We really are getting to a point where good dark writing has to fight for my emotional involvement

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Sexagesimal may refer to the numbers on the sections, and I assume they're times and... probably stupidly... that they seem to match up to how long the section takes to read. That's almost certainly me being silly, no? But once that was in my head I couldn't see the puzzle from another angle.

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It could be that the endless parade of death and pain has numbed me... but...

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There was an error in this story -- "Yeah, me to."

I noticed it. I almost thought I was the one in the wrong. I'm not sure if that demonstrates the writing is powerful, or how easily enchantment can be broken, or... what.

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This is one of those stories that has a certain something, and is easy to read, and you make it all the way through fairly happily...

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Five years after her husband died, two years after she moved to a cabin in Montana, and six months after the world ended, Marie opened her curtains to discover her front garden overrun with roving, stumbling advertisements.
You know, there's something to be said for just telling readers the facts straight off (though often that can be ( Read more... )

I'd already heard of this story but not read it. I didn't actually listen to much that was said because it was mostly said by those I have little time for (other than darkly warning against people falling into their orbits ( Read more... )

The three stories after this one in the book all have my love for one reason or another... and I want to read on faster but talking about the meh stories is sloooowing me down (because if I get too far ahead I'll lose contact with what I've read)

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The next question of how to write a review is whether to retread the winding path of discovery, showing the highs and lows as I fell on them... revealing at least as much of myself than I could possibly do of the story. Or to start with the conclusions and add whatever bits and bobs of evidence support them, ass-backwards as it were, making it ( Read more... )