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- Anti-shurtugal Further Discussion on Bad Books
- Battlefield Earth Spork Covering L. Ron’s second largest waste of pulp
- Conjugalfelicity More Sporking
- Eye of Argon MST3K A riff on a terrible short from the seventies
- ImpishIdea Sporkings and Essays on Writing
- Kris Norge's Essays An in depth looks at tactics in a few series including the Eragon series.
- Mission Earth Recaps A series I’ve read and laughed at myself.
- Rejecter Blog A semi inactive blog about Query letters.
- Slushpile Hell Query letters from an Agent’s perspective.
- Snark Squad One of the best Fity Shades sporks in my opinion. They also do some TV shows and various other books.
- Verprose A far more comprehensive list of sporks than my little link bar
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Maximum Ride Chapters 113-116
So Fang starts off the chapter by presenting a newspaper to Max. Good boy, Fang. Now go lay down on your bed. Go on, go lay down. Good Fang. I’m not sure if Jimmy is just old fashioned or if … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Guys, Gaining skills as the plot demands, Talk talk talk
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Maximum Ride Chapters 111 & 112
You know what would be funny? If Max and the rest were flying along and Angel got sucked into a jet engine. Even better if it caused the Hudson River crash. Sure Max would moan and complain until the end … Continue reading
Maximum Ride Chapters 109 & 110
Here’s a hypothetical question. Let’s say you’re being pursued by people you don’t like. You’ve run to a hiding place and tried to avoid them but they found you anyway. Then, just as they’re about to capture you, they’re called … Continue reading
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Tagged Attack of the Stupid Gas, How Convenient, Why? Because the Athor demands it
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Maximum Ride Chapters 107 & 108
We begin the latest chapter with everyone still in the tree. With all the time they spend up a tree, I’m starting to wonder if Jimmy didn’t write this in a tree house. ‘Kids like tree houses, right?’ ‘Um, sure.’ … Continue reading
Maximum Ride Chapters 105 & 106
So the last chapter featured a boatload of police officers showing up and ruining Max’s dinner. Of course there’s no reason for this. Does New York PD often dispatch a dozen squad cars to catch kids? Sure there may be … Continue reading
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Tagged Evil and Stupid, Talk talk talk, Why? Because the Athor demands it
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Maximum Ride Chapters 103 & 104
This is a point I’ve made before but it bears repeating. We do not need to see the details of Max’s life, Jimmy. A better author would just say they went to dinner and be done with it. Or, if … Continue reading
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Tagged Dull Details, Snooty Equals Evil, Why? Because the Athor demands it
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Maximum Ride Chapters 101 & 102
One of those recurring themes I’m getting pretty sick of seeing crop up in media lately is the characters and lost family. It comes in lots of forms but the standard everyone seems to tap into the most is children … Continue reading
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Tagged Plot roundabout, Stab the Dumb!, Talk talk talk
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Maximum Ride Chapters 99 & 100
So now Max is considering staying in the cathedral. She says there are choir lofts way up that they could hide out in and just spend the night. Of course cathedral architecture was just one of the many subject that … Continue reading
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Tagged How do you know that?, Take the Money and Run, Talk talk talk
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Maximum Ride Chapters 97 & 98
Now that Max and the rest are running along, and we’re slowly approaching the end of the book, how likely is it that they’ll stumble upon the “institute”? I’m guessing the odds are better than finding rock in a quarry. … Continue reading
On the “Inheritance” of the “Inheritance Cycle”
For those of you who follow such things, you may have already heard that Paolini’s fourth book is due out here in less than a month. Which may have caused you to wonder how soon I’ll be getting to it. … Continue reading
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