Passage of Anita time?

[easol.livejournal.com]

This has actually been discussed before, talking about how Hamilton is slowing time within her series, so as to keep Anita in her late twenties... apparently forever. Over the course of the whole series, we've had what, three years pass? Four, five, max?

(I can't remember how old she was at the start of the series, so maybe someone can help me out here. I think she's been twenty-seven for a number of books now).

But I recently realized that apparently time is only warping for Whorenita and her carousel of penii. They have only aged a few years (or not, if vampiric), but LKH makes mentions of "the eighties" in the far past tense (in terms of derogatory dress criticism, hilariously enough). And her last book has Nathaniel dragging Whorenita to go watch Peter Jackson's "King Kong," which came out two years ago. (On a side note, I'm relieved that she didn't pay attention to the movie -- since it's a man-woman-ape love triangle, she'd be demanding sexxors)

Meaning that Whorenita, Nathaniel and the rest have aged a mere three-ish years since the early nineties, right up to 2005. That's more than a decade that has been compressed into just a couple of years! Is LKH really so deluded that she thinks she can bend time within her novels and not have anyone notice?

Comments

[ladymuttly1.livejournal.com]

Well, I've always assumed that the series took place in the '80s. It would justify Anita not aging, the bad clothing and everything else. Is it possible that she time warped "King Kong" back into say 1987?

[easol.livejournal.com]

Given that that was when PJ finished making his first no-budget movie ever, that's the only explanation. :)

[ladymuttly1.livejournal.com]

See I KNEW the series was stuck in the '80s. It's historical paranormal pornography.

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

*lol*

If only.... because of certain geographical references she makes, it's led me to believe that the series at least partially takes place in the 90's, early part of this decade.... (She mentions "Wildwood," I believe, and that's only been a city for about 10 yrs now and talked about a murder out on "Wild Horse Creek Road" - that part of West County didn't start to be a yuppy trashed area until the late 90's...)

*sob* It's depressing that I unfortunately have to acknowledge she lives in the same metro area as me. :-p

[easol.livejournal.com]

So it's sort of a chronological hodgepodge, based on everything from the geography to the clothes. It's... it's almost like it's whatever time period the author chooses, continuity be damned! That can't be it, can it?

I honestly don't know why she mentioned "King Kong" -- there are dozens of movies from the 90s she could have put in instead. Maybe it was Jonboi's fault.

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was Jonboi's fault.

Could be.....

I am still just depressed that the "Charles" she keeps referring to is somebody I thought had somewhat better taste than to get involved w/ her. Chuckie boy, did your Iraq tours totally wipe what's left of your mind? *sigh*

[ladymuttly1.livejournal.com]

Just because LKH doesn't realize her books are set in the '80s doesn't mean that I can't appreciate them as '80s fan fiction.

Charles sounds as wacked out as the rest of the gang from the outside. Is he actually an okay person?

[wakarimashta.livejournal.com]

well, one of the crime scenes is MY HOUSE.
she ACTUALLY killed me, in my own house.

deuced if I can recall which one......but it's an anita book where there was actually a mystery. ( THAT ought to narrow it down, hm? )
AnitaSue describes my home to a tee........ up to and including my purple bedroom, the flowered headboard I had at the time, and my eviscerated corpse in the bed. BUT......... she never ever puts real people into her books.....

[amamelina.livejournal.com]

Ok, that's creepy. Now I have to reread the first few books to see if I catch your cool room.

[darkese.livejournal.com]

I always picture the series taking place in the eighties. Like the Army of Love video, all the foppish (and hilarious) lace and spandex fashion, effeminate (or androgynous) men mincing about in heels a la prince, and the rest of horrific 'sexy' fashion LKH barfs onto a page just screams the 80's. Throwing in modern references is just LKH's stupidity.

My theory is that she is so intent on getting her rape/bestiality fantasies on the page that she doesn't notice all the inconsistencies and lack of plot. It's all about typing with one hand for her and then sharing it with the world.

[andrivka.livejournal.com]

lol, what's her other hand doing?