tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post8743873504015632527..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: White Smoke Rises . . . We Have A Winner!Michael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-30878431097825633092010-02-18T18:51:24.300-08:002010-02-18T18:51:24.300-08:00Lurking About Moscow
A Surplus Of RussiansLurking About Moscow<br />A Surplus Of RussiansShawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079639507582130489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-14688143797840335402010-02-11T19:30:35.322-08:002010-02-11T19:30:35.322-08:00Pat, that title hits pretty much every button on m...Pat, that title hits pretty much every button on my what-a-title-should-be keyboard. It's made up of primary nouns. It's inherently interesting. And doesn't look like every other title on the shelf. I admire it enormously.<br /><br />However, context is everythng. The Darger and Surplus novel is set entirely in Russia, and all but the first several chapters in Moscow. <br /><br />Still, your title does its job. I'd pick up that novel in a bookstore and read the first paragraph, hoping the book was brilliant.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-58480777185378979562010-02-11T14:28:24.599-08:002010-02-11T14:28:24.599-08:00Getting my Title Contest entry in before the delug...Getting my Title Contest entry in before the deluge:<br /><br /><em>A Rogue's Map of the Continent</em><br /><br />At least, if the novel is anything like the short stories, with Darger and Surplus gallivanting across Europe...Pat Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12017241100280042937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-27594561960230417172010-02-10T08:10:57.901-08:002010-02-10T08:10:57.901-08:00No, it hasn't. I may yet have another contest...No, it hasn't. I may yet have another contest . . . if only I can figure out a way to provide enough information about the novel to make naming it possible without giving away the plot.<br /><br />For the moment, I'm still praying for a sudden stroke of genius to hit.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-28738880159259672882010-02-09T18:57:04.562-08:002010-02-09T18:57:04.562-08:00Now that Serviles have been named... Does the Darg...Now that Serviles have been named... Does the Darger and Surplus Novel have a name?Chad Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-42061804888881148642010-02-09T05:25:41.569-08:002010-02-09T05:25:41.569-08:00Aye, congratulations Zamzummim.
Hopefully one day...Aye, congratulations Zamzummim.<br /><br />Hopefully one day Sir Vile will arise to publish a zine calling for the emancipation of the serviles.Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-33957411006923899302010-02-08T08:52:00.117-08:002010-02-08T08:52:00.117-08:00Habemus verbum lauriferum!
Congrats Zamzummim, an...Habemus verbum lauriferum!<br /><br />Congrats Zamzummim, and thanks for keeping the rest of us un-scammed.Joe Stillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967010101974872521noreply@blogger.com