tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post6122408656101029308..comments2024-02-29T16:43:55.241-05:00Comments on Lurking Rhythmically: "One Second After": A Book ReportErin Palettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-56330685562624409832013-05-03T18:03:29.142-04:002013-05-03T18:03:29.142-04:00Thanks for the warning, now I'll skip it. Have...Thanks for the warning, now I'll skip it. Haven't watched/read The Road, I've got enough depression in my life already. :DTed Nelsonhttp://www.facebook.com/ted.nelson.714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-16716788397086529032013-05-02T20:43:15.151-04:002013-05-02T20:43:15.151-04:00Also. The Road, was one of the crappiest movies e...Also. The Road, was one of the crappiest movies ever. I couldn't believe i wanted the boy dead from about the second scene he was in so i read the book this winter. Yep, it sucked. I wanted the boy dead more than ever.davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-50972158036332005032013-05-02T20:37:58.505-04:002013-05-02T20:37:58.505-04:00I don't care that it wasn't written in the...I don't care that it wasn't written in the manner one expecteth, as i see that being a failure on proof readers, editors etc mostly. I don't want to have to suffer through Shakespearean English as it is the 'correct' way to write a tale.<br />Setting it where he lived. Great, write what you know. Makes researching a scene easier if you walk down the street and look at it.<br />The predictable from chapter 1 death? I admit, i was almost convinced it wasn't going to happen by the point it did. (Damn allergies.)<br />Eating the dog was no big deal,(sad, yes) people have and will do worse. They just found the remains of a 14yr old girl that the colonists dug up (she was dead and buried already) and ate they were so desperate.<br />I looked up insulin production. Besides the fridge, centrifuge, and liquid chromatography machine. A steady supply of pancreases, grinding them up and the acids and other chemicals to get the insulin out. Finding a lab tech who happened to do that 30 years ago living in Black Mountain would be so unlikely its beyond consideration. You don't just go up to a cow with a syringe and extract some pancreas juice then inject it into someone.<br />Black mountain is, as the author said, in a lousy spot. Too many people, too few resources. Plus bad geographically. If you killed a cow per day, the people of Black Mountain would get 1oz of meat each (maybe). A farm is not a good source of food, much like 1 cherry will not make much of a pie.davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-73420881355404498832013-05-02T00:29:40.712-04:002013-05-02T00:29:40.712-04:00I'd say you barely got your money's worth....I'd say you barely got your money's worth.Erin Palettehttp://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-39244032335787018422013-05-02T00:27:02.665-04:002013-05-02T00:27:02.665-04:00I didn't get halfway through. Fortunately, I p...I didn't get halfway through. Fortunately, I paid at most a dollar for it at a thrift store.Mike SixEighthttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1147819480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-56880448926110435662013-05-02T00:04:39.544-04:002013-05-02T00:04:39.544-04:00It's an "EMPs are bad, mmkay?" lectu...It's an "EMPs are bad, mmkay?" lecture wrapped in postholocaust grimdark and set in the author's hometown, where the author is the main character of the book.Erin Palettehttp://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-85461446392622804372013-05-01T23:55:18.481-04:002013-05-01T23:55:18.481-04:00This is America, I feel like I'm always being ...This is America, I feel like I'm always being lectured. Usually about what an evil person I am. Pity I can't throw the country across the room in disgust.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-84199668412415773352013-05-01T23:53:00.929-04:002013-05-01T23:53:00.929-04:00I didn't think it was as bad as that, but it c...I didn't think it was as bad as that, but it could have been my fond memories of the author's Wing Commander books from the early 90s coloring my perception.<br /><br /><br /><br />I did think he took Murphy's law to the extreme, though. Just because everything can go wrong, doesn't mean <i>everything</i> will.wfgodboldnoreply@blogger.com