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Post by Scifishocks on Feb 6, 2007 1:30:51 GMT 1
Some of you will know about my TWotW sequel, on which I am currently working on the second draft (must try and get the thing posted up here).
Whilst it still isn't finished to my satisfaction, there are two people who are reading it, as is, at the moment who's feedback may be helpful in the chances (or not) of it becoming a published novel. Certainly, I had always planned to seek out their opinions on the possible validity of my work as a sequel to Wells' original novel right from the time I decided to try and make a proper novel out of the short story it began life as. The feedback may take a while to come, but I am continuing work to finish it off in the meantime. I'll keep you posted.
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Post by rusti on Feb 6, 2007 1:33:29 GMT 1
Look forward to it.  |
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Post by krakatoa on Feb 6, 2007 4:17:13 GMT 1
Looking forward to it to. Thanks for that update nerphy. Chantale.
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Post by Anim8tr on Feb 6, 2007 4:48:52 GMT 1
Thanks for the news, Nerf! I can hardly wait to read the second draft!
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Post by Commandingtripod on Feb 7, 2007 9:07:30 GMT 1
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Post by Rob on Feb 9, 2007 16:31:41 GMT 1
Can't wait
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Post by crystalegg on Jun 3, 2007 1:59:22 GMT 1
I've been lurking around various forums on and off since I first heard Pendragon and Paramount were going to take a stab at TWOTW, but I only ran across "Aftermath" this week after actually bothering to follow a link attached to one of your posts on another forum. After reading the draft you put up I have to say that it was far better than I expected going in. You've definitely put an effort into studying Wells' writing style. Don't worry too much about the length. I'm sure after you've had the opportunity to read through the first draft that even more clever ideas were available to enhance the story. Novellas can be published as well, and self-publishing knows no limits. I look forward to your eventual completion of this story so I don't have to labor over what to get my brother for Christmas. Of course, I get to read it first...
F.Y.I.
In your forays into the savagery of the IMDB WOTW 2005 forum, you've probably run across my blathering as aerohard1(my home ID) or Crystalegg(my work ID).
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Post by Scifishocks on Jun 3, 2007 19:17:46 GMT 1
Thanks for the comments, CE! 'Aftermath' is having long and agonising birth pains. It will get finished but it's causing me all sorts of problems. I started it as an episodic short story vaguely in the style of a sequel as if Well's original Narrator had written it (a plot device original implemented to actually detract from the fact that I didn't dare to try and emulate Wells himself.. god forbid!) and it's morphed from there with the encouragement of people on the various boards and in the 'real' world. I started off with two ideas: 1) The Narrator would again be the protagonist and I would stick to the Victorian/Edwardian style of writing. 2) There would NOT be another invasion by the Martians. I had no plot mapped out and each 'episode' was written on the fly after taking in the feedback after each part went up. Frankly, I'm surprised it turned out even vaguely readable. Perhaps I could leave it as a novella... but nowadays people want more bang for their buck and I don't think I can use the fact that it is in the 'period style' as an excuse for it being no more than an overblown Edwardian short story. As you can see, I am my own harshest critic and I spend far too long thinking about the pros and cons and not actually writing.  Charles of the HG Wells Society of the Americas, and sometime poster here and elsewhere, read it and said it was 'fun', so I take that to mean it doesn't suck.  With a herculean effort, then, I shall attempt to stop beating myself over the head about it and actually get the thing into some sort of publishable form. When I've done as much as I can with it, I will take it from there. |
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Post by crystalegg on Jun 4, 2007 3:11:57 GMT 1
Charles of the HG Wells Society of the Americas, and sometime poster here and elsewhere, read it and said it was 'fun', so I take that to mean it doesn't suck. "Fun" is a pretty decent critique considering the source. You have your own interesting subtext going on with the hoarding of technology in the name of security. Perhaps you could run with irony and insert some examples of how experimentation with this novel technology with the goal of securing human life ends up tragically killing people considered expendable by the Empire. Moving the nuclear experiments and their disastrous results to remote bases in the middle east or India would provide a contemporary analog to the Tasmanian angle, with the Empire making gains at the expense of other peoples. |
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Post by Scifishocks on Jun 4, 2007 3:48:06 GMT 1
Fun" is a pretty decent critique considering the source.
Yes it is, isn't it. As for your other ideas... interesting! I had thought of doing something along those lines as part of the next book, actually. If I do one. But we shall see. I need to wrestle this beastie into submission first! Thanks again for the comments.
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Post by krakatoa on Jun 4, 2007 4:30:30 GMT 1
Hi there i know your book will be good, and i sure hope you will do a sequel. first things first, the first one, these things are never that easy, so i know it will go well at the end. See you later friend. Chantale.
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Post by Scifishocks on Jun 9, 2007 17:06:32 GMT 1
I've added another 3 all new chapters to the book involving more interaction between Horton and the Narrator and some strange goings on down in East London. It seems to have turned out pretty well.
I may finish the bugger yet!
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Post by richardburton on Jun 9, 2007 18:43:05 GMT 1
Yes, they are damn good and really add another level to Horton's character
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Post by Scifishocks on Jun 10, 2007 0:39:18 GMT 1
Sshh!  |
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Post by crystalegg on Jun 10, 2007 1:12:45 GMT 1
I've added another 3 all new chapters to the book involving more interaction between Horton and the Narrator and some strange goings on down in East London. It seems to have turned out pretty well. I may finish the bugger yet! Great news. Are you planning on having illustrations added? Depictions of the reverse-engineered tech and newly introduced Martian machines would be brilliant. |
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