tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post2171962809953763197..comments2023-05-25T10:03:20.236+01:00Comments on Xeroverse: John Xero: Black and White (part 2 of 2)John Xerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-64448719341392444182011-11-30T07:12:22.817+00:002011-11-30T07:12:22.817+00:00Thank you, Aidan. What a great compliment. =)Thank you, Aidan. What a great compliment. =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-17907210786446874442011-11-27T16:26:23.215+00:002011-11-27T16:26:23.215+00:00This is what science fiction should strive to be. ...This <i>is</i> what science fiction should strive to be. I like how you raise the focus from the first entry letting it set the tone, but in this one bring in a whole new level of conflict and let it explode in the finale of war as peace.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14170148559429001125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-14901553182369019722011-11-26T17:40:05.447+00:002011-11-26T17:40:05.447+00:00Thanks, Adam. =)
Thank you, Pete. Thoughts of Mas...Thanks, Adam. =)<br /><br />Thank you, Pete. Thoughts of Mass Effect? Enthusiastic scientists would be somewhat anticlimactic compared to the Reapers... ;)<br /><br />Thank you, FAR. =)<br /><br />Thanks, Helen, and Steve. I'm glad people commented on the moralistic side to the story too.John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-20310354301131450262011-11-26T13:12:01.604+00:002011-11-26T13:12:01.604+00:00A great concept John, and as always, great wordcra...A great concept John, and as always, great wordcraft and imagery.<br /><br />"This was a universe riven by war, the same war that is fought everywhere: to keep what is yours, or take what isn’t."<br /><br />This says so much about one of lowest sides of inetelligent species.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-79003269263442963542011-11-26T06:39:17.471+00:002011-11-26T06:39:17.471+00:00Wow that was some twist.
This line was chilling &...Wow that was some twist.<br /><br />This line was chilling "Allequella cowered and knew they had done a terrible thing. They had not found peace, only more war"<br /><br />and the last line was the seal!Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-88414344879704137332011-11-25T16:21:09.983+00:002011-11-25T16:21:09.983+00:00Great ending, with a really hard twist!Great ending, with a really hard twist!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-76314542906928181052011-11-25T12:41:40.475+00:002011-11-25T12:41:40.475+00:00Last week I made a computer game comment. Often in...Last week I made a computer game comment. Often in space fighter games you battle an enemy force but ultimately realise that a darker evil is behind them etc.<br /><br />So that in mind I like the twist of the 'darker evil' just being a bunch of scientists trying to survive.Peter Newmanhttp://www.runpetewrite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-20965492096324790562011-11-25T10:14:10.115+00:002011-11-25T10:14:10.115+00:00Conceptual and weird. I like it, especially the la...Conceptual and weird. I like it, especially the last line.<br />Adam B @revhappinessAdam Bhttp://afullnessinbrevity.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com