The problem with that is that your average GenX-er (and younger) won't know who Tom Mix is. We don't care much about Sir Richard Francis Burton, and Mark Twain as a character has been done to death on Star Trek: The Next Generation (among others). In fact, I think the Boomers were the last generation to know who Tom Mix was.
Unfortunately, this means that the "leading characters" of the Riverworld stories rely on these characters - and, without that connection clicking, we are unaware of a great deal of depth that would make us care more for the characters.
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Date: 2009-04-07 10:56 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, this means that the "leading characters" of the Riverworld stories rely on these characters - and, without that connection clicking, we are unaware of a great deal of depth that would make us care more for the characters.