tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843833519373801339.post7679921106501807130..comments2020-08-22T09:23:05.149-07:00Comments on Ruminations of a Remembrancer: A Little Laboratory Work; a short storyLorinda J Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985567506994751475noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843833519373801339.post-5207719734978642922012-05-31T06:04:53.858-07:002012-05-31T06:04:53.858-07:00Haven't read Terry Pratchett. there are only ...Haven't read Terry Pratchett. there are only about 5 million books in the world that I'll never get read before I die.<br />I'm glad the story made sense, because I didn't do much explaining of what the reader was looking at. It gets somewhat less murky near the end. I visualize Nifti playing soccer with comets or asteroids. Crescent displays a certain familiar arrogance, a bit dangerous in a creature with the power of a god, or one who believes she has it.Lorinda J Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985567506994751475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843833519373801339.post-32023347239902474172012-05-30T15:57:47.474-07:002012-05-30T15:57:47.474-07:00Nice! I particularly like the description of what ...Nice! I particularly like the description of what they hope the intelligent species will look like... turns out it would resemble shaved gibbons instead (if I may quote Miéville). ;)<br /><br />Also, the story reminds me of Pratchett's "Science of Discworld". Which is a good thing, heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com