Comments on: I have been remiss… New Stories! http://pendorwright.com/2008/10/13/i-have-been-remiss-new-stories/ Quality science fiction and fantasy erotica since 1989 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:03:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Elf Sternberg http://pendorwright.com/2008/10/13/i-have-been-remiss-new-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Elf Sternberg Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:07:45 +0000 http://pendorwright.com/?p=125#comment-681 Well, "We'll Always Have..." was supposed to be the first half of a longer work, it just didn't pan out that way. It really helps if you know your Greek mythology; Paris, you know, the guy who kidnapped Helen and did the whole Trojan war thing, had a wife at the time, a dedicated lover named Oenone who was quarter-goddess herself. That's why "On Ida's Shores" preceeds it. The funny thing is, there are stories in the hopper, still unfinished, where the consequences of all this sadness play out pretty badly. The JE's are not always sweetness and light. And bittersweet is beginning to be my flavor of the week, these years... Well, “We’ll Always Have…” was supposed to be the first half of a longer work, it just didn’t pan out that way. It really helps if you know your Greek mythology; Paris, you know, the guy who kidnapped Helen and did the whole Trojan war thing, had a wife at the time, a dedicated lover named Oenone who was quarter-goddess herself. That’s why “On Ida’s Shores” preceeds it.

The funny thing is, there are stories in the hopper, still unfinished, where the consequences of all this sadness play out pretty badly. The JE’s are not always sweetness and light. And bittersweet is beginning to be my flavor of the week, these years…

]]> By: Falbert http://pendorwright.com/2008/10/13/i-have-been-remiss-new-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Falbert Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:36:59 +0000 http://pendorwright.com/?p=125#comment-679 Read 'Appliance Dreams' some weeks back, and was quite pleased. It sets up some serious questions for the future, and has some great lines in it, as you note. On Ida's Shores was thin, as you note, but does follow up on the 'Earth as museum' idea that is in some of the other previously published pieces, more than it leads into Sterlings, I think. We'll Always Have... I saw the title posted as 'Coming Soon' and was intrigued, of course, because of the references that the name brings up. From the start of reading it, I hadn't noticed the date, and thought that it was going to center around Ken and Oenone... perhaps in the early days of Pendor, before even the first decanting. I was surprised to find out who Oenone was really dreaming about. A nice little work, it does depend a lot on having read other pieces about her, so I can't say that it really stands on its own. The emotion, though, comes through as genuine. This feels as if it should have been the first half of a longer work. Read ‘Appliance Dreams’ some weeks back, and was quite pleased. It sets up some serious questions for the future, and has some great lines in it, as you note.

On Ida’s Shores was thin, as you note, but does follow up on the ‘Earth as museum’ idea that is in some of the other previously published pieces, more than it leads into Sterlings, I think.

We’ll Always Have… I saw the title posted as ‘Coming Soon’ and was intrigued, of course, because of the references that the name brings up. From the start of reading it, I hadn’t noticed the date, and thought that it was going to center around Ken and Oenone… perhaps in the early days of Pendor, before even the first decanting. I was surprised to find out who Oenone was really dreaming about. A nice little work, it does depend a lot on having read other pieces about her, so I can’t say that it really stands on its own. The emotion, though, comes through as genuine. This feels as if it should have been the first half of a longer work.

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