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jimbow8   03-24-2004, 05:04 PM
#31
Biggles Wrote:Hey! I just noticed I'm now a "senior member". When, and how, did that happen? Does this entitle me to discounts at restaurants?
Or maybe they checked your date of birth and figured out your age. Wink

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Ken Valentine   03-25-2004, 06:37 AM
#32
Tim Hatch Wrote:Ending up on a rooftop with a rifle until the next FPW book comes out has always worked for me.
:p

I have a tee shirt with that on it. A picture of a man with a high powered rifle, and the caption, "When all else fails, vote from the roof tops." Big Grin

Ken V.
Dave   03-25-2004, 07:55 AM
#33
Paul R Wrote:You guys should think yourselves lucky that you aren't from Sunny England, where FPW simply doesn't exist. The only place to find his books over here is on the internet. :mad:

Couldn't agree more, Paul.

God bless the internet, and all who surf in her.

Dave
Tim Hatch   03-25-2004, 03:23 PM
#34
Ken Valentine Wrote:I have a tee shirt with that on it. A picture of a man with a high powered rifle, and the caption, "When all else fails, vote from the roof tops." Big Grin

Ken V.

I love it!!
Cool
topol_sheap   03-26-2004, 02:47 PM
#35
Paul R Wrote:You guys should think yourselves lucky that you aren't from Sunny England, where FPW simply doesn't exist. The only place to find his books over here is on the internet. :mad:

not true. Forbidden Planet in London stock some of his stuff, as do the bigger bookshops in the capital. It's still an arse, but what can you do?? I have to use the net myself to get the new good stuff as it comes out, otherwise I'll miss it Sad
Biggles   03-27-2004, 02:33 AM
#36
jimbow8 Wrote:Or maybe they checked your date of birth and figured out your age. Wink

My birth year (1431) isn't listed, so that can't be it.

http://www.northernindianacriminaldefense.com

"I don't always carry a pistol, but when I do, I prefer an East German Makarov"
Biggles   03-27-2004, 02:46 AM
#37
fpw Wrote:I'm not. The lesson is clear: don't deviate from formula.

FPW

I finished it last night. Your writing style was different (first person, for example) in some ways, but I think that I would have known it was you even if you had published it under a pseudonym. I think it proves that you don't have to write "horror" or violence in order to keep your fans happy. It was an inspirational, uplifting novel to me, and I felt incredibly good at the end. I think you should consider picking up Will and Maya's story a few years later and write a sequel. The door is certainly open.

BTW, am I alone in noting some parallels between Will Burleigh and Steve Dalt?

I encourage you to write more books like T5H if you have time. They WILL find an audience, and they will be a valuable addition to your body of work.

http://www.northernindianacriminaldefense.com

"I don't always carry a pistol, but when I do, I prefer an East German Makarov"
jimbow8   05-30-2004, 01:29 PM
#38
OK, I read the book finally, so now I can comment more edumacatedly. I returned the book to the library already, so I can't read the book flap, but from what has been posted I don't see it as misleading at all.

"Maya too has her secrets, and as Will unravels them, he begins to fear he might have made a terrible mistake."

Nowhere does it say that Will is being mislead, only that Maya is keeping secrets which is true.

Anyway, I thought this was a great book, Paul. **SPOILER** I thought the healing concept was very similar to the actions taken by Pard in Healer. I have read similar ideas and it gives one pause to consider the power of the human mind. If it is indeed true that humans only use about 10% of their brain capacity, how much more are we actually capable of? Can the power of belief and of the human will be harnessed? The possibilities are endless.

Again, GREAT book, Paul. Keep these "off-formula" novels coming. As much as I love the RJ novels (and all the others), nothing is better than something new and fresh.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8   05-30-2004, 01:34 PM
#39
Biggles Wrote:BTW, am I alone in noting some parallels between Will Burleigh and Steve Dalt?

I encourage you to write more books like T5H if you have time. They WILL find an audience, and they will be a valuable addition to your body of work.
I hadn't noticed these comments when I posted, Biggles. Oh no! I'm starting to think like you!!! ARGH!! The Horror!!!!



Biggles Wrote:It was an inspirational, uplifting novel to me, and I felt incredibly good at the end. I think you should consider picking up Will and Maya's story a few years later and write a sequel. The door is certainly open.
I was thinking that, too. Somebody help me!!! :p

Or maybe a prequel.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Biggles   05-30-2004, 04:02 PM
#40
jimbow8 Wrote:I hadn't noticed these comments when I posted, Biggles. Oh no! I'm starting to think like you!!! ARGH!! The Horror!!!!
***
I was thinking that, too. Somebody help me!!! :p

The first step to rehabilitation is realizing that you have a problem.

http://www.northernindianacriminaldefense.com

"I don't always carry a pistol, but when I do, I prefer an East German Makarov"
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