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The Day After and Other Stories
by
Wil Wheaton (Goodreads Author)
This book is an experiment in short fiction, and short fiction sales. The paperback version of this book will only be available online for a very short time: until December 30. After December 30, it will vanish into the Land of Wind and Ghosts, and only the digital edition will be available. This is why I call The Day After and Other Stories "A very short collection of ver...more
Paperback, 50 pages
Published
December 20th 2010
by Monolith Press
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Wil Wheaton FINALLY put out some fiction, and needless to say it is pretty damned good!
The first story, "The Day After" is a take on the classic zombie tale. The way he describes the setting and action immediately draws you in. He does a great job of both exciting and scaring the hell out of you.
Story #2, "Room 302", is very short. At only 450 words, it is his attempt at creating an effective story in as few words as possible. It works, but I feel it ended a little abruptly.
"The Language Barrier...more
The first story, "The Day After" is a take on the classic zombie tale. The way he describes the setting and action immediately draws you in. He does a great job of both exciting and scaring the hell out of you.
Story #2, "Room 302", is very short. At only 450 words, it is his attempt at creating an effective story in as few words as possible. It works, but I feel it ended a little abruptly.
"The Language Barrier...more
If you had asked me, back in 1988 or so, - when I was a Trek fan who hadn't quite figured out the real reason I liked seeing Wesley Crusher on screen - what Wil Wheaton was doing at any given time, it would have sounded like a completely irrational question. How should I know? He's probably doing whatever it is actors do in their free time, which my mind generally rendered as some sort of eternal cocktail party where all the famous people knew each other and none of them would be caught dead wit...more
This is a very short (50 pages) collection of four short stories. The title story is the best, a day in the life of the post-zombie-apocalypse world. I liked "The Language Barrier" too, a brief glimpse of an overheard conversation. I thought the other two were pretty weak. "Room 302" was an exercise in trying to create a complete story in a few (450) words, but I didn't think it really worked. As for the last story, "Poor Places", I have played enough poker to understand the lingo but the story...more
I didn't love it. I can't point to anything in particular as something I didn't like to the book, but I can't point at anything in particular and say 'oh yeah, this was awesome!' it's far shorter than I'd guessed (50 pages, it was a surprisingly short read), and none of the stories really seemed to have a definitive ending.
Well one thing I did find distracting- it seems like there were some typographical/editing problems that should probably be cleaned up, but that's pretty nitpicky, I suppose.
Well one thing I did find distracting- it seems like there were some typographical/editing problems that should probably be cleaned up, but that's pretty nitpicky, I suppose.
I'm a bit conflicted. On the one hand, The Day After is reasonably well-written; on the other, it's about zombies, a concept (weak to begin with) so thoroughly strip-mined lately that there's nothing new to say about them.
The other stories...each is a brief meditation on a single image: overhearing a conversation that's only half in English; playing poker; etc.
But I shouldn't complain too much about a book that provided an hour or two of reading for only $3.
The other stories...each is a brief meditation on a single image: overhearing a conversation that's only half in English; playing poker; etc.
But I shouldn't complain too much about a book that provided an hour or two of reading for only $3.
I'm a newer fan of Wil Wheaton, but I was really excited to see him write fiction. The collection is far from perfect, and he admits this himself, but it is well worth a read. I didn't enjoy the title story as much as I hoped to, but the full collection ties together quite nicely. My favourite story in the collection would have to be "Language Barrier."
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This was an incredibly quick read, and well worth the time and money spent on it. Wheaton is excellent at developing characters, even in a few short pages. All the stories are wonderfully vivid and descriptive, but the titular story is by far the best.
Wil shows promise as a fiction writer, but still hasn't quite produced something that is wholly fiction and maintains consistency. The works presented within feel as if they were merely writing workshop projects that weren't ready for prime time yet.
I like Wheaton as a person so much, but the writing was cliché and uninteresting. Le sigh.
Jul 26, 2011
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Wil branched out into a new genre which I don't enjoy, so I feel I can't give an adequate review.
eh..
I liked The Day After week enough, it's a sorta mini zombie tale... but I wad less thrilled about the other stories in the book. I didn't fully complete the poker story... :/
I liked The Day After week enough, it's a sorta mini zombie tale... but I wad less thrilled about the other stories in the book. I didn't fully complete the poker story... :/
May 02, 2011
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It may have been a little rough around the edges but the foundations are there for some great fiction from Wheaton in the future.
I loved all the stories in this book, well worth a purchase, even if they are short-stories. But I also have enjoyed everything I've read by Wil Wheaton.
wilw writes tremendous stories, these are collection of shorts. My only complaint really is that I'd love to see these done as full novels.
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A worldwide audience may know him from recent roles as Evil Wil Wheaton on The Big Bang Theory, Doctor Isaac Parrish on EUReKA, or Fawkes on The Guild, but Wil Wheaton’s successful acting career began in 1986 with acclaimed roles in Stand By Me and Toy Soldiers.
He continued to build his resume through his teen years as series regular ‘Wesley Crusher’ on Star Trek: The Next Generation and opposite...more
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He continued to build his resume through his teen years as series regular ‘Wesley Crusher’ on Star Trek: The Next Generation and opposite...more
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