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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 1, 2014 19:41:10 GMT -5
This is supposed to be a separate thread, right?
Anyway, awesome. So glad this is happening.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 2, 2014 10:35:24 GMT -5
Same here. I'm not sure when I'll get to it, but it's awesome Cei-U is sharing.... Thank you!
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 5, 2014 15:32:09 GMT -5
One thing I really dig is the '40s pulp vocabulary. Lots of action verbs "snapped" awake, lots of florid adjectives "aggressively nondescript."
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 7, 2014 17:17:15 GMT -5
BUMP!
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Post by zilch on May 10, 2014 1:28:42 GMT -5
Wow.
Keep putting this up, Kurt. Loving every page of it.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 15, 2014 10:21:55 GMT -5
I finally got a chance to start reading...while I don't know all that much about Golden Age DC, so far it's a great story. It's rare that you see disabilities portrayed in such a 'normal' light, which is great to see. I'll probably have some specific comments later... One question, when is the setting exactly? I'm thinking it's some form of the DCU... Earth 2 in the 90s? Is it Earth Cei-U? I'm guessing whatever the case, the JSA stories of the Golden age happened when they were published, and this is 30-40 years later? Or more? I'll definitely be reading as long as you keep posting  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 15, 2014 12:10:20 GMT -5
One thing I really dig is the '40s pulp vocabulary. Lots of action verbs "snapped" awake, lots of florid adjectives "aggressively nondescript." Sometimes it can be a hoot to read the old pulps. Doc Savage novels use "ejaculated" a lot when people spoke rapidly or vehemently. |
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Post by Cei-U! on May 15, 2014 12:33:10 GMT -5
One question, when is the setting exactly? I'm thinking it's some form of the DCU... Earth 2 in the 90s? Is it Earth Cei-U? I'm guessing whatever the case, the JSA stories of the Golden age happened when they were published, and this is 30-40 years later? Or more? The main story is set in early August of 2000, with the prologue set three years later and the epilogue 18 months or so after that. "Earth Cei-U" is as good a description as any. Tomorrow's installment will give you a much clearer idea of the basic setup, universe-wise. By the way, this is the first time I've read it front to back in 6 or 7 years. Resisting the urge to rewrite it as I poste has been hard.  Cei-U! I summon the self-restraint! EDIT: I went back and looked at my old notes. The book's main events are set in 2000, not '97 as I previously wrote. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 15, 2014 12:35:52 GMT -5
I bet! I know whenever I write something, even a couple days later I want to change it... can imagine something so large as a novel the temptation would be tough. You should focus on the sequel, though  |
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Post by Rob Allen on May 15, 2014 14:12:18 GMT -5
I've read it before, but I still find that every chapter pulls me in and I end up reading the whole thing.
I still think they wouldn't drive all the way to Oshkosh if they're on the east side of the lake - Appleton, Neenah and Menasha are all closer.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 23, 2014 6:46:19 GMT -5
I may not be rewriting as I go but I am doing a bit of unforeseen editing. This morning's chapter had several references to the lead character living in Gotham City instead of New York, a change I'd made several drafts earlier that apparently didn't make it into this part. Hope there's not too much of that ahead.
Cei-U!
I summon the oops!
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 1, 2014 10:45:52 GMT -5
Seriously? No feedback now that the whole novel's been posted? Not even a hearty "Your book stinks and you suck?" I'm crushed!
Cei-U!
CRUSHED, I tells ya!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 1, 2014 11:39:31 GMT -5
I plan on reading and delivering feedback, I just haven't gotten to it yet! Don't be crushed!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 1, 2014 12:01:32 GMT -5
I thought I heard crashing noise from the Northwest. Stop stacking the books so high.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 1, 2014 12:22:44 GMT -5
You think you're kidding but I have a foot-high stack of books and magazines on my nightstand that's going to smother me in my sleep if I don't start working my way through it.
Cei-U!
I summon the tower o' tomes!
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