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lkh_lashouts2005-06-03 06:02 pm
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Just the usual nonsense...
Blog flog: Friday, June 03, 2005
http://www.eridine.com/blog/2005_06_01_archive.html
As ever, LKH's stuff in italics, mine not so much.
One thing that used to concern me was when I was between two and three hundred pages in and still had not gotten to the full meat of the mystery or main plot.... Lots of stuff is happening, important stuff, but the fact that there's no villain in sight, well, I'm cool with that. I knew the first half of this book was mainly to solidify control of the arduer and the whole powers thing, and that's what we're doing.
Three hundred pages in and there's no sign of a bad guy, much less a plot? That's never a good sign. Especially in a series which is supposed to be mystery-driven (but we all know how much that is not happening). Sounds like the next Anita "novel" is going to be a work to rival Incubus Dreams, all right.
Though, unfortunately Anita and Richard have already had one fight. I was really hoping for at least one book where we didn't fight.
I'm just going to attempt to ignore the "we". Why do we have to have a book where they don't fight? If I was Richard, and the girl I (for some sick, masochistic reason) liked was sleeping with -- what is it now? -- eight other guys? Well, needless to say, I'd be somewhat annoyed. Actually, I'd have dumped her hiney ages ago, but of course, this is LKH's world, and no one's ever allowed to leave. I pity those poor characters.
Since some people seem a little puzzled by the concept of the whole novel-lite, and what it means, I'm going to be doing an essay about it in the next newsletter.
Hm. That says so many things about her remaining fanbase, I think. ;)
http://www.eridine.com/blog/2005_06_01_archive.html
As ever, LKH's stuff in italics, mine not so much.
One thing that used to concern me was when I was between two and three hundred pages in and still had not gotten to the full meat of the mystery or main plot.... Lots of stuff is happening, important stuff, but the fact that there's no villain in sight, well, I'm cool with that. I knew the first half of this book was mainly to solidify control of the arduer and the whole powers thing, and that's what we're doing.
Three hundred pages in and there's no sign of a bad guy, much less a plot? That's never a good sign. Especially in a series which is supposed to be mystery-driven (but we all know how much that is not happening). Sounds like the next Anita "novel" is going to be a work to rival Incubus Dreams, all right.
Though, unfortunately Anita and Richard have already had one fight. I was really hoping for at least one book where we didn't fight.
I'm just going to attempt to ignore the "we". Why do we have to have a book where they don't fight? If I was Richard, and the girl I (for some sick, masochistic reason) liked was sleeping with -- what is it now? -- eight other guys? Well, needless to say, I'd be somewhat annoyed. Actually, I'd have dumped her hiney ages ago, but of course, this is LKH's world, and no one's ever allowed to leave. I pity those poor characters.
Since some people seem a little puzzled by the concept of the whole novel-lite, and what it means, I'm going to be doing an essay about it in the next newsletter.
Hm. That says so many things about her remaining fanbase, I think. ;)
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Failing that, frankly, the entire series is striking me, at this point, as what happens to a great ABVH RPG when everyone runs out of plot ideas. The characters then all go pair off and screw like bunnies, often, the pairings are odd, or involve more than just pairs...hmmm....that sounds like a trend.
She accuses so many of us of being such prudes, yet...might I ask one thing? Where are the other female characters? Why is Anita JUST going for men? C'mon..in for a penny, in for a pound, right? Or is there that deep down rational feeling somewhere that at least SOMEONE should still be safe, characterwise, from our lady of the spread and readies?
-Dira-
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It's...so apt.
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*WEG*
-Dira-