Comments on: FREE FICTION, FILE 770, IO9 AND STAR WARS

By: The Crotchety Old Fan

The Crotchety Old Fan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:53:46 +0000

Thanks!

Hmmm – reminding people of Clarke and stuff they read in Asimov’s. Those are damn fine ‘critiques’!

By: Kochk

Kochk — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:06:21 +0000

I’m reminded of a section in The Light of Other Days by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C Clarke. Of course the ubiquitous surveillance in that novel is down wormholes so people hiding from it have to go about it with a bit more effort.

It’s also a pleasure to see a story which in addition to working in itself is also an extended knob joke.

By: The Crotchety Old Fan

The Crotchety Old Fan — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:00:45 +0000

Thanks David!

That’s a compliment – but in fact, Asimov’s is one of the rejection slips I got for that tale.

I probably ought to tighten it up a bit, and there are a couple of things I’d change as well (I think the ending needs to be a bit stronger/more pointed) – but I’m working on other things right now.

By: David K. M. Klaus

David K. M. Klaus — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:41:02 +0000

P. S.: Good story. It reads like something I would find in Asimov’s.

By: David K. M. Klaus

David K. M. Klaus — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:39:07 +0000

The first thing I ever read on IO9 was a smarmy, Star-Trek-geeks-are-all-mentally-ill-with-Aspergers screed. I commented pointing out that if it hadn't been for forty years of Star Trek in the public consciousness, the reading base for their website wouldn't exist and none of them would have the jobs they had working there and the opportunity to bite the hands which fed them. I haven't been back since.

By: Doug Knipe [SciFiGuy]

Doug Knipe [SciFiGuy] — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:25:47 +0000

Well I certainly don’t mind adding my two cents regarding I09 which in my opinion is little more the an SF internet version of the National Enquirer.