From: tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca
Ping Kuo wrote:
> In article , Travers Naran
> wrote:
>
> finished Loop, which took longer than I expected, not that I am a slow
> reader, but I found the beginning of this one too slow and just keep
> putting it off until now, once the story get on track then it is not a
> problem. actual reading time is about the same as before (2 days),
>
> now, this is not a bad story, but it is so slow and lack of actions
> that it is virtually unadaptable as a film project, and once the story
> reconnected w/ the Ring story body, (about 2/3 down the book), there is
> really only one surprise the author had in store for the readers, and
> since I actually figured it out before the revelation, I do not have
> the "tingle" sensation while reading things like Goth or 20th Century
> Boys, etc.
Interesting. I wonder why I enjoyed the first 2/3? The story of the
son following in the footsteps of his father's work was compelling to
me. The mystery of what happened to him, and knowing this had something
to do with the Ring created enough suspense for me to enjoy it. I also
enjoyed the descriptions of the locales and his actions that I got into
the story.
But yes, the outcome is pretty obvious which is why I said I can't
decide if it was just really cheesy or brilliant.
> just some observations, call it my gut feeling.
>
> 1. this one must had been influenced by Evangelion in some ways, no
> matter how small,
How? I'm hard pressed to think why...
> 2. in turn Big O season two must had been influenced by this one,
D'oh! I haven't even finished watching season 1. :-)
> 3. how a guy can ship a bike pass custom w/o modification and license
> plate and start riding in another country w/o a driver's license?
Usually one can get exemptions for personal vehicles (e.g., some people
bring their English cars over to North America). But he didn't have a
driver's license? I completely missed that fact. :-)
> 4. too bad the author never resolve the question of how the video tape
> was made in the first place, since in the book premise it is impossible
> for it to happen.
Heh. See far below the spoiler space for my interpretation.
> 5.. I look, and there is a Window Rock in Arizona and Wayne County in
> Utah, but no Wayne's Rock.
I figured it was fictional. :-)
> 6. one internet review call Suzuki "daring" in his story, which I
> think is appropriate, and the reason he is good is he is able to make
> an outrageous story sounds plausible, of course, his logic is built on
> a linear serial thinking, like a house of cards, if one link fail then
> the whole theory is bunked, but that is the same for most outrageous
> story out there (Da Vinci Code, etc.)
True. And that's the thing... he's reaching and if you believe the
house of cards hold, it's brilliant, but yet the hard SF fan in me keeps
wanting to knock out cards and the whole premise seems cheesy in a...
guvegrragu sybbe
Kind of way. BTW, IMHO, the Da Vinci Code is a fun read, but the cards
in that house of cards starts falling out immediately and collapsed in
my eyes almost immediately. :-)
> good companion piece for Ring, since it lacks impacts in the story w/o
> the readers read up on the other two books first.
Yes.
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RE: The ring tape
In the computer simulated world that generated the ring tape, I was
under the impression the creators noticed this anomaly in the system and
then made a copy of the tape from their system which is how it escaped
into the "real" world.
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* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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