Platypus of Truth

I'm still thinking about Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House . Over the past year, I've read the book twice, moved on to read We Have Always Lived in the Castle , watched Netflix's adaptations of both and a further adaptation called The Haunting . As it turns out, I'm not alone. Stephen King has called the Netflix adaptation "close to a work of genius" and Quentin Tarantino says that he keeps returning to the Netflix adaptation as well. Stephen King's interest in Hill House made sense, but Tarantino's interest fascinated me. It's not something I would have expected. Then I remembered how much a fan of non-linear storytelling Tarantino is. Whether it's Pulp Fiction , Kill Bill , or The Hateful Eight , Tarantino likes the slow reveal and opportunities for slow reveal and character focus that telling a story out of chronological sequence opens up. Beneath all the homages and obvious shock-schlock is a reverence for the art of Story.

And the new sun rose brining in a new year... 2019 was a quiet year on this blog as intensive study and and a new member of the family left little time for blogging. In addition, I began posting thoughts of a more academic nature on Eidos and TheShieldofAchilles. Those posts, together with additional academic content, can be found at my academic blog Old and Forgotten Ways . All that effort centered around my attempts to get into grad school. I'll know how that goes sometime in February or March. One way or another, I'll let you know what I know. Meantime, it's a new year here at Platypus of Truth and all manner of things are possible. We'll see what surprises 2020 brings.