http://www.popcultureshock.com/love-and-rockets-vol-2-20/42451/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.popcultureshock.com/love-and-rockets-vol-2-20/42451/comment-page-1/#comment-166034 Lingster Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:51:55 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/love-and-rockets-vol-2-20/42451/#comment-166034 I have been dreading exactly that same fate for Venus. The problem with Gilbert's work is what you describe - at some point the characterization dropped by the wayside and the focus settled on dysmorphism and sexual weirdness. Also, because Gilbert has used flashbacks and flash-forwards so often, he's disrupted the sense of passage of time - something that is critical to Jaime's success. I have been dreading exactly that same fate for Venus. The problem with Gilbert’s work is what you describe – at some point the characterization dropped by the wayside and the focus settled on dysmorphism and sexual weirdness. Also, because Gilbert has used flashbacks and flash-forwards so often, he’s disrupted the sense of passage of time – something that is critical to Jaime’s success.

]]>