Comments for Super Doomed Planet http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog It's better than doomed... it's super doomed. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, The Letter Killers Club by Cary Loren http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=722&cpage=1#comment-2709 Cary Loren Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:35:20 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=722#comment-2709 Great review- thanks! - just finished "LKC" and loved it, SK has an incredible sense of humor too. Not very familiar with Lem except for Solaris but will check out "A Perfect Vacuum." Great review- thanks! – just finished “LKC” and loved it, SK has an incredible sense of humor too. Not very familiar with Lem except for Solaris but will check out “A Perfect Vacuum.”

]]> Comment on Memories of the Future by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, The Letter Killers Club | Super Doomed Planet http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-2696 Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, The Letter Killers Club | Super Doomed Planet Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:01:50 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=503#comment-2696 [...] stories, quasi-stories, and narrative fragments. I could say many of the same things about it as I said about Memories of the Future–the prose is startling, the ideas come at rapid fire, and Krzhizhanovsky draws vivid [...] [...] stories, quasi-stories, and narrative fragments. I could say many of the same things about it as I said about Memories of the Future–the prose is startling, the ideas come at rapid fire, and Krzhizhanovsky draws vivid [...]

]]> Comment on Links to Things by Gareth Rees http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=704&cpage=1#comment-2671 Gareth Rees Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:55:26 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=704#comment-2671 <i>It's hard not to wonder why a novel can’t provide interest in the character of physical law and have lifelike characters, beautiful prose, and well-crafted plots.</i> And a pony! It’s hard not to wonder why a novel can’t provide interest in the character of physical law and have lifelike characters, beautiful prose, and well-crafted plots.

And a pony!

]]> Comment on Links to Things by Wesley http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=704&cpage=1#comment-2670 Wesley Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:28:11 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=704#comment-2670 I read it in one of the Dozois best of the year collections. It’s actually one of the few times I’ve enjoyed Egan’s writing, although I still found it only reasonably good rather than great. I tend to feel estranged from his characters–as though kept at arm’s length from them even when the narrative is inhabiting their point of view. The first chunk of his story <a href="http://www.gregegan.net/MISC/SINGLETON/Singleton.html" rel="nofollow">“Singleton,” also on Egan’s site</a>, is a decent example–I can tell from the description that the narrator is experiencing a surge of alarm and adrenaline, but I’m not getting the urgency from the prose. At times his dialogue doesn’t ring quite true to me, either; it can sound just a <em>little</em> too earnest. For what it’s worth, I don’t think he’s a <em>bad</em> writer–if he were, my problems with his work would be less subtle and easier to pinpoint. I read it in one of the Dozois best of the year collections. It’s actually one of the few times I’ve enjoyed Egan’s writing, although I still found it only reasonably good rather than great. I tend to feel estranged from his characters–as though kept at arm’s length from them even when the narrative is inhabiting their point of view. The first chunk of his story “Singleton,” also on Egan’s site, is a decent example–I can tell from the description that the narrator is experiencing a surge of alarm and adrenaline, but I’m not getting the urgency from the prose. At times his dialogue doesn’t ring quite true to me, either; it can sound just a little too earnest.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think he’s a bad writer–if he were, my problems with his work would be less subtle and easier to pinpoint.

]]> Comment on Links to Things by Andrew Hickey http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=704&cpage=1#comment-2669 Andrew Hickey Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:41:28 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=704#comment-2669 I'm surprised you find Egan's stuff affectless - I find some of it quite beautiful. Have you read the one about Alan Turing and C.S. Lewis? http://www.gregegan.net/MISC/ORACLE/Oracle.html I’m surprised you find Egan’s stuff affectless – I find some of it quite beautiful. Have you read the one about Alan Turing and C.S. Lewis? http://www.gregegan.net/MISC/ORACLE/Oracle.html

]]> Comment on New Adventures Reviews: The Pit by Hazmat http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-2664 Hazmat Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:59:39 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=86#comment-2664 Oh, thank you for this. Despite being a Whovian since the 80s, I missed a lot of the NAs and recently determined to read them all, in order. And The Pit is like a big ugly toad I can't get around. Utter grinding slog. I'm glad to find out I'm not crazy. Oh, thank you for this. Despite being a Whovian since the 80s, I missed a lot of the NAs and recently determined to read them all, in order. And The Pit is like a big ugly toad I can’t get around. Utter grinding slog.

I’m glad to find out I’m not crazy.

]]> Comment on Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion 2 (Now With Fifty Percent Less Relevant Content) by Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion 3 | Super Doomed Planet http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=640&cpage=1#comment-2591 Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion 3 | Super Doomed Planet Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:33:22 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=640#comment-2591 [...] ← Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion 2 (Now With Fifty Percent Less Relevant Content) Links to Things [...] [...] ← Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion 2 (Now With Fifty Percent Less Relevant Content) Links to Things [...]

]]> Comment on Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion (Part One) by Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion 3 | Super Doomed Planet http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=630&cpage=1#comment-2586 Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion 3 | Super Doomed Planet Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:09:01 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=630#comment-2586 [...] only just starting to feel focused enough during my free time to write again. (Here are parts one and two, posted some time ago. It feels kind of odd to have taken so long on this review; it makes [...] [...] only just starting to feel focused enough during my free time to write again. (Here are parts one and two, posted some time ago. It feels kind of odd to have taken so long on this review; it makes [...]

]]> Comment on Cleek of Scotland Yard by michael gianfreda http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=95&cpage=1#comment-2583 michael gianfreda Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:55:06 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=95#comment-2583 I have just finished 'Cleek, the man of the forty faces', and starting 'Cleek of Scotland Yard' now. Some stories appeared on 'Short Stories' magazine 1914 and 1915 as series called 'Chronicles of Cleek' and 'Further Adventures of Cleek' and I don't know if they were collected in book form. See this link: http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/d964.htm and http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/s1263.htm#A41227.1 . I hope all these stories are collected either in 'Cleek of Scotland Yard' or 'Cleek's Government Cases'. The Edison Film series were called 'Chronicles of Cleek', presumed lost, but you can get a list of the titles at imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453286/movieconnections It's great that Cleek and the Hanshews are rediscovered. Coachwhipbooks.com have three volumes of the Cleek books available. They also have the complete Thinking Machine stories by Jacques Futrelle. I have just finished ‘Cleek, the man of the forty faces’, and starting ‘Cleek of Scotland Yard’ now. Some stories appeared on ‘Short Stories’ magazine 1914 and 1915 as series called ‘Chronicles of Cleek’ and ‘Further Adventures of Cleek’ and I don’t know if they were collected in book form. See this link: http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/d964.htm
and http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/s1263.htm#A41227.1 .
I hope all these stories are collected either in ‘Cleek of Scotland Yard’ or ‘Cleek’s Government Cases’.
The Edison Film series were called ‘Chronicles of Cleek’, presumed lost, but you can get a list of the titles at imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453286/movieconnections

It’s great that Cleek and the Hanshews are rediscovered. Coachwhipbooks.com have three volumes of the Cleek books available. They also have the complete Thinking Machine stories by Jacques Futrelle.

]]> Comment on Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion (Part One) by Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion 2 (Now With Fifty Percent Less Relevant Content) | Super Doomed Planet http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=630&cpage=1#comment-2572 Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion 2 (Now With Fifty Percent Less Relevant Content) | Super Doomed Planet Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:11:04 +0000 http://www.superdoomedplanet.com/blog/?p=630#comment-2572 [...] Twitter ← Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion (Part One) [...] [...] Twitter ← Reviewing Worlds of Exile and Illusion (Part One) [...]

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