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   Dorothy J Heydt to NoReplies@jymes.com   
   Re: [Crit] Opening -- 300 words   
   27 Aug 18 18:25:23   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
     wrote:   
   >On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:57:05 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J   
   >Heydt) wrote:   
   >   
   >>In article ,   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>Jeremy tasted shadows as an echo flew past, leaving the smell of   
   >>>bright yellow in its wake.   
   >>>   
   >>I consider that the punctuation is just fine.  The guy appears to   
   >>be experiencing synesthesia.  If it's something else, and if it   
   >>was forced upon him, that's another matter; but that doesn't   
   >>affect the correctness of the first sentence.   
   >   
   >Thanks!   
   >   
   >It's induced synesthesia, a weapon being developed to disorient enemy   
   >troops.   
      
   Oh, ewww.  War is definitely hell.   
      
   (Though there's a composer [of music, not SF] who's synesthetic   
   and takes advantage of it.  His name is Michael Torke and his piece   
   entitled "Bright Blue Music" is played from time to time on   
   kdfc.com.   
      
   --   
   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt at gmail dot com   
   www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/   
      
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