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Re: Another Isis by Jospehine Goodman
Posted: September 25, 2006, 12:43:16 AM
by Robert_Moriyama
Very nice. Subtle, complex, and well worth a second read. I assume from the other comments here that Orion's Arm is a shared universe? This tale gave many inidcations of being part of a greater whole - something even more commendable if this is a stand-alone story. I enjoyed this immensely.
Iain
I THINK I included a link to the thingy in the bio paragraph ... but it probably links to the website of a pornographic pyramid sales scheme, with my luck. My impression is that it's an online game, a multiplayer environment without the high-end (or indeed any?) graphics, for which Ms Goodman has contributed much of the broad background as well as a lot of the details of the universe and some major characters. (Or am I thinking of something else? I may be suffering from an Editor Moment here (like a 'senior moment', but relating specifically to things encountered whilst editing.))
Robert :P M.
Re: Another Isis by Jospehine Goodman
Posted: September 27, 2006, 04:38:29 PM
by Robert_Moriyama
IBTD, Robert. . .
Bill
Interstellar Batrachian Transwarp Delicatessen? I Bow To Dieties? Irritable Bowel Torpedo Disease*?
(This would be a specific sub-type of projectile diarrhea.)
IHIWSUAAIDR.**
Robert M.
** I hate it when someone uses an acronym I don't recognize.
Re: Another Isis by Jospehine Goodman
Posted: September 30, 2006, 09:55:03 AM
by Robert_Moriyama
What babe?
The babe with the power.
What power?
The power of voodoo.
-- davjonz
Actually, I think it's "The power of hoodoo."
That leads into the exchange that turns the sequence into a loop:
"Hoodoo?"
"You do."
"Do what?"
"You remind me of a man."
"What man?"
"The man with the power."
I think this is an old vaudeville routine (kind of a lesser cousin to "Who's on first?"); it was quoted as the opening to the novel, "The Power" by Frank M. Robinson (originally set in the 50's; an updated version was released in 2000; a movie version starring George Hamilton(!) and Michael Rennie was released in 1968).
Robert "Fount of useless information" M.
Re: Another Isis by Jospehine Goodman
Posted: October 03, 2006, 12:42:37 PM
by Robert_Moriyama
jaimie, the only one with multiple personalities here is Rob, and they're all verbose. Irritable bowel torpedo...what?!
but yes, a very good story. i found it a challenge, which is a boon.
Lee
Spoken like someone whose current and future submissions may be mysteriously lost ... better get out that Hanso Foundation orientation film, Lee.
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