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In a rare show of unity, the Vampire Dominion, Red Empire, Order of Thoth, and Shadowstone endorse this thread... 😁😉😎I'll be available to answer any questions.
With the book due to drop within the next three days, it's time to consider some theme music...[1] (Quake II Intro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miHAh...
[2] (Amos Burton, Out of Darkness) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlDJU...
[3] (Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up (with Kate Bush)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEq-...
[4] (Disco Inferno by the Trammps) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcua9...
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[1] (Quake II Intro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miHAh...
[2] (Amos Burton, Out of Darkness)..."
You should have put a playlist in all the books! Did you have one for each book? It is never too late. :) Add one to each book and upload. :)
Graeme wrote: "With the book due to drop within the next three days, it's time to consider some theme music..."If I may make a few hopeful suggestions...
Andrew W. K. - Ready to Die
https://youtu.be/Tlu1ZfYr6vA?si=zI49s...
Two Steps From Hell - Protectors of the Earth
https://youtu.be/x5Q_TSNk-p4?si=X5C--...
Ashley Serena - Lullaby of Woe
https://youtu.be/ohNpf4VnlP8?si=O6VR6...
Interesting material, J, especially the last two.I'm not a hvy metal fan, just never took to it, but I can see and appreciate the applicability of the first song.
The next two are deeply atmospheric, well done, and I think you'll find threads of applicability within the story.
It's one of the things with a written story, there's no background music or musical theme, and frankly ... sometimes the story just begs to be accompanied by music.
Marie wrote: "You should have put a playlist in all the books! Did you have one for each book? It is never too late. :) Add one to each book and upload. :)..."I can't imagine the intellectual property tangles of doing that, or how to do it, short of an 'audible,' version of each book.
But, that's a budget well beyond my humble means.
This book is now landing in various locations as today grows old.
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It will be landing in the U.S. tomorrow all over our locations as well! lol :) It must be an interesting life living in the future! I am reminded of the almanac from Back to the Future - how nice that would be for now. :)
Of course, it's entirely up to the reader to read this book however they wish too, but if you're slammed for time, and looking for breaks, I'd recommend the following blocks...Chapter 1 followed by a break before chapter 2, or chapter 1 & 2 together.
Chapters 3 & 4 together.
Chapter 5.
Chapters 6 through 9 are quite episodic and can be read with breaks at the end of each chapter.
Chapter 10 can be read as a setup for the finale.
Chapters 11+ read in a single hit through to the end.
Enjoy.
I thought this might be a good time for me to check out Graeme's writing by joining the buddy read. Then I realized this is Book #7 in the series and I would probably be completely lost and bewildered.So, I ordered the Metaframe Omnibus (Books 1-3) and I'll start there. Maybe I'll peek at the former Buddy Reads for the books in this series as I go.
I'm still going to follow this thread to see the comments, but I'll avoid the spoilers. Cheers!
Hi Michael, welcome to the series.You are correct about reading the books out of order. The books are tightly sequenced blocks of story with each book often starting within hours of the end of the previous book. Reading them out of order would definitely be confusing for the reader.
Feel free to ask me any questions about the stories as you go on the other threads, and I'll answer them there.
As for spoilers on this thread: "Set Spoilers to Stun!"
Plowing into it.Chloe is definitely worse than Crane. Part of me hopes that she starts hearing his laughter as it all comes apart.
I take it that in this universe W. W. Jacobs never wrote The Monkey's Paw.
The Odysseus is racing home. I doubt her homecoming will entail archery and axe heads. But I do expect a bunch of corpses.
I was reminded of an exchange in which it was pointed out that I'm the kind of storyteller who keeps piling pain upon my protagonists until they rise above it in the climax. I agreed with an offhand statement to the effect that heroes are aspirational goals and as such I thought of Odysseus as a surrogate father. I wonder, will Anton be Odysseus or Frodo?
(view spoiler)
Hi J.Re: "Chloe is definitely worse than Crane. Part of me hopes that she starts hearing his laughter as it all comes apart."
Ahh... the whole "is this a dagger I see before me?" pathway as she cracks up from all the guilt...
Re: Anton ... more like Frodo.
Regarding the last. I figure mass-energy must be conserved. The simplest solution would be a cascade of worlds, each world translating sideways a single universe, to fill the original hole created by departure - hence for any given world in the cascade, the difference would be minute, but for the travelling world - substantial.
Graeme wrote: "Re: Anton ... more like Frodo."The kid can't catch a break. I imagine him writing that first college essay, "My Worst Summer EVER!" Just wait until the TA gets to the paragraph on how every woman in his life is just a friend, dead, or a blood sucking fiend.
J. wrote: "The kid can't catch a break. ..."Hard times make for strong men.
Theme music Take #2.I'll put in a series of posts on a per chapter basis given a specific character's POV.
Chapter One: (view spoiler) (Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up (with Kate Bush)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEq-...
Theme Music.Chapter Two: (view spoiler) (Queen - Killer Queen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtP...
Chapter Two: (view spoiler) (Sia - Unstoppable) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOto8...
Theme Music.Chapter Three: (view spoiler) (The US Army Field Band - Battle Hymn of the Republic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy6AO...
Theme Music.Chapter Four: (view spoiler) (David Guetta - Titanium ft. Sia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfuA...
Theme Music.Chapter Five: (view spoiler) (The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lTwA...
Theme Music.Chapter Six: (view spoiler) (Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise (Official Music Video)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mb...
Chapter Six: (view spoiler) (AC/DC - Highway to Hell (Official Video)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T...
Theme Music.Chapter Seven: (view spoiler) (Imagine Dragons - Radioactive) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTq...
Theme Music.Chapter Eight: (view spoiler) (Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (At The Royal Albert Hall / 1970)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkqfP...
Theme Music.Chapter Nine: (view spoiler) (Simple Minds - Belfast Child) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vhhT...
Theme Music.Chapter Ten: (view spoiler) (The Script - Hall of Fame (Official Video) ft. will.i.am) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk48x...
Chapter Ten: (view spoiler) (Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins - Weapon Of Choice) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIY...
Theme Music.Chapter Eleven: (view spoiler) (Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdFe...
Theme Music.Chapter Twelve: (view spoiler) (Billie Eilish - No Time To Die) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BboMp...
Theme Music.Chapter Thirteen: (view spoiler) (Adele - Skyfall) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deumy...
Chapter Thirteen: (view spoiler) (Carmina Burana ~ O Fortuna | Carl Orff ~ André Rieu) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3Vs...
Graeme,For some reason Goodreads is having a conniption over trying to add a link to a comment beneath a quote. This lecture is a good primer on Marcus Aurelius.
https://youtu.be/Auuk1y4DRgk?si=DI_Jq...
Thanks to an annoying high school English teacher I keep thinking about musical accompaniment in terms of rising action https://youtu.be/L0bcRCCg01I?si=x6ku8... , climax https://youtu.be/X6cogix3cwQ?si=9nG-f... , and denouement. But which denouement, https://youtu.be/xHNV0Vb9Qio?si=Puk2b... or https://youtu.be/WAoLJ8GbA4Y?si=zob9-...
Definently, Vienna Philharmonic – Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op.11 for the denouement.All excellent pieces of music.
Well it looks like I won't finish this month. I just finished chapter 6, which has me contemplating the nature of gods and apotheosis.(view spoiler)
Yeah, I often let my imagination run wild when looking for connections.
That's a great quality. There's a few connections coming along...
Chapters 7 & 8 reminded me of The Stand and The Road.Chloe has no sense of the disjoint between her ideals and the reality she inflicts. Every time she bemoans how evil Crane had been in his control of her I chuckle. Please let him be her psychotic psychopomp.
I suspect that Lamb's name will soon become literal and Li is lost.
'"Read on, Macduff, and damned be him that first cries, “Hold! Enough!”'The answers lie in the remainder of the story.
Chapter 9: Dark dealings at the crossroads.Was a soul forfeited?
But there were two souls at stake.
J. wrote: "But there were two souls at stake."(view spoiler)
When anyone pays a huge price, it needs to make a big difference...
I picked the crossroads for tactical reasons.... as it gave Anton a clear view up and down the main road... that said...(view spoiler)
Closures abound from this point on.
After I noted how Chloe's ring reverie reminded me of Frodo' partial quote, I find Anton thinking, "... here at the end of all things." Does an AI orb equal a palantír?I wonder will Anton as Narsil be reforged into Anduril?
I just finished. I have quotes from Shakespeare and Dickinson merging in my mind "Parting is such sweet sorrow...", "[It] is all we know of Heaven and all we need of Hell." I'll ruminate on it, and post a review tomorrow.
The sword which was broken was reforged.
