@ FB - Oh god, school of mangaecca lol

@ BK - LOL nonman trying to remember where he parked his car!  i am loving your stand up experience

@ NF - i guess you could call ladies that, lol

@ Redeagl - oh your horrible puns are horrible, i love it!  maitha-net! gae-loath!  lol xerius/no oh my

Necromancy will be done here.

The story: His wife woke him up in the middle of the night, telling him that their toddler son is crying. He wondered about how their baby,who died in a car accident last year with his older brother and mother could be crying right now...

a present dead child is the creepiest!  it's the strange situation of what is absent is now present and shouldn't be

Hi BK!  Such a good time to be a fan!  Welcome!

I love this thread. (Attn: "Spoilers")

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Quote from: Madness on December 30, 2015, 03:59:18 am

And, you know... Qirri is a hell of a drug.

Kellhus has to snort Mekeretrig in the next book.  I demand it.

The question shall then be: "Father, am I to dwell in your house?  And put mine feet upon your couch?"

Notes toward a possible screenplay of TUC

NEW SCENE
<Kellhus meets Proyas at Golgotterath>

K. Bro! Whassup!

P. Fuck this noise, that's what's up. This fucking "Great Ordeal" is a goddam shitstorm!

K. Whoa, chill, Greater Pro! Try teleporting across the entire Empire. Have you made the necessary decisions?

P. The fucking hell...yes, Lord, I did. Hey, did you know that if you burn up a Sranc completely, the ashes from the charred Meat are pretty fucking potent? We've been slogging all the way from Dagliash on that shit.

K. Good call! Now let's fuck up the Consult.

END SCENE.

I LIKE IT! MAYBE THE WHOLE THING CAN TURN INTO A PRANK WAR LIKE REVENGE OF THE NERDS

The bad news and the good

THE BAD NEWS - Two problems with TUC: 1) there are questions answered, 2) there are questions unanswered.  As for the first, I don’t know about you, but in the 5 years between WLW and TGO, my mind filled with 1,001 pet theories to explain the unexplainable Earwa.  Bakker is so good at creating the impression that every stone is impregnated with bundled meaning, that anything seemed possible.  When I did get the answer, I felt all the other possibilities turn to smoke.  A strange feeling.

That there are questions still unanswered, what can I say?  TUC reveals a lot, but not all.

THE GOOD NEWS - That mysteries remain means we can look forward to plenty more Earwa.  However, there are a few super duper things about TUC in particular that I want to share:

1) Bakker cares.  When I read a book, I have a feeling for what parts the author agonized over.  Some sentences like “Bob shot Dubby" are obviously low effort on the author’s part.  Word for word, sentence for sentence, Bakker lets the reader know that he has crafted this thing jot and tittle.  That means a lot to me.  More than all of the previous Earwa books, this one is exquisite in the minutiae.  AND THAT’S JUST THE MANUSCRIPT! 

2) Bakker has done some super subtle foreshadowing going all the way back to the PON books.  I would like to hint about that, but it’s just too wonderful.  Once you finish TUC, you’ll def want to start the whole journey over.  I know that you know Bakker did this, but the way he did it was surprising and unlooked for.  There are parts of the previous 6 books that foreshadow events in TUC that do not seem to be foreshadowing moments or seem to foreshadow something else entirely.

3) IMO, Bakker hits the perfect balance of narrative and philosophy—better than the other books.

4) Action!  This thing is tense through and through and ends with rush upon rush of page-turning action. 

I really enjoyed TUC!  I think you will too!  I’ll be putting some of this stuff in the forthcoming book review.

Lastly, if you can only squeeze one reread in before now and July, reread TTT

Can't remember if I shared these...

Here's a story about a dying pet (comedy):
http://www.route2.org/part-2-of-101/huuaauugghh-aaackk-uuhhllkh-the-last-words-of-herman-the-rabbit

Here's a romp through the genres:
https://sites.google.com/site/quincyuniversityriverrun/spring-16/-creative-writing-101-by-andy-tressler

Quote from: Monkhound on March 08, 2017, 10:00:08 pm

Quote from: Beardfisher King on March 08, 2017, 05:51:23 pm

So Kellhus is disillusioning Proyas.....for what purpose? What must Proyas become?

The one who had everything but lost it, therefore becoming the perfect vessel? Remember Serwë.

But Serwë was never similarly disillusioned, was she? I'm thinking the shaping of Proyas will lead to some amazing developments in TUC.

CAN CONFIRM

EDIT: EXCEPT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT "AMAZING" IS THE RIGHT WORD