Wolfe-influenced, if not Wolfe-esque

The Urth list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 10 Nov 2009
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/5509

Stephen Case10 Nov 2009, 18:13
I've published a second story that the list may or may not be interested in. I link it here simply because I consider myself a writer heavily influenced by Wolfe (and would of course welcome feedback): http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/story.php?s=63 -Steve
brunians at brunians.org10 Nov 2009, 23:19

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How many pages? .
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I've published a second story that the list may or may not be interested in. I link it here simply because I consider myself a writer heavily influenced by Wolfe (and would of course welcome feedback): http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/story.php?s=63 -Steve _______________________________________________
Gwern Branwen11 Nov 2009, 01:01

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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Stephen Case <scase at olivet.edu> wrote: I've published a second story that the list may or may not be interested in. ?I link it here simply because I consider myself a writer heavily influenced by Wolfe (and would of course welcome feedback): http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/story.php?s=63 -Steve
I think it's pretty decent, and not too long. The language is sometimes a bit affected where I suspect Wolf would've been terser. eg. I feel Wolfe might've written 'But I find I am getting ahead of my account.' as 'But I overrun my narrative.' The story itself is fine. My biggest gripe is that I'm still not sure how the palace thing worked. Invisible water lifting the palace? The entire time I was reading, I kept hoping - Be a Cloud Nine! Be a Cloud Nine! (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_nine_(Tensegrity_sphere) - a geodesic dome or sphere so large that its diameter is so small in proportion to its volume that it turns into a hot air balloon, essentially.) That would also be more Wolfean - real (at least, proposed) technology thought to be magic. But I'll admit I'm biased since I love the idea of a Cloud Nine and have used them in 2 of my own stories.
gwern

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