law dawg Wrote:Me-I was talking about the party in The Haunted Air. Even Gia gets on him for dressing in a short-sleaved plaid shirt, jeans and work boots. He did well in All the Rage blending in for the art show and The Tomb. But blending in means doing it all the time and it is exhausting. It is one of the reasons people in this kind of lifestyle need to decompress so often. It is part of being a pro and why their closets are so diverse they tend to stick to only certain environments. I know certain things are done for literary license it was just a minor thing that jumped out to me.
Yes, in THE HAUNTED AIR he dressed in work clothes, but do you recall the kinds of outrageous things others wore to the party?
In another sense, we all dress to blend in. Like the rest of us, I'm sure you have suits in your closet for certain occasions, tee shirts and jeans for other occasions, slacks and polo shirts for still others, etc. . . . and shoes to match.
Quote:Ken-See CRISSCROSS.
Me-Thanks. THAT I haven't read yet so I am lacking here (said there may be something I missed and memory is inefficient at times......). Will get to it ASAP.
Best to read GATEWAYS first, as there are small things there which lead directly into CRISSCROSS. Also, CRISSCROSS is only out now in a limited edition. The regular hardback will be out around November . . . according to Barnes and Noble.
Quote:Ken-Carrying a gun without a round chambered is Jack's personal preference. I don't agree with it either, but that is his way, and I accept it.
Me-Said it was a critique only. My opinion. But no one carries like this anymore and RJ is a pro. It is inefficient and RJ seems like a model of inefficiency. It makes an already cumbersome weapon (pistol) to bring to bear due to concealment issues even slower if you has to rack a round. Not to mention you hope you remember to rack one and don't just pull the gun and start pulling the trigger....
I think the thing to remember here is consistancy -- as I'm sure you know -- if you consistantly carry with a loaded chamber, you will consistantly
not rack the slide. If you consistantly carry with an empty chamber, you consistantly
will rack the slide.
There are minor errors in the books. There are minor errors in all books.
Take UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, by John Ross for example. (An historically accurate novel about the gun culture.) John
REALLY knows guns . . . I mean he . . .
REALLY . . . KNOWS . . . GUNS! But in one scene in his 800 plus page novel, he shows he doesn't know how to use a hacksaw. But then most people don't, so it can be excused.
Quote:I also remember the brass knuckles. Maybe I forgot him carrying a blade? I may have forgotten that. Still, a guy like Jack who always carries a gun (and nearly always mentions it) would always carry a blade too. I don't remember any mention of it. Again, just my opinion.
Things like that don't need to be mentioned until they need to be . . . well . . . mentioned. And when they need to be mentioned, FPW mentions them. It's not necessary to list Jacks pocket contents every night.
Quote:These a minor things that I would like. Doesn't mean they are correct or that everyone else would like them. Just my BS opinion. And thanks for the Crisscross reference. I had missed that one.
You'll get there.
You also might want to read UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. a novel which you will either love, or hate . . . nothing in between.
Ken V.