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July 07, 2007
A little help from my friends
Excuse me while I co-opt Classical Values to solve a little frustrating problem, assuming there are some science fiction readers who may be able to help. I guess I've been feeling nostalgic, having recently recovered a very fond memory of a local Philadelphia show called StarStuff. It was like tracking down an old friend. And now I'm stuck on a novel I must have read about 10-20 years back. Google hasn't helped my memory at all. The story, if I recall correctly, centered around a pair of aliens stranded on earth after a post-graduation joyride through the cosmos. During the long wait for their ride to return, one lets his mind wander to a simple diversion from the monotony, allowing an ape to recognize its own reflection, then letting the apes learn to use weapons against one another. The wait continues long enough to bring us to the modern day, where the plot gets murky for me but involves some earthly intrigue with a white supremacist organization and an afterlife designed to satisfy the expectations of all the world's religions. It's on this point, and doubtless others, that our stranded friends differ. Does any one know what I'm going on about? posted by Dennis on 07.07.07 at 11:10 PM
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That's not it, though I actually do own a copy of D.R. and Quinch. A cousin came to stay for a weekend when we were kids and had a $20 bill burning a hole in his pocket. He picked up D.R. and Quinch because it looked provocative and really out there. I think somehow he was afraid to bring it home, and it's been in my collection ever since. Dennis · July 8, 2007 12:32 PM Parke Godwin. "Waiting for the Galactic Bus" (pub. 1988) Sgt. Mom · July 8, 2007 04:03 PM You got it! Many sincere thanks. I guess it was closer to 20 years than I thought. Certain elements of the story have stuck me with all these years. I think I'll try to hunt down a copy. Dennis · July 8, 2007 04:42 PM Post a comment
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Sounds vaguely like one of Alan Moore's early comic series in Britain, D.R. and Quinch. It was a rather anarchic ride about two aliens, and in one issue they go back to ancient Earth, and start nuking it till: "Pretty soon we had the major continental land masses blasted into the kinda shape we wanted and the sea was as radioactive as the Phi-Delta frat house, which we nuked last winter. After that we pulled over in the late Pre-Cambrian and checked out all the stuff that was starting to wriggle about in the radioactive mud. It was incredibly disgusting. But then, like D.R. said, "That's Life.""
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.R._and_Quinch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/comics/2000adstrips/drandquinch/drandquinch01.shtml
Not quite what you're looking for, but possibly interesting nevertheless.