tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post8598208961765023268..comments2023-05-25T10:03:20.236+01:00Comments on Xeroverse: John Xero: Less than DustJohn Xerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-55974851167103676462011-04-24T13:16:49.255+01:002011-04-24T13:16:49.255+01:00Thanks, Stephen. =)
I'm glad all the parts en...Thanks, Stephen. =)<br /><br />I'm glad all the parts ended up fitting and working well together, a lot of editing went into this one. =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-23544532695783346212011-04-24T00:23:16.012+01:002011-04-24T00:23:16.012+01:00Hi there John -- great job on this story.
It has...Hi there John -- great job on this story. <br /><br />It has a beginning, middle and end. It's dramatic, and it has a deep sense of environment, history, and tech, all put across in a small number of words. <br /><br />It rattles along as well. <br /><br />St.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111660663883108862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-89196413645563657522011-04-22T18:39:21.039+01:002011-04-22T18:39:21.039+01:00Thank you, Steve. I love so much genre fiction, bu...Thank you, Steve. I love so much genre fiction, but Science Fiction will always be at the top of the pile. =D<br /><br />I certainly have ideas for a follow up or two, we'll have to see. =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-13873570286812278832011-04-22T15:11:46.534+01:002011-04-22T15:11:46.534+01:00You certainly know your stuff John.
This is such v...You certainly know your stuff John.<br />This is such very very good sci-fi, a riveting read, I would be happy to read the story of the build-up to this, the starting of the war, and the aftermath of Rafi's actions, the story of the ones left to carry on.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-7920480200519073772011-04-21T14:57:54.190+01:002011-04-21T14:57:54.190+01:00Thanks Aidan, glad you liked the dichotomy in ther...Thanks Aidan, glad you liked the dichotomy in there. =)<br /><br />I thought about how often something is so near to us, within our own town, say, and we don't visit it. I hardly ever went back home when it was only half an hour away... and now my parents live in an entirely different country... we so often don't take the opportunity when we can.John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-47864432526729768942011-04-21T04:17:03.704+01:002011-04-21T04:17:03.704+01:00Two things stand out for me in this story. First I...Two things stand out for me in this story. First I like the conflicting ideas: the end seems to power that home with agony/ectasy, beauty/chaos, love song/dirge; but also the central conflict running away and returning home. Secondly, I like the running commentary from the Rafi: "the most dangerous thing ever invented".<br /><br />Great voice throughout.AidanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.com