Mythic Patterns in … A Boy and His Dog
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Jump to navigationJump to searchCrow, John [H.], and Richard [D.] Erlich. "Mythic Patterns in … A Boy and His Dog." Extrapolation 18 (May 1977): 162-66.
Deals with both H. Ellison's novella and L. Q. Jones's film (listed under Fiction, and Drama, respectively). Briefly handles the "mechanization of the underworld" motif in both works. Also deals with the potentially fatal containment of the protagonist in the "wedding" sequence of the film.