Nalo Hopkinson wrote:
> My problem with the series Hercules is that the original was a hard
> drinking alcoholic, given to rapine and binges of violence while
> drunk,
> followed up by periods of extreme remorse. A complex character to
> make a
> hero, at the very least. The sanitized modern day version bugs my
> ass.
>
That's why I'll take Xena over the current Hercules any day.
She's in a process of transformation, and that is endlessly fascinating.
By the way, congratulations Nalo!!! I'll be looking for your book
when it hits the Bay Area.
Cynthia
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