True, Gaimen is good at reframing while staying within canon; but he mostly writes about ideas and conmen or cons as characters / plots; and that doesn't seem like the major, or most interesting, aspect of Gypsy Rose Lee's story.
Elizabeth Bear writes about status dynamics and how people do or don't connect with each other, and how these too things interact. That sounds a lot more like what's going on in Gypsy Rose Lee's story.
So I think, ultimately, the Elizabeth Bear story would be cooler / better / more satisfying.
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Date: 2011-06-27 02:31 pm (UTC)True, Gaimen is good at reframing while staying within canon; but he mostly writes about ideas and conmen or cons as characters / plots; and that doesn't seem like the major, or most interesting, aspect of Gypsy Rose Lee's story.
Elizabeth Bear writes about status dynamics and how people do or don't connect with each other, and how these too things interact. That sounds a lot more like what's going on in Gypsy Rose Lee's story.
So I think, ultimately, the Elizabeth Bear story would be cooler / better / more satisfying.
Kiralee