Comments on: Story #11: Red and Blue http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/22/story-11-red-and-blue/ amusements for gentlemen and scholars Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: houlios http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/22/story-11-red-and-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-2336 houlios Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:32:04 +0000 http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/22/story-11-red-and-blue/#comment-2336 I liked this one a lot too. But generally I like your genre stories a lot.<br><br>I liked pretty much everything about it: The dialogue, the dystopian setting, the characterization of Saunders, the violence.<br><br>I didn't like the ending though, as usual, I want more explanation and/or payoff, a lot of times the endings are too abrupt IMO. I liked this one a lot too. But generally I like your genre stories a lot.

I liked pretty much everything about it: The dialogue, the dystopian setting, the characterization of Saunders, the violence.

I didn't like the ending though, as usual, I want more explanation and/or payoff, a lot of times the endings are too abrupt IMO.

]]> By: houlios http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/22/story-11-red-and-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 houlios Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:32:04 +0000 http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/22/story-11-red-and-blue/#comment-2083 I liked this one a lot too. But generally I like your genre stories a lot.<br><br>I liked pretty much everything about it: The dialogue, the dystopian setting, the characterization of Saunders, the violence.<br><br>I didn't like the ending though, as usual, I want more explanation and/or payoff, a lot of times the endings are too abrupt IMO. I liked this one a lot too. But generally I like your genre stories a lot.

I liked pretty much everything about it: The dialogue, the dystopian setting, the characterization of Saunders, the violence.

I didn't like the ending though, as usual, I want more explanation and/or payoff, a lot of times the endings are too abrupt IMO.

]]> By: leafmuncher http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/22/story-11-red-and-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 leafmuncher Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:56:32 +0000 http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/22/story-11-red-and-blue/#comment-2059 P.S. Where the *fuck* are the other readers of this blog? I know you're out there, and you should be reading these stories, they are really a highlight of my otherwise extremely busy and often frustrating days. P.S. Where the *fuck* are the other readers of this blog? I know you're out there, and you should be reading these stories, they are really a highlight of my otherwise extremely busy and often frustrating days.

]]> By: leafmuncher http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/22/story-11-red-and-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 leafmuncher Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:55:27 +0000 http://www.longstraighthighway.com/2009/11/22/story-11-red-and-blue/#comment-2058 I liked this one a lot.<br><br>Liked: The great dry humor throughout, lots of good one-liners before the "#" separators.<br>Disliked: I thought the dialog about King and I after "That's a stereotype" didn't really make much sense, or add much. I liked this one a lot.

Liked: The great dry humor throughout, lots of good one-liners before the “#” separators.
Disliked: I thought the dialog about King and I after “That's a stereotype” didn't really make much sense, or add much.

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