Rowen's Exploration Report

I've never been a fan of "robot uprising" books, especially after reading "i, Robot." (Which was never supposed to be a robot uprising book) Sea of Rust though, by Robert C. Cargill, really stood out to me. One of the first things I found was a book review blog discussing this book as well as two others related by that them-the robot uprising. One of them actually seemed really interesting to me, and it was cool to see how, in this era when the topic has been so well covered, people are still finding things to write about it.
https://sweatpantsandcoffee.com/shelf-care-robot-overlords/

One of the other things I noticed is that there is also a "Rust Sea" in the Transformers universe, which seemed really interesting. I don't know if Cargill was a big transformers fan, and got his idea from there, but it seems possible- granted, rust is a common symbol for the decay of metal so these two seas could have developed independently. Either way, it seems like a lot of stories have some sort of desert aspect to them, some sort of wasteland. I'm curious to see how and why storytellers use these wastelands
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rust_Sea

On Goodreads, a lot of people mentioned that it's really interesting at the beginning, but they started to become disinterested because of some aspect of the writing.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32617610-sea-of-rust

Dylan's Exploration Report

The Sound and the Fury

I found sources on a movie that had been made starring James Franco and the idea of a film adaptation of such a convoluted and often confusing book seemed very interesting to me. The book also relies heavily on symbolism and the application of that in film would be very curious. (image.google.com)

 I found sources that The Sound and the Fury is also a very common name or title for other media. From graphic novels, to TV, it appears the title itself, even if nothing else resembles it, has inspired many other genres. Perhaps only because the name itself sounds cool. (pinterest.com)

I discovered when looking at school syllabi that the book, The Sound and the Fury, was being used in a course that taught about modern love. The teacher cited this source as a source from Modern literature that displayed how love was depicted during this era. I thought this was a very interesting way to look at any book, including this one. (collab.its.virginia.edu/syllabi/auth)