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All-Ages Reviews - The Intrepid EscapeGoat

Sep 04, 2012 14:41

Have you ever wanted to read a story about a main character that combines Harry Houdini and Indiana Jones?

( Intruiged? More behind the cut. )

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Comments 6

jeb1981 September 5 2012, 01:39:39 UTC

Looks neat!

One minor comment on your review, though - I though Houdini was actually pretty well known for being a skeptic towards spiritualists... at least, that's what Wikipedia says...

dragonsong12 September 5 2012, 02:19:00 UTC

He was pretty all around fascinated with it from what I remember reading, because he wanted to contact his dead mother, but it's been ages since I read up on it, so I'm sure you're right.

eldustino September 5 2012, 21:25:03 UTC

The skepticism and debunking were spurred by his fascination. He was hoping to find the real thing. The falling out with Arthur Conan Doyle happened after they visited a medium and Houdini objected to the "spirit" of his mother speaking to him in English instead of Yiddish.
He did work out a plan with his wife to see if he could cross over after he died, but the details were so public, they were easy to fake.

dragonsong12 September 6 2012, 01:34:56 UTC

Ah ha! So that's what it was. Looks like you were right, Jeb, and yet I don't feel too bad about getting it wrong. I haven't read about Houdini in years, so I got it mostly. I really do need to do the research before I shoot my mouth (fingers?) off though. Haha!

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dragonsong12 September 13 2012, 03:03:03 UTC

I think the arbitrary animal people thing only bothers me when there are humans there too, because it just raises too many questions for me. Are they an off-shoot or something? Are they mutants? What's going on? When everyone's an animal, then that's just how that world rolls and I don't really have a problem with it, but humans are pretty big jerks and it's hard for me to imagine no one even mentioning it. It's a VERY minor nitpick, though, you'd think for all the things I can suspend my disbelief for that wouldn't be a problem ( ... )

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dragonsong12 September 17 2012, 02:51:36 UTC

I'm really, really hoping for a second book of the Intrepid EscapeGoat. I all kinds of enjoyed this first one, and I'd really like to see more. Maybe we can explore the world a bit more, yes, yes?

Why a goat anyway? Are goats well known for their escape prowess? I mean, I know they're all kinds of nimble, but not really escape artists. Why not a lizard? XD