Comments on: SOLITUDE RIPPLES FROM THE PAST by David Reagan http://futurismic.com/2008/05/01/solitude-ripples-from-the-past-by-david-reagan/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bookmole http://futurismic.com/2008/05/01/solitude-ripples-from-the-past-by-david-reagan/comment-page-1/#comment-14447 bookmole Tue, 13 May 2008 19:02:36 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3249#comment-14447 I liked this. I particularly liked how it started, though I thought his mother might have defended herself more, given she wanted the first child. I liked this. I particularly liked how it started, though I thought his mother might have defended herself more, given she wanted the first child.

]]> By: David Reagan http://futurismic.com/2008/05/01/solitude-ripples-from-the-past-by-david-reagan/comment-page-1/#comment-14427 David Reagan Sun, 11 May 2008 21:19:50 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3249#comment-14427 Thanks for the read. As a writer I'm always trying to create characters that "feel" like they belong, with varying levels of success. I'd be interested to hear the reaction of Chinese reader as well. As for the tech...who knows what tomorrow holds? A-bombs went from dream to fruition in a very short period of time, and science has a tendency to grow exponentially. We'll know for certain in 9 years or so ;) Thanks for the read.

As a writer I’m always trying to create characters that “feel” like they belong, with varying levels of success. I’d be interested to hear the reaction of Chinese reader as well.

As for the tech…who knows what tomorrow holds? A-bombs went from dream to fruition in a very short period of time, and science has a tendency to grow exponentially. We’ll know for certain in 9 years or so ;)

]]> By: jms http://futurismic.com/2008/05/01/solitude-ripples-from-the-past-by-david-reagan/comment-page-1/#comment-14295 jms Mon, 05 May 2008 02:36:46 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3249#comment-14295 just finished this one. and I really wanted to like it a lot -- the premise and setting are great, not to mention plausible... someday. but the chinese characters seemed so stereotypically "asian" and it felt more like a westerner's take on a foreign culture than anything like a valid insight. i'd be interested to hear what 'real' chinese people made of it, if any of you happened to read it too. ah, and some of the tech seemed to be a little too advanced for the time. I mean, bachelor towers by 2010 and nano-sensor swords by 2017? i hope we get some of that gear so quickly, but i doubt it. If the story had been written back in the 80s i might have forgiven it for that. i recommended reading it, all the same. just finished this one. and I really wanted to like it a lot — the premise and setting are great, not to mention plausible… someday. but the chinese characters seemed so stereotypically “asian” and it felt more like a westerner’s take on a foreign culture than anything like a valid insight. i’d be interested to hear what ‘real’ chinese people made of it, if any of you happened to read it too.

ah, and some of the tech seemed to be a little too advanced for the time. I mean, bachelor towers by 2010 and nano-sensor swords by 2017? i hope we get some of that gear so quickly, but i doubt it. If the story had been written back in the 80s i might have forgiven it for that.

i recommended reading it, all the same.

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