tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post7589468472690531394..comments2023-08-12T03:14:16.855-05:00Comments on The Least Read Blog on the Web: CSFF Blog Tour: Offworld Day TwoJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919292358655167603noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-37878879678492557252009-08-20T15:50:02.258-05:002009-08-20T15:50:02.258-05:00Robin,
I saw that piece of dialogue, and I knew i...Robin, <br />I saw that piece of dialogue, and I knew it was the key to the Waveform device - but I didn't get it until now. My bad perhaps, but perhaps a little "too" veiled. Anyway, I'm glad you explained this. I think it gives a little more significance, maybe not enough, but that's all in the interpretation of the reader I suppose.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363518142334125056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-71675051831201473972009-08-19T16:32:02.372-05:002009-08-19T16:32:02.372-05:00Dude, I purposely stayed away from reading your po...Dude, I purposely stayed away from reading your posts until I wrote my review, as I am afraid we think a little too much alike. And I was proven right. From the Macguffin reference to the spirituality (which I didn't talk about but feel similar), we tracked the same way.<br /><br />I know on his last series Robin was trying to do something that wasn't the typical "Christian fiction". This falls in the same vein.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363518142334125056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-38509876881878058152009-08-19T12:13:34.509-05:002009-08-19T12:13:34.509-05:00You make some interesting--and valid--points. Did ...You make some interesting--and valid--points. Did I enjoy the book? Yes. Will I read more of Parrish's work? Probably. Will I read Offworld again? Not likely. Nonetheless, it was a fun way to spend a couple of hours and I've had fun trying to explain the story line to my space opera-loving son. :)Dona Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641009276196378322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-72544076620474313742009-08-19T12:11:00.082-05:002009-08-19T12:11:00.082-05:00I too felt this was a popcorn book. Not, therefore...I too felt this was a popcorn book. Not, therefore, a failure -- if one sets out to write an action flick and one gets an action flick, one has succeeded. But popcorn nonetheless. And yes, the major plot element (which I thought was sort of out-of-place anyway) didn't seem enough to qualify the book as particularly "Christian." As to that other Christian element -- to me it was a little weak anyway, since I figured [you-know-who] wouldn't [state-of-being] if the world got fixed anyway.Rachel Starr Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115239312232415130noreply@blogger.com