tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post5316132838055035837..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: The Shadow Lamp (a book review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-86836202062477181562014-07-27T21:16:36.601-07:002014-07-27T21:16:36.601-07:00TAS: Oh, no, it's a completely different idea....TAS: Oh, no, it's a completely different idea.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-13029493892286510712014-07-27T19:22:03.529-07:002014-07-27T19:22:03.529-07:00Lexa: Well, this one was written as one story, so ...Lexa: Well, this one was written as one story, so it wouldn't have been a good idea to have written the first one in the hope that he would get a series.<br />You have a good week, too!Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-52701982848679331852014-07-27T17:22:35.341-07:002014-07-27T17:22:35.341-07:00Wow, series are so popular. I think my greatest wi...Wow, series are so popular. I think my greatest wish would be to write something that publishers and readers actually wanted to become a series. No fear of that so far. I enjoyed reading your review - have a good week! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-50183661773308862192014-07-26T20:17:17.358-07:002014-07-26T20:17:17.358-07:00I guess I was wondering if the tesseract described...I guess I was wondering if the tesseract described in Wrinkle in Time comes up here, too. Guess not.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-2150275716940165962014-07-26T15:21:13.531-07:002014-07-26T15:21:13.531-07:00Stephanie: That can certainly be true. It really d...Stephanie: That can certainly be true. It really depends on whether the whole series is one story or if it's episodic.<br /><br />Jeanne: What I can say about it is that there is no empirical evidence to support it, so I find it rather ridiculous. I first heard of this idea in dealing with the cause of the big bang having to do with, basically, life from the future causing it to happen. There is, actually, nothing logical about causality working in reverse. It's one of those drunken college student ideas.<br /><br />TAS: I've lost the thread of what you mean. The Bright Empires series deals with multi-dimensional travel rather than straight up time travel. Tesseracts are neither of those.<br /><br />Shannon: I agree. I don't think I'm willing to pay more than $5 or so for an e-book unless there is a huge price difference between the e-book and the physical book.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-8581960353481860342014-07-26T13:06:44.733-07:002014-07-26T13:06:44.733-07:00I don't buy e-books over a certain price, so I...I don't buy e-books over a certain price, so I don't buy e-books of big authors. If I'm going to pay that much, I want something paper in my hand.Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-79631320829416150662014-07-26T13:03:21.288-07:002014-07-26T13:03:21.288-07:00Including tesseracts?Including tesseracts?The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-82743587887558171622014-07-25T15:01:25.538-07:002014-07-25T15:01:25.538-07:00I've heard of the theory of the future alterin...I've heard of the theory of the future altering the past. Once the future happens, the past corrects itself. It doesn't seem like a logic hole to me, although it is kind of mind bending.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-45433309400681129992014-07-25T12:57:16.564-07:002014-07-25T12:57:16.564-07:00Series are so complicated to write. You have to se...Series are so complicated to write. You have to set things up on a series-wide basis and an individual book basis. So there has to always be something bigger that isn't completely resolved with each book to keep people reading.Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-84513633823382272442014-07-25T12:50:11.360-07:002014-07-25T12:50:11.360-07:00Anne: Yeah, I don't know. I've thought abo...Anne: Yeah, I don't know. I've thought about doing some research on the topic, but I haven't been quite motivated enough to actually do it.<br /><br />Alex C: Yeah, I thought about that. They exist, so time must not have ceased to exist; the question is whether time didn't cease to exist because they're wrong or because of something they did.<br /><br />Katie: It is the dispute. Amazon wants to lower the e-book prices, and Hachette won't do it. It's all about Hachette retaining its physical book sales.<br /><br />Rusty: Oh, hey, I just said that.<br /><br />Hmm... If you want to read Lawhead, I wouldn't necessarily recommend starting with this series. Except, for you, I might.<br /><br />Jo: I wouldn't mind the overpricing of e-books so much if it meant that the authors were making more money, but they're not. It's just more money for the publisher and a way to drive physical book sales.<br /><br />TAS: Yeah, I'm enjoying the series. And it's not really time travel, it's multi-dimensional travel.<br /><br />Veronica: Sure! I do my best to keep it vague, but, yeah, it's hard.<br /><br />Rebekah: I have read that series, but it's not one of my favorite by him. If I'm remembering correctly, I really liked the middle book but didn't think much of the ending.<br /><br />The series that got me going with him was his Pendragon Cycle, the original three (when it was just a trilogy) are probably the best Arthur books I've read. (Book 4 was pretty horrible.)Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-68516595166805134162014-07-25T09:02:01.931-07:002014-07-25T09:02:01.931-07:00I've been reading this series since I found th...I've been reading this series since I found the first one on the 'New!' shelf at the library a few (hah, more than a few?) years back.<br /><br />I own all of it so far now, but I only own the last three books thinks to getting ARCs from the Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour. So I've been fortunate not to have to worry about the prices of the books - and yes, that ebook price is ridiculous. However, I've seen ridiculous prices like that for several years. They just seem to be more common now.<br /><br />The time flowing backwards thing was a bit of a stretch for me as well. I can think of a few ways that Lawhead could resolve that issue, so I'm curious to see if any of my guesses are correct eventually. A couple of them I think not, because I know it's how I would resolve that issue in a story, but not necessarily how he would. But you never know, right?<br /><br />So. Since you're a Lawhead fan, it seems, have you read the Song of Albion series? It's hard to find people who have!Rebekah Loperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09910220361720811916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-23978988160572049042014-07-25T07:46:34.816-07:002014-07-25T07:46:34.816-07:00It's a real hard trick to post reviews of boo...It's a real hard trick to post reviews of books late in a series without spoiling it altogether. Thanks for sharing this interesting series!<br />VeronicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-4880705412485638032014-07-25T06:48:00.898-07:002014-07-25T06:48:00.898-07:00As a case in point, this morning I have been offer...As a case in point, this morning I have been offered a book by Mercedes Lackey and the ebook version is $12.99 - Library here I come.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-12059729529477079012014-07-25T06:19:54.490-07:002014-07-25T06:19:54.490-07:00You have described my issue with time travel narra...You have described my issue with time travel narratives in general. It's very difficult to avoid the paradoxical pitfalls. It sounds like the book worked for you overall, though, if you're already looking out for the next in the series.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-88238214543203332552014-07-25T06:03:48.833-07:002014-07-25T06:03:48.833-07:00I think the overpricing of ebooks is getting ridic...I think the overpricing of ebooks is getting ridiculous. Check on some of the top named authors and they are so highly priced for their ebooks as to be absolutely ridiculous.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-61361456658798427962014-07-25T06:03:10.511-07:002014-07-25T06:03:10.511-07:00The books do sound kinda interesting. Never read L...The books do sound kinda interesting. Never read Lawhead. <br /><br />Not saying I agree, but I think the super high ebook prices are intended to protect hardback sales. Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-62470837833652638842014-07-25T05:51:50.010-07:002014-07-25T05:51:50.010-07:00I was just reading about the Hachette vs. Amazon p...I was just reading about the Hachette vs. Amazon problems, on an idie bookstore's blog. I think the ridiculous pricing is part of that dispute, but don't know enough about it.<br /><br />Thanks for the book recommendation(s) - I love time travel stuff!Katie O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-58854063133577875692014-07-25T03:44:29.560-07:002014-07-25T03:44:29.560-07:00Wel,, if it's true that's what would happe...Wel,, if it's true that's what would happen to begin with, then that plot point does something else - it telegraphs the ending. You're reading the story, so obviously time didn't cease to exist...Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-31020595268472391412014-07-25T01:48:59.418-07:002014-07-25T01:48:59.418-07:00I'm no theoretical physicist, but it looks lik...I'm no theoretical physicist, but it looks like he's created a new paradox. Now I'm curious to see if some string theorist out there has tossed this idea into the realm of possibility. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.com