We got an email from a researcher who is documenting references to the United States Marine Corps in books, film, TV, and other media. The researcher, Richard Hemenez, read one of Doug's fictional pieces, a chapbook titled
Slipstream. Of course, as with many of Doug's works, it's a thrilling story that a bit of science fiction and a bit of horror (in other words, speculative fiction).
But wait ..., (and in the fine tradition of infomercials) that's not all!
Mr. Hemenez apparently missed
SPEAR, a novel that has at its core a former US Marine who is, shall we say, has a sanity level that is teetering.
But, we've set up a phone interview, and we'll discuss Doug's works as they relate to the research that Mr. Hemenez is conducting.
By the way, the book that Richard Hemenez has published (actually, it's publication date is in August 2008), is titled
The United States Marine Corps in Books and the Performing Arts, and it's available on amazon.com (etc).
It looks like a great book. We're not surprised at all by the representation that the USMC has in book and film. Because we have many family members who served as U.S. Marines (fathers, sons, brothers, etc, etc), we know that many Marines have an artistic side to them. It's probably a shock to many. Incomprehensible to some.
So, we're thinking, in summary, Marines not only know how to fight, they know how to act and write and draw ... and
dream.
