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Another 'zombies of widgeroo' proof arrived. I like it. Cover to 'big book of chaos' looks good too. #
fresh post: nysta – changes in time and place http://www.lucasthorn.com/?p=133 #
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It’s decidedly more interesting when he says “great setting is swamped by an overly-complicated plot that loses the reader as opposed to engaging them.” I’m interested to see where he thought the plot was overly-complicated. And how he got lost in the first place. If he thinks de Bodard’s book is complicated, I do hope he’s never tried to read any fantasy epics by the likes of Jordan, Feist, or Erikson. He might find himself absolutely drowning in plot.
He does have a few positive points, though. He does like westerns, and as you know, I like westerns too. Just I don’t like any with heroes named Elmer in them, though. What possesses you to name your hero, Elmer? As in Fudd? Sheriff Elmer, too. Elmer Wyle, even. Wyle as in Wyle E. Coyote? Very witty.
It’s been announced that the Big Book of Chaos has been compiled and will be published in the coming weeks.
Being a collection of Discordian pamphlets, quotes, and theories as set out by CMM during the Golden Years of 1995 – 2005, this funky little collection is sure to whet the appetite of any Discordian who [...]
Haven’t we had enough of these healing females? Women can do more, you know. They’re very creative. My wife, for example. She’s able to do all sorts of stuff. She’s not even remotely interested in nursing. She watches anime and laughs when the blood is spraying across the screen. Many women do martial arts. Many fight hard. I’m always curious – how many women dream of being like this? Helpless little girl getting saved by her horse and becoming a nurse to their heroic men who fight in the fields of battle to protect her from the rampaging hordes of other men? Silliness.
I have to say that was the most amazing thing about this book – just how much was stuffed into it. Not only is every character related to steampunk included in the book, from Sherlock Holmes to Jules Verne, but so too are the various generations of tech and gizmos looted from the genre as a whole. It’s got Men in Black. And rocketships to the moon. AND on top of that, you have David Icke’s lizards. I mean – David Icke’s lizards!!! It’s genius. That was the hook for me right there. David Icke’s lizards have taken over the royal family. Just like Icke said. I mean – are you reading this? – I swear to you, that’s what Tidhar’s gone with. It’s pure unfiltered genius, and the whole book works like clockwork from beginning to end in a very satisfying and disgustingly inspirational manner. By the end of this book, if you don’t feel like writing your own opus to steampunk then you are insane and disturbed and should be locked up for society’s good.
i'm working hard on my latest chapter, and liking it. #
hmm. major snag on the book front. back to the drawing board. #
there's nothing like the cramps to keep you bouncing in your seat while you write with style. thanks, lux interior! rip, you great man, you. #
i'm active on the writing front. boom boom. [...]
not just ceese, but cheese, too! #
i'm up and out of bed and eating vegemite and ceese toasties. #
tonight: nysta's planning on stabbing a whole boatload of people. #
oooh. 'zombies of widgeroo' is available for you to buy: https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do?id=3432019 #
facebook is down. #
we just watched "lost and found" the movie! i love jeffers, [...]
Yours truly has been way busy with a few new chapters of his own little book, but I found some time to trawl through my backlog of news.
I finally figured out what to do with those old stories I wrote which weren’t exactly long enough to get published – publish them myself. In Lateral Books’ [...]
It’s been a busy week for me. I’ve written a few extra chapters, and read a few more books (reviews pending). I’m currently reading Cashore’s Fire and The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar (which is making me drool).
Elsewhere, Specusphere’s latest issue is out.
My facebook account “is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this [...]
As the third book begins, our favourite hero, Kovacs, is hunting down some religious fanatics and giving them a darned good killing. Before ripping their stacks out and feeding them to the lions. Literally.
Swept up in what seems a small and isolated incident, everything naturally snowballs from there, and Kovacs finds himself smack in the middle of a new uprising of Quellist rebels who have found something hard to focus themselves on – Quellcrist Falconer her own dead self, who seems to have ghosted into the body of Kovacs’ latest object of fondness. It’s an intriguing story because it really focusses even further on the ongoing exploration of digitalised identity, death, and just how real are we anyway?
it's saturday night! writing night! #
i've got a thumping big goody bag of books to read! #
false alarm – we're back and running! #
i'm nervous. it looks like my webhost has deleted the wrong thing… #
the sunburn is still red. :S #
fresh post: music to nysta to http://www.lucasthorn.com/?p=99 #
hnews just in – i'm sneezing. #
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The most important news today is that I went to Rottnest Island yesterday and believed the news, which claimed it would be overcast and with light rain. Stupid of me. It was instead big blue skies and lots and lots of sun. The result of which I now have arms which look like lobster claws. [...]
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