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Post by John Robert Mead on May 26, 2019 18:53:15 GMT -5
Snowplow Extra is chock full of detail. If you aren't already a rail fan, it can be a bit tough going at first, due to how focused it is on rail service. The glossary in the back? Solid gold, absolutely vital. Jumping back and forth between multiple story lines which all interconnect, having to keep straight in your head who knew what when. It's not mind candy, you have to actually think while reading it. That's why, one I completed it, it moved way up my list of novels in regard to how I thought of it; I was finally able to see how everything tied together from beginning to end.
The Girl in the Mirror? For someone from outside the trans community, very well done indeed. Although having her born intersexed sidesteps the issue in regard to those who weren't, which is the one major complaint I've come across from within said community; OK, things go maybe a tad too swimmingly for her... but no one really wants to read about the instances where they don't; they're far too aware of what that can be like already. It is stressed within the story that this is not how things normally work out.
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Post by Ed Greenberg on May 29, 2019 9:18:57 GMT -5
Gary Layng mentions Ch 40 of Busted Axle road. That is the first scene that caused me to write to Wes. What I liked was Mike's instruction that the sled would be faster because it was lighter. Exactly the dialog that every student pilot gets from his instructor on first solo.
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Post by Alex Scott on Jun 6, 2019 8:54:02 GMT -5
My favorite of many is in Magic Carpet- Jennlyn and her Learjet vs. the stealth fighter.
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Post by John Robert Mead on Jun 6, 2019 23:40:05 GMT -5
My favorite of many is in Magic Carpet- Jennlyn and her Learjet vs. the stealth fighter. That one is rather choice. Someone pounding out a mangled rendition of Snoopy vs the Red Baron afterward is a nice follow up. That it's not just a silly thing, but makes her a known quantity when she is landing the hijacked airliner and thus a central part of the plotted storyline makes it all the more fun. Though, if we're going for Magic Carpet moments... her sadness when she sells Magic Carpet, and her grief when she sees how abused Magic Carpet had been since parting ways but now being in a position to purchase her back and have her restored. I find myself crying at both of those, every time. I'm foolishly sentimental, I guess.
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