Odd Thought
So, after a visit to the dentist (first in four years), I got to thinking. I can't really remember reading any books or comics with a dentist main character. This is possibly because everyone in Utopian science fiction has awesome teeth (hypospray those bastards), while dystopian science fiction and fantasy series just don't like talking about teeth.
To be fair, Aragorn sounds a lot less attractive when you imagine what his teeth probably looked like. (Then again, the Elves seem like the sort to invent/discover flouride.)
I suspect it's also because, and this is not a knock on dentists, it's probably very hard to write fiction about dentistry and make it sound remotely appealing to a non-dentist.
Can you think about any books/movies/et al starring or featuring a dentist?
posted by kalinara @ 5:39 PM
5 Comments:
At September 04, 2014 7:57 PM,
Bully said…
Only because there was a recent NPR story about it could I answer this question: Joshua Ferris's newest novel To Rise Again at a Decent Hour has a dentist protagonist.
At September 04, 2014 8:36 PM,
Matthew E said…
Well, Jaime Reyes wanted to be a dentist...
At September 04, 2014 9:34 PM,
kalinara said…
Bully: Neat! I have good timing then. :-)
Matthew E: Fair point!
At September 05, 2014 10:29 AM,
SallyP said…
Matthew, I thought about Jaime as well. That incidentally was one of the best issues ever..."Total Eclipso the Heart".
At September 06, 2014 9:12 AM,
The Pretentious Fool said…
Piers Anthony has an old book of short stories out called "Anthonology" that includes a couple stories about a galactic dentist. The rest of the book is hit or miss, with some really dirty sex stories and at least one about extended torture that I remember.
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