A surprisingly pleasant Tuesday

[wombat_socho]

It was supposed to be raining and dripping all day today, but apparently all the precipitation went else where and we wound up with a really nice day instead. Also, I have leftover pizza in the fridge for dinner. Booya.

Comments

[harvey_rrit]

I am exceedingly pleased that you liked String.

It started out as a very different plot, which Larry said we couldn't do; Hal had already put in his usual staggering depth of background, so I said, "You know, there was one thing in there..."

The tattoo on the kzin's ear in the last scene, by the bye, is Ozzy Ozbourne.

MJH

[wombat_socho]

The Man-Kzin Wars series tends to be SERIOUS BUSINESS, as most combat SF is, but that doesn't mean it can't have some funny stuff in there now and again, and "String" was funny. Looking forward to seeing more of your work in other venues. :)

[harvey_rrit]

I have a story coming out in Volume XIII that occurs at ARM HQ, a few months into the Fourth War. Peace Corben, protector, needs something from Marshall Buford Early. He keeps trying to take charge of the situation.

This is not a useful viewpoint when dealing with someone who always has, e.g., the sixteen-ton weight prepared.

I said it in Peace and Freedom: Every human protector is an Olympic-class smartass.

By the bye, have you ever seen the story Soul Survivor? It was in Baen's Universe. It centers around a romance between a ghost and a disabled veteran. (Recommended for a Nebula, but not enough to reach the ballot. Not enough people read that magazine. *sigh*) It has scenes which have made people laugh, cry, and hop up and down in their seats, often on the same page.

I have this recurrent fantasy of seeing it done as a cable miniseries starring John Cusack. No other performer I've seen has the aplomb of a man who's had an atomic bomb dropped on him. :D

[wombat_socho]

I have not. Now I'm going to have to go look for it.