tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post7258396590930300430..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: The Alien Worms of TruthMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-53546200615367811872016-02-16T16:33:04.197-08:002016-02-16T16:33:04.197-08:00Then I apologize. I did my best to make it clear.Then I apologize. I did my best to make it clear.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-1532020791279839652015-02-18T18:35:04.501-08:002015-02-18T18:35:04.501-08:00I'm in the same boat. I enjoyed the story bu...I'm in the same boat. I enjoyed the story but not sure I understood it.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922243390127909741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-13101391180773551272015-02-18T14:14:16.772-08:002015-02-18T14:14:16.772-08:00That's the risk a writer runs when trying to s...That's the risk a writer runs when trying to say something new. If you go back and look at Murray Leinster's "Sidewise in Time," you'll see that he spends a couple of pages explaining the concept of alternate universes -- because they first appeared in that story!Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-801188340750494722015-02-17T09:52:41.977-08:002015-02-17T09:52:41.977-08:00Just read this a couple weeks back or so, and it r...Just read this a couple weeks back or so, and it reminded me of Philip K Dick in the way that it dropped the dime in a split second then turned on it. You thought it was one thing then all of a sudden it wasn't. <br />Yet do I reveal myself as a chucklehead if I say that the last half seemed opaquely dense, and when I was done I was nearly certain I didn't understand?rastronomicalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475251545087211066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-87135308094718044212015-02-17T02:00:11.913-08:002015-02-17T02:00:11.913-08:00It's brilliant.It's brilliant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029849452005102607noreply@blogger.com