Tales of the Parodyverse - Well, we're all doing what we can.

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Al B. Harper

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Subj: Well, we're all doing what we can.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 at 08:47:26 am EST (Viewed 2 times)

Reply Subj: Are you asking me for a contribution?
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 at 07:08:39 pm EST (Viewed 989 times)

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You need to go back and look again. I've updated the diagram a little after some corrections from Rhiannon. She also tells me that I may be wrong about Suicide Blonde being dead; she might only have lost her powers. This will require further research.

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Interesting. I did have a look to see if I could find where she died the other day (not a very hard look though).

I knew I'd contrived to get Bry into being the "last inheritor" of their joint power, and I'd de-powered Exile to do it. I'm surprised that I repeated the same trick with Bambi.

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I've just wasted a day reading the damn books now. And I spotted two typos and three formatting errors.

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Well, that's not a day wasted then is it! I finished it yesterday too. It was a very enjoyable story. George is a fun reluctant hero, almost Conan-eque in a way. That time period is ripe for stories with a fantasy element, I'm surprised we haven't had more of them. You certainly did a great job in researching both his back history, and ancient Cyrene.

I do like to get my back-drop to my satisfaction in my pseudo-historical settings. I had the same trouble with my ROBIN HOOD series (whose protagonist is a bit more light-hearted con-artist than George, with less soldier and more swashbuckle) and my most recent novel, LABOURS OF HERCULES, whose approach to much fighting and all women is pretty direct.

The nearest I've ever got to Conan, though, is my unsubmitted novel THE FALL OF BABEL, a whodunnit set in the actual Biblical tower just before it topples. Drawing on Hebrew myth, the king there - and our investigator - is Nimrod the Hunter, a mighty warrior of great appetites and mighty thews. It's Conan meets Conan Doyle! His assistant for the investigation is a sacrificial virgin. Together they fight crime.

The only reason I haven't put that book out is that I really like it and I'm holding off for a good offer from a publisher who might actually promote it. Coincidentally I may have one, and I have to get the thing sent off by the 23rd of this month.