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Click hereI looked over at Wizen.
"After that?" I said, playing with Ricky's chubby little finger as I pondered the question. "I'm thinking of starting a newspaper."
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My thanks go out, first and foremost, to my editor, Hermit, without whom this would be a far poorer, and far more poorly written, story. My thanks also to those of you who have read the whole story, and particularly those who have sent me e-mails encouraging me, e-mails gently pointing out errors, both typographical and substantive, and even e-mails disagreeing with my choice of words or plot. I have read them all. Now that this story is finished -- the first multi-chapter "saga" I have finished in the past year -- I would love to hear from even more of you. Please let me know what you thought. Thank you. Marsh
- COMMENTS
JuanTwoNo3 months agoWhat writs this Writer hath wraught! But alas! Nothing here since 2008. MarshAlien, I hope you are alive and well, whether you ever lay eyes on this or not. My thanks, and my respect for what you have shared with us, and for the craftsmanship and the artistry with which you did it.
Fireman09875 months agoOutstanding, I have found many stories on this site that I enjoy that are more than just sex....keep writing Marsh!!
Anonymous9 months agoI really enjoyed this series. Really well written. But I feel that it needed a bit more. About the story he broke. What happened with BD after she recovered from being poisoned? What about the original whistle-blower? Also what about SM? I can't believe the paper or the MC would let her get away with just resigning after she betrayed them to protect herself and others. The Governer merely resigned and it all went away? This series needs at least two more chapters but we will never see them unfortunately. Still an excellent story well told. Thanks for writing this. BardnotBard
740gordy9 months agoTwo for two, very well done. Thoroughly entertaining, been reading sci fi since the ‘50s and your writing, while obviously a bit different, fits the genre perfectly. Thank you.
Dreamdog519over 2 years agoSo well written. I could not stop reading! Shame you cannot give more than 5 stars!
Anonymousover 2 years agoI've never liked science fiction before, if that's what it is...I stayed up way too late reading this.
Anonymousover 2 years agoSo well written. Incredibly original. Like a Baldacci novel in that it is un-put-downable. A stunningly good and fun read!
ausvirgoalmost 3 years agoI loved the story.
As a fiction author, especially a science fiction author, you're allowed to have some illogicalities, and sometimes these are necessary for the story.
There were two in this story that particularly stand out:
1) With twenty years to prepare for the third challenge it would have made more sense for future Earth to raise and train a large group of warriors, using mentors from the past, along with the methods in the story, and then select a champion from among them. While there would then be the issue of integrating the warriors into society afterwards, this would have been less of an issue than losing the challenge.
2) In a battle of champions it is usual and honorable for the challenged to have the choice of weapon, and this would have been consistent with the Morling sense of honor that said that if Rick didn't have his flychair then the Morling would have to be similarly immobile.
Mind you, with the very substantial physical advantages of the Morlings, it would have been hard to find an earth weapon, short of a firearm or crossbow, that would have given the human a chance.
