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I'm pretty sure Kubla Khan was quoted in a sci-fi book I read once, but I've not been able to find it again. Don't suppose anyone knows?
by rawling 5y ago
I'm pretty sure Kubla Khan was quoted in a sci-fi book I read once, but I've not been able to find it again. Don't suppose anyone knows?
- LeoPanthera 5y ago"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" by Douglas Adams.
- rawling 5y agoI've never actually got around to reading that, so I must be thinking of another one, but thanks!
- LeoPanthera 5y agoThere's actually a few on the page linked to by this post.
- rawling 5y agoYou're right - there's more references to Porlock than on the page for the poem itself...
- gwm451 5y agoSee Ray Bradbury's short story, "A Miracle of Rare Device". EDIT: The Ray Bradbury Theater adaptation: https://youtu.be/2Ro9K9MWc7g https://youtu.be/2Ro9K9MWc7g
- finnh 5y agoSome Piers Anthony series? the ones about the twinned sci-fi/fantasy world? EDIT: a quick search tells me "Apprentice Adept" is the name of the series I'm thinking of.
- rawling 5y agoOk, what I'm learning is a lot of different sci-fi writers REALLY like this poem
- finnh 5y agoYeah that's a safe bet. Also: my recalling that series is NOT a recommendation. Even as a bored 12-year-old I'm pretty sure I knew it was dross. Yes I read all of them...
- egypturnash 5y agoAnthony gets even worse if you go back and read him once you're an adult, and you realize just how much time he spends looking up the dresses of pre-pubescent girls in his books.
- egypturnash 5y agoGreg Bear's fantasy "The Infinity Concerto" revolves around a series of attempts to transmit Songs Of Power to Earth; Kubla Kahn was one, and the Person from Porlock was sent by a rival faction who wanted to send a different Song of Power. Had it been written down in full it would have changed the world in mysterious, magical ways.