tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post7733731318910770139..comments2024-03-29T14:13:50.694+00:00Comments on Retro-Forteana: The Year Without a SummerAndrew Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-7005973446545695342011-10-09T16:22:34.766+01:002011-10-09T16:22:34.766+01:00Thanks for the comment. I hadn't thought of it...Thanks for the comment. I hadn't thought of it as a "myth come to life" until you mentioned it, but I think you're right. It could almost be a creation myth for the whole genre of speculative fiction!Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-37302168165966918492011-10-09T14:20:41.056+01:002011-10-09T14:20:41.056+01:00Thanks for the recounting, Andrew. I never tire of...Thanks for the recounting, Andrew. I never tire of reading about this event and the astounding cultural explosion surrounding it. The "haunted summer" when Byron, the Shelleys, and Polidori stayed at the Villa Diodati is like a myth come to life, and the fact that it occurred in tandem with this historic natural disaster catapults both sides of the story, that fateful stay at the villa and the catastrophic "Year without a Summer," even higher into the mythic stratosphere.Matt Cardinhttp://theteemingbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com