It sounds as though the superpowers book is like unsatisfying consensual sex: he/she just lays there while you keep hoping something exciting will happen. But it's still more interesting than masturbating. I'm a fan of superhero novels that are interesting, not like novelizations of batman movies (though I'm not above them), but more like ones like this where the characters are original and you get to see inside their heads and deal with the minutae of their personalities. Soon I Will Be Invincible by David Grossman was as good of one as I've found if you want to see what I mean, although I'm glad I didn't buy it. It also sounds a lot like the TV show Heroes, although I haven't had the oppurtunity to watch that either. Maybe I should read it and see if I could do it better.
may the swartz be with you
on 2008-09-09 09:21 pm (UTC)