Comments | greygirlbeast: "May we feast upon the flesh of any fiend that befalls you tonight."

greygirlbeast

"May we feast upon the flesh of any fiend that befalls you tonight."

Oct 24, 2010 13:12

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extreme hypercarnivory myownpetard October 24 2010, 17:59:46 UTC

What exactly is extreme hypercarnivory?

Re: extreme hypercarnivory greygirlbeast October 24 2010, 18:02:46 UTC

What exactly is extreme hypercarnivory?

Obligate carnivores. Here's the Wikipedia entry.

Re: extreme hypercarnivory myownpetard October 24 2010, 18:18:13 UTC

OK that's what i figured, based the article. So not vicious killers, but walking steak knives. Hyperspecialized [no thank you spellcheck I'd rather not hyphenate that] and stabby.

Re: extreme hypercarnivory greygirlbeast October 24 2010, 18:41:42 UTC

So not vicious killers, but walking steak knives.

Pretty much.

juushika October 24 2010, 19:17:17 UTC

It is one of maybe...three, maybe...stories I've ever read written in second person that succeeds.
Have you read Susan Palwick's "Gestella"? It's in second person as well, and I think it's phenomenal. It's so rare to see second person succeed that I find those rare exceptions particularly impressive.

greygirlbeast October 24 2010, 19:45:36 UTC

Have you read Susan Palwick's "Gestella"?

I have not.

juushika October 24 2010, 23:42:02 UTC

It's printed in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: 15th Annual Collection. I mention that because "Onion" also appears in the same volume, so you may have a copy. I do recommend it, if you're ever in the mood for another surprisingly effective second person story.

ashlyme October 24 2010, 21:59:05 UTC

Harry Clarke's illustrations are brilliant. I've got a second-hand copy of that edition (well, an eighties reprint) of Tales of Mystery and Imagination, and the artwork is *gorgeous*, well worth the princely couple of quid the shop was asking for it. I'd not realised how Art Nouveau Clarke's style was.

Hope you found the end for At the Reef. I've managed to find an ex-library copy of Dry Salvages online. No idea when it'll turn up, but looking forward to reading more of your sf.

greygirlbeast October 24 2010, 22:28:03 UTC

I'd not realised how Art Nouveau Clarke's style was.

It's like the work of a far more decadent Aubrey Beardsley .

I've managed to find an ex-library copy of Dry Salvages online. No idea when it'll turn up, but looking forward to reading more of your sf.

Thank you!

sovay October 24 2010, 23:16:59 UTC

the submarine USS O-10 and the Boston Navy Yard (circa 1928) and seafloor topography off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, and Iranian ceremonial masks and the Winward Islands of French Polynesia.

Sounds lovely.

It is one of maybe...three, maybe...stories I've ever read written in second person that succeeds.

Can I put in a request, then, for a second-person story for the next Sirenia?

greygirlbeast October 24 2010, 23:59:38 UTC

Can I put in a request, then, for a second-person story for the next Sirenia?

I've never even tried, that's how I feel about second person. But I'll think about it.

papersteven October 25 2010, 01:05:59 UTC

I like the way you think, sovay.

>Can I put in a request, then, for a second-person story for the next Sirenia?

greygirlbeast October 25 2010, 02:23:37 UTC

Can't I just send everyone body parts?

xpeacock_eyesx October 24 2010, 23:20:10 UTC

I just wanted to say thank you for the link to Brown Bird. I've been listening to their songs all day, and I think they will surely haunt my dreams. They certainly sound like they were meant to be the soundtrack to your work.

greygirlbeast October 25 2010, 00:00:19 UTC