Comments on: A Matter of Perspective

By: Doorstep Salesmen « Mechanical Hamster

Doorstep Salesmen « Mechanical Hamster — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:24:58 +0000

[...] Doorstep Salesmen A response to Lost_Heretic’s comments. [...]

By: Lost_Heretic

Lost_Heretic — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:54:39 +0000

Hi,

I’m afraid I can’t really add too much input to this discussion, my own writing is still rather crude and undeveloped. However, as an American, I have a question about a term or slang you used.

Doorstep trilogy? Is this referring to post-Lord of the Rings (or post-Dragonlance) habit of releasing fantasy/science fiction trilogies?

Thanks,
Mike

By: A Tense Situation « Mechanical Hamster

A Tense Situation « Mechanical Hamster — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:32:19 +0000

[...] a lengthy but hopefully excusable aside, in response to these comments, I should point out that I re-sat my English Literature GCSE once and my English Language GCSE [...]

By: Mechanicus

Mechanicus — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:56:28 +0000

Matt; a fair point.

I do read a lot, but most of the time, I’ve never really thought about the processes behind it; possibly because I’m not much of a creative person, and so writing (and English) has never really appealed to me. Perhaps strangely, a large proportion of my friends do write, however.

Mechanicus

By: Leonid

Leonid — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:09:32 +0000

Thank you for answer!

(Eagerly waiting for Angels of Darkness reprint!)

By: Matt Keefe

Matt Keefe — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:32:58 +0000

For what it’s worth, Mechanicus, I stopped English lessons after GCSE, too – that doesn’t mean I stopped reading, or writing, or thinking about the language though.

Matt

By: Mechanicus

Mechanicus — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:26:10 +0000

Gav – I don’t know which part of your weblog post satisfies me more: the part where you bolster BL’s statement that all and any background is open to contradictions and falsehoods; or the part where you imply that there is a document regarding the Mechanicus which self evidently hasn’t been published, and seemingly serves as a guide to further background (perhaps springing from your Inquisitor article).

Although most of this discussion on limited and omniscient narrative is new to me (I stopped English after GCSE for a reason ), it is very interesting. I’m bookmarking this for sure.

Mechanicus

By: Third Person Ltd. « The Star Chamber

Third Person Ltd. « The Star Chamber — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:07:36 +0000

[...] Person Ltd. Gav Thorpe has posted some thoughts on the use of different forms of narrative over on his (we)blog, Mechanical Hamster. As part of the ongoing debate, the question has arisen as [...]

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:51:48 +0000

It is interesting that you should discuss POV at this time. I have been ranting a bit about the use or misuse of POV in Warhammer on Amazon.com for some time now. I think POV is the most important decision a writer has to make. Because I read so much Warhammer fiction, I would like to hear what the other Warhammer writers have to say about POV and its use in science fiction and fantasy. I was especially impressed by Ben Counter’s use of multiple limited point of view in Galaxy in Flames and I appreciate your use of two alternating limited points of view in Angels of Darkness. I prefer a single limited point of view or a first person narrative (as you know both are very difficult to pull off). For my money Dave Gemmell is the best on multiple points of view, while Michael Moorcock is the master of the first person narrative. Great Blog by the way and best regards.