fpw Wrote:Blew away my agent and editor too: "You can't DO that!"If only more writers had the cajones to say that to their editor!
Oh yes I can.
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
Dave Wrote:Great book, one of my faves. And whether conscious or not, it does have undertones of the AC, even though it officially remains seperate.
Dave
Dave,
I think there are more than undertones of the AC in BLACK WIND. "Demonsong," about the beginning of R-----m (don't even want to write his name!), and BLACK WIND are more closely linked than even FPW knew or, better put, remembered.
Maggers
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
fpw Wrote:Blew away my agent and editor too: "You can't DO that!"
Oh yes I can.
LOL, I can imagine. I had to stop for a moment and re-read it.
You can do that? Wow.
Dave
Maggers Wrote:Dave,
I think there are more than undertones of the AC in BLACK WIND. "Demonsong," about the beginning of R-----m (don't even want to write his name!), and BLACK WIND are more closely linked than even FPW knew or, better put, remembered.
Maggers
I am one of those that would like Black Wind brought into the Cycle.
Maybe one of Jack's adventures could touch on it. I sound like Mike (Hanson) now.
Dave
I must admit, my initial reaction to what happened to Jim was very similar to FPW's editor. I kind of read it...turned the page and stopped. And thought...did I just read that? Of course it pales in comparison to what happens to Will in Reprisal (read a bit more ). I know it's a little late but for goodness sake FPW - give the guy a break! First his parents...and then Danny....
Sara Lom though. The name made me smile.
). I know it's a little late but for goodness sake FPW - give the guy a break! First his parents...and then Danny....Sara Lom though. The name made me smile.
'I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.'
Reprisal's my favorite in the series, although difficult to read at times. That's mostly due to the extreme horror and disturbing images. The stuff that happens in that book is just so freakin evil . I loved it.
-Fitter, happier, more productive...A pig in a cage,
on antibiotics. - Radiohead
-I got a molotov cocktail with a match to go, I smoke
my cigarette with style - G n R
Dave Wrote:I am one of those that would like Black Wind brought into the Cycle.Next thing you know, you'll be asking for a prequel to The Keep.
Maybe one of Jack's adventures could touch on it. I sound like Mike (Hanson) now.
Dave
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 Wrote:Next thing you know, you'll be asking for a prequel to The Keep.
That would be "Demonsong." Although it's quite brief.
Perhaps an expanded version of "Demonsong?"
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
Maggers Wrote:That would be "Demonsong." Although it's quite brief.
Perhaps an expanded version of "Demonsong?"
Heh heh... there's a history here Maggers. Myself and another from the old board would bug F. Paul endlessly to write a Prequel to "The Keep". It went on for quite some time. It's known simply as the "Keep Prequel" now. Someday, maybe, it might happen. That's all we get out of F. Paul.
APhew Wrote:Heh heh... there's a history here Maggers. Myself and another from the old board would bug F. Paul endlessly to write a Prequel to "The Keep". It went on for quite some time. It's known simply as the "Keep Prequel" now. Someday, maybe, it might happen. That's all we get out of F. Paul.
So "Demonsong" is not considered a brief, very brief, prequel to "The Keep?"
Or have you been asking FPW to expand on "Demonsong" and his answer is "All in good time, my dears, all in good time?"
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd