Comments on: Reading Update

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:39:52 +0000

So I'd heard, re: Broken Angels. I think I'm going to hold off on buying it for a bit, though. My plan is to snag the Stirling and Stross books tonight, as I'm almost finished with Queen of Candesce.

By: Fog W. Raith

Fog W. Raith — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:33:58 +0000

Loved Infoquake, Multireal and now reading Geosynchron. Good new take on the Cyberpunk Genre.

Altered Carbon is awesome, too – but if you expect the same feeling from Broken Angels you will be disappointed. It is much more traditional sci-fi than the near-future, noire atmosphere that perpetrates Altered Carbon.

By: David Louis Edelman

David Louis Edelman — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:04:48 +0000

Didn’t mean to give you a heart attack. There seems to be a vocal minority of people who hate hate HATE the book. Dislike it or be bored by it, I can understand — your prerogative — but some people seem morally offended by it, and I’m always curious why…

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:47:08 +0000

Wow, now I feel like a complete ass. And maybe the “toilet paper” remark was a little over the top. Since you’re calling me out, I think it’s only fair that I respond. Let me pull one together — and do bear in mind that any criticism I put forth I will intend as constructive.

After all, you are a few steps ahead of me in the writing game — you’ve not only finished a few novels, but you’ve gotten a few published. Which can be construed one of two ways:

1. You have more discipline than I do.
2. You know more about writing/publishing than I do.

Either way, I promise I’ll give you a formal response soon.

By: David Louis Edelman

David Louis Edelman — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:37:37 +0000

Oh, come on, you can’t leave a wildly curious author in suspense now. You gotta delve into the why, just a little bit.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:41:42 +0000

I’m really glad I’m not the only one who thought so. Given all the remarks I’d heard about it, I forced myself through to the end, hoping for some sort of payoff.

I was disappointed.

If the pages were just a little softer, I’d use it as a travel pack of toilet paper on my next hike.

By: uberconfused

uberconfused — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:36:23 +0000

Infoquake was horrible.