I'm
just mentioning this as an example of how a title can affect one's
reading of/reaction to a poem.

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I haven't watched the "2001: A Space Odyssey" film in at

least 40 years, but since both you and Zod have referred to it recently
about my poetry, perhaps I will.

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I expect I'll be reading Jack Kirby's comix adaptation

first, since I've never read it t all yet:

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https://www.wired.com/story/jack-kirby-2001-space-odyssey-history/

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"When director Stanley Kubrick released 2001: A Space

Odyssey 50 years ago, he intended it to be a 'nonverbal experience.' The
movie’s dialogue was sparse, and it relied heavily on visuals and
score.. It was, Kubrick told Playboy in 1968, a subjective film, meant
to reach audiences 'at an inner level of consciousness, just as music
does.'..."

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Wow.... damn, I never saw that comic book that I can

recall.....

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Will look for more...
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Got it...!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Q-mF0fUZ0
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2001: A Space Odyssey Treasury Edition (Jack Kirby art)

Julian Darius on Jack Kirby’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

Adaptation:

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http://sequart.org/magazine/20651/on-jack-kirbys-2001-a-space-odyssey/

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http://sequart.org/magazine/20670/on-jack-kirbys-2001-a-space-odyssey-adaptation/

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http://sequart.org/magazine/20787/on-jack-kirbys-2001-a-space-odyssey-adaptation-part-2/

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"Jack Kirby’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is surely one of the

strangest sci-fi franchise comics ever published." -Julian Darius
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This is not available in reprint due to copyright issues correct...?

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I read something like that, but I'm not sure.

Marvel Comics just licensed the 2001 story...

Which is why its so rare.

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Being Jack Kirby work I'd expect them to find a way to publish it,
though..

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Agreed and seconded...!