Newtons Sleep reviews http://factionparadox.yuku.com/topic/954/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:10:49 GMT Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:43:17 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://factionparadox.yuku.com/topic/954/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6445/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6445 Daniel OMahony wrote:
felice wrote:
More comment on Newtons Sleep here. I'm not sure I entirely disagree with it, but it seems to me an exceptionally trivial point to devote a long blog post to...

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (War Arrow) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6445 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:43:17 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6444/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6444 felice wrote:
More comment on Newtons Sleep here. I'm not sure I entirely disagree with it, but it seems to me an exceptionally trivial point to devote a long blog post to...


I can see why he's saying what he's saying, but I think he's wrong.

But... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Daniel OMahony) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6444 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:43:35 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6440/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6440 Genre Reviews. They found it a bit more hard work to follow than they prefer, but are very positive overall.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (felice) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6440 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:43:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6392/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6392 doloras wrote:
Isn't "exceptionally trivial" the definition of the fannish cast of mind? That's why Mad Larry thinks we're all scum. Hmmmm. I sometimes get the impression that actually he loves us all very much but it's just that he's so bitterly disappointed. Maybe that's just me?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (War Arrow) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6392 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:42:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6391/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6391 feeds@yuku.com (doloras) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6391 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:45:09 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6390/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6390 Newtons Sleep here. I'm not sure I entirely disagree with it, but it seems to me an exceptionally trivial point to devote a long blog post to...
]]> feeds@yuku.com (felice) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6390 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:34:29 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6379/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6379 Southern Ocean Review. "For serious fans of Sci Fi, this book is a good one... an entertaining read if ever I saw one!"
 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (felice) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6379 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:11:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6278/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6278 Those strips exist. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (doloras) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6278 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:10:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6275/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6275 doloras wrote:
Seriously, there was that one creepy Garfield strip set in an alternate universe where he starved to death in an empty house. That was kind of FP-ish. What? You mean seriously seriously...

[half an hour later, returns to edit post, barely able to believe he fell for it]...

]]> feeds@yuku.com (War Arrow) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6275 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:01:54 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6273/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6273 tyrannosaurs in F-16s!!!

Seriously, there was that one creepy Garfield strip set in an alternate universe where he starved to death in an empty house. That was kind of FP-ish. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (doloras) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6273 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:16:47 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6272/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6272 The problem is that for many pages this book seems to plunge ahead without anything much actually happening, except for long conversations and exposition.

Needs more spaceships, I suppose. Or elves. Not sure which.
Too many new characters keep appearing until one loses track.

Yes, and if the author had taken the trouble to give them different... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (War Arrow) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6272 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:33:44 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6268/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6268 we may have committed marketing suicide. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (doloras) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6268 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:01:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6267/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6267 http://sfcrowsnest.com/ar...es/books/2008/nz13252.php
A bit confused, but recognises the quality of the writing... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (felice) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6267 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:47:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6144/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6144 bthogg wrote:
clockwork tin soldier wrote:
Does the caldera have a neat ER equivalent?
I've always thought of it as a conflation of the Eye of Harmony and the Matrix. (The latter being the one Shayde comes from.)

We have a winner.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (JonDennis) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6144 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:08:26 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6143/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6143 clockwork tin soldier wrote:
JonDennis wrote:
I just want to say every time I see someone says the name Lawrence followed closely by "obviously" or "clearly" they are always wrong.

And yeah, the second part of that is just insulting.

Apologies Jon. What I said was intended more in praise of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JonDennis) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6143 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:05:14 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6142/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6142 felice wrote:
bthogg wrote:
the fact that they're drawing inspiration from it means that it is stil relevant, by my definition.

Relevant in the sense of deserving a mention in the Roots section of a Discontinuity Guide entry for people who've read the book and found it interesting enough to want to know more. Not relevant in the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (doloras) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6142 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:24:14 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6141/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6141 doloras wrote:
clockwork tin soldier wrote:
I was also kind of going on what Mr O'Mahony said in another thread: "As for 'The Book of the War', Lawrence sucked ideas from our brains (he used a straw) then wrote it all himself... "

It's true what they say - irony really http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6141 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:24:43 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6140/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6140 bthogg wrote:
the fact that they're drawing inspiration from it means that it is stil relevant, by my definition.
Relevant in the sense of deserving a mention in the Roots section of a Discontinuity Guide entry for people who've read the book and found it interesting enough to want to know more. Not relevant in the sense of "must be explained in reviews to people who've never heard of Faction... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (felice) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6140 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:05:35 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6139/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6139 clockwork tin soldier wrote:
Does the caldera have a neat ER equivalent?
I've always thought of it as a conflation of the Eye of Harmony and the Matrix. (The latter being the one Shayde comes from.)

]]> feeds@yuku.com (bthogg) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6139 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:57:44 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/reply/6138/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html#reply-6138 clockwork tin soldier wrote:
I was also kind of going on what Mr O'Mahony said in another thread: "As for 'The Book of the War', Lawrence sucked ideas from our brains (he used a straw) then wrote it all himself... "
It's true what they say - irony really doesn't transmit over the intarwebz.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (doloras) http://factionparadox.yuku.com/sreply/6138 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:39:26 GMT <![CDATA[ Newtons Sleep reviews ]]> http://factionparadox.yuku.com/topic/954/t/Newtons-Sleep-reviews.html
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