Comments for Loose Leaf Stories http://www.looseleafstories.com science fiction and fantasy novels online Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Blacktop, Black Veil by E.D. Lindquist http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/08/blacktop-black-veil/#comment-1434 E.D. Lindquist Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:39:06 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/?p=14234#comment-1434 As I went to bed last night, I was thinking that pretty much all of my flash fiction and short stories are utterly morbid and/or sad. I really need to write something happy, don't I? As I went to bed last night, I was thinking that pretty much all of my flash fiction and short stories are utterly morbid and/or sad. I really need to write something happy, don’t I?

]]> Comment on Blacktop, Black Veil by Lissy http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/08/blacktop-black-veil/#comment-1433 Lissy Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:06:14 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/?p=14234#comment-1433 This is sad on so many levels. It's sad to lose someone. It's hard to lose them with conflicts unresolved. It's pathetic when people ruin their relationships like that. And the irony makes the scene pretty sad too. This is sad on so many levels. It’s sad to lose someone. It’s hard to lose them with conflicts unresolved. It’s pathetic when people ruin their relationships like that. And the irony makes the scene pretty sad too.

]]> Comment on The Dune Encyclopedia by Aron http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/09/the-dune-encyclopedia/#comment-1425 Aron Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:12:08 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/?p=14424#comment-1425 When I heard that Brian Herbert was going to take up the mantel of his father and write a prequel trilogy for the Dune saga I just about wet my pants. I saw that he had partnered with Kevin J. Anderson, who wrote several Star Wars books that I found mediocre, but my enthusiasm was not so easily diminished. I received a hardback copy of Dune: House Atreides for Christmas and consumed the book greedily. Sadly, it left a sour taste in my mouth, much akin to vomit. The last I saw my copy of House Atreides we were using it to even up the wobbly end of our couch. Like the junky that I am, I just couldn't kick the habit, though. I bought and read the rest of the prequel trilogy, though by the end it seemed that I was only reading them to fuel my bitter rage. The lesser Herbert and KJA didn't create a continuation of a much-loved epic, but rather a milking machine to squeeze money out of the legacy of a much more talented, imaginative man. Literally, Brian Herbert and KJA took plot developments from the last two <em>real</em> Dune books and moved them back into their prequel novels. Did they not have any ideas of their own? Other "creative" decisions they made were more personal affronts than what I consider outright theft, but the memory of those novels still stirs animal rage in my heart. Consider it a sign of my devotion to the Dune universe that I love (or perhaps the strength of my wishful thinking) that I picked up The Butlerian Jihad, the next travesty from Brian Herbert and KJA. I couldn't bring myself to finish it, but when the memory of the horrors had died down, I did look up their series on Wikipedia, including their sequels to Dune: Chapterhouse. They made sandworms aquatic. <em>Sand</em>worms. In the ocean. And super spice... and...and... Sorry, my fingers are curled into a strangling position and don't seem to want to relax, making it hard to type. My opinion on the Dune works of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson is not high. On the other hand, I had a nerdgasm when Erica sent me the link to the Dune Encyclopedia and look forward to reading every delicious page with great relish. When I heard that Brian Herbert was going to take up the mantel of his father and write a prequel trilogy for the Dune saga I just about wet my pants. I saw that he had partnered with Kevin J. Anderson, who wrote several Star Wars books that I found mediocre, but my enthusiasm was not so easily diminished.
I received a hardback copy of Dune: House Atreides for Christmas and consumed the book greedily. Sadly, it left a sour taste in my mouth, much akin to vomit. The last I saw my copy of House Atreides we were using it to even up the wobbly end of our couch.
Like the junky that I am, I just couldn’t kick the habit, though. I bought and read the rest of the prequel trilogy, though by the end it seemed that I was only reading them to fuel my bitter rage. The lesser Herbert and KJA didn’t create a continuation of a much-loved epic, but rather a milking machine to squeeze money out of the legacy of a much more talented, imaginative man.
Literally, Brian Herbert and KJA took plot developments from the last two real Dune books and moved them back into their prequel novels. Did they not have any ideas of their own? Other “creative” decisions they made were more personal affronts than what I consider outright theft, but the memory of those novels still stirs animal rage in my heart.
Consider it a sign of my devotion to the Dune universe that I love (or perhaps the strength of my wishful thinking) that I picked up The Butlerian Jihad, the next travesty from Brian Herbert and KJA. I couldn’t bring myself to finish it, but when the memory of the horrors had died down, I did look up their series on Wikipedia, including their sequels to Dune: Chapterhouse.
They made sandworms aquatic. Sandworms. In the ocean. And super spice… and…and… Sorry, my fingers are curled into a strangling position and don’t seem to want to relax, making it hard to type.
My opinion on the Dune works of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson is not high.
On the other hand, I had a nerdgasm when Erica sent me the link to the Dune Encyclopedia and look forward to reading every delicious page with great relish.

]]> Comment on The Dune Encyclopedia by E.D. Lindquist http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/09/the-dune-encyclopedia/#comment-1424 E.D. Lindquist Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:15:11 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/?p=14424#comment-1424 Also, some never-gonna-be-used Dune concept art: http://io9.com/5629749/sandworms-and-huge-battle-scenes-concept-art-for-the-dune-movie-that-never-was/gallery/ Also, some never-gonna-be-used Dune concept art: http://io9.com/5629749/sandworms-and-huge-battle-scenes-concept-art-for-the-dune-movie-that-never-was/gallery/

]]> Comment on Site updates by E.D. Lindquist http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/09/site-updates/#comment-1423 E.D. Lindquist Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:14:27 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/?p=14410#comment-1423 Woo! Someone noticed! ;) Any requests or suggestions on usability and desired features are welcome. Woo! Someone noticed! ;)

Any requests or suggestions on usability and desired features are welcome.

]]> Comment on Site updates by Mary A. E. http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/09/site-updates/#comment-1422 Mary A. E. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:59:02 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/?p=14410#comment-1422 lol I noticed and thought, "Wow, what the heck is wrong with my computer?" Took me a min to figure out that you must have changed the sight. lol I noticed and thought, “Wow, what the heck is wrong with my computer?” Took me a min to figure out that you must have changed the sight.

]]> Comment on Site updates by E.D. Lindquist http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/09/site-updates/#comment-1421 E.D. Lindquist Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:29:48 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/?p=14410#comment-1421 After I saw you, I changed the background from white to a near-white and yeah, FINALLY fixed the nav bar. That thing was a nightmare! After I saw you, I changed the background from white to a near-white and yeah, FINALLY fixed the nav bar. That thing was a nightmare!

]]> Comment on Site updates by Cedar http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/09/site-updates/#comment-1420 Cedar Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:18:49 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/?p=14410#comment-1420 The white isn't as glaring as I first thought, and I've got that widescreen monitor you're lending me. It helps to look at it on my monitor, and not on Lacey's monster of a screen. Looks like the navigation bar is fixed, and the font is definitely easy to read. :) The white isn’t as glaring as I first thought, and I’ve got that widescreen monitor you’re lending me. It helps to look at it on my monitor, and not on Lacey’s monster of a screen. Looks like the navigation bar is fixed, and the font is definitely easy to read. :)

]]> Comment on Chapter 24: Reaping Tears | page 2 by #TuesdaySerial Report – Week 18 – August 31, 2010 | Inspired by Real Life http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/08/chapter-24-page-2/#comment-1417 #TuesdaySerial Report – Week 18 – August 31, 2010 | Inspired by Real Life Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:53:09 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/2010/08/chapter-24-page-2/#comment-1417 [...] Anvil of Tears, by E. D. Lindquist. Chapter 24: Reaping Tears | page 2. [...] [...] Anvil of Tears, by E. D. Lindquist. Chapter 24: Reaping Tears | page 2. [...]

]]> Comment on Prologue: Into the Stars by Webfiction Wednesday 26 | ErgoFiction http://www.looseleafstories.com/2009/07/prologue/#comment-1415 Webfiction Wednesday 26 | ErgoFiction Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:28:20 +0000 http://www.looseleafstories.com/2009/07/prologue/#comment-1415 [...] Anvil of Tears [...] [...] Anvil of Tears [...]

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