A Welles Story - fiction about OW

tenshi · Post by **tenshi** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 6:12 pm

I hope you don't mind a newcomer tooting his own horn, but I have a new story out in which Orson Welles is the central focus.

It's available for free at the website SciFiction, associated with the SciFi Channel, at http://www.scifi.com/scifict....l1.html

I hope I've done him justice in this piece. He's a fascinating, mercurial, and perhaps tragic figure. I've been a fan of Welles's films since I was a teenager. This website is a great resource and I have found your discussions here very interesting.

All best,
John Kessel

Glenn Anders · Post by **Glenn Anders** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:17 pm

Dear John: Thank you for sharing this piece with us.

The part taking place in 1942 is well observed and written, but the Detlev's character is a bit shaky, and also, Welles' easy acceptance of him, and the stuff in the future doesn't work very well either, but the combination of Welles, the Movies, and SciFi is appealing.

It's the kind of thing that might be turned into an excellent screenplay.

Thank you again.

Glenn

tenshi · Post by **tenshi** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 10:40 pm

Glenn Anders wrote:Dear John: Thank you for sharing this piece with us.

The part taking place in 1942 is well observed and written, but the Detlev's character is a bit shaky, and also, Welles' easy acceptance of him, and the stuff in the future doesn't work very well either, but the combination of Welles, the Movies, and SciFi is appealing.

It's the kind of thing that might be turned into an excellent screenplay.

Thank you again.

Glenn

My pleasure. Thank you for the comments.

blunted by community · Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:22 am

gee glenn, how polite of you. i wonder if you would have reacted as gracious as tenshi did if i had posted what i thought about your moby dick article?

tenshi, it's a pleasure to have you on board, and i hope to see more of you.

when you are talking about somebody's art there are ways of approaching things. when you share a board with somebody, you should think twice before lancing their work.
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Jeff Wilson · Post by **Jeff Wilson** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:52 am

tenshi, welcome to the board. I enjoyed your story, which I stumbled upon a few days ago while looking for other Welles-related material.

Note to all: restrict discussion to tenshi's story, or I will lock this thread. Thank you.