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. . . but I'm pretty OK with it, actually:

"Imagine if Syndrome from The Incredibles decided to write a novel about Supers, and you've got Superpowers."

I ain't telling you where I found it.

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Date: 2008-10-02 12:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-flea-king.livejournal.com
Heh. I gotta read that.

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Date: 2008-10-03 02:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snurri.livejournal.com
There's not much more to it than that, really. I MEAN THE REVIEW/MENTION NOT THE BOOK.

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Date: 2008-10-03 02:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-flea-king.livejournal.com
And I meant the book!

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Date: 2008-10-02 12:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ted chiang (from livejournal.com)
Google says it comes from Atomic Think Tank.

It's a weird idea. I'd have thought that if Syndrome tried to write a novel about Supers, he might have come up with something like Dark Knight Strikes Again.

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Date: 2008-10-03 02:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snurri.livejournal.com
Something that's awful on nearly all levels except for the fucked-upness, you mean?

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Date: 2008-10-03 09:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ted chiang (from livejournal.com)
I thought of DKSA as a superhero story by someone who had come to hate superheroes.

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Date: 2008-10-03 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snurri.livejournal.com
That makes a lot of sense. Now I kinda want to read it again . . .

OT, but...

Date: 2008-10-02 03:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wheatland-press.livejournal.com
...I meant to say... Sorry about... you know... The Thing That Happened.

In Cleveland we used to have this saying: "NEXT year..."

Re: OT, but...

Date: 2008-10-03 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snurri.livejournal.com
Eh, grumble. What I want to understand is how the rules changed . . . weren't the Yanks and BoSox tied a few seasons back, and the Yanks got the postseason based on the record between the two teams?

Re: OT, but...

Date: 2008-10-03 04:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wheatland-press.livejournal.com
Yeah, I was wondering about that myself... I never heard of that kind of tie-breaker before.

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Date: 2008-10-02 05:30 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Getting compared to anything in The Incredibles would be fine with me - loved that movie. By the way, Dave, I saw your book at the State St. Borders here in Chicago, and turned it cover-out for maximum visibility.

Pete (www.petelit.com)

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Date: 2008-10-03 02:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snurri.livejournal.com
Thanks, Pete! I also liked The Incredibles, although my one major issue with it was the narrative bias against Syndrome as a kid.

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