Reviews of the Shower

[leahbobet]

"Parable of the Shower" is starting to get some reviews, and I have saved up enough in a tidy little stack to share with you, since you are all clearly on the edges of your seats over this matter.

Free SF Reader, in its usual cryptic fashion, gives the story 3 out of 5 stars.

Joe Sherry at Adventures in Reading says nice things, including that it is a delightful story, which warms my little shriveled heart.

And, Kathryn Cramer is a fan of the opening line, using it to demonstrate a point about narrative hooks and setting reader expectations at the outset, which is very flattering. There is also a picture from Ad Astra here, wherein I am drinking something with Watts and Dave Nickle, whose collection is coming out from ChiZine Publications and is well worth your inspection.

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As for the rest of it, my garden looks lovely right now, there will be pasta for dinner, I'm going swing dancing with ksumnersmith and cszego tonight, and there are two things that are deeply upsetting me and one thing that is really, really making me happy at the moment. The one awesome thing masses bigger than the two upsetting ones, although I'll admit the latter have been having their moments, lately. On the whole it's all balancing out, though, and I hope to tell you about at least two of those three things in a week or two (but not now, because they are not Done Yet).

Back on your heads, then.

Comments

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

Yay! As always, you kick ass. :)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Aw. Not always, but thank you. :)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Also, dude, we need to do coffee.

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Let me know what the holes in your schedule are and I'll hold it up to mine to see what fits. :)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Ummm...I have a birthday party to go to Sunday afternoon, but otherwise my weekend's clean.

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

Hmm. My weekend is actually going to be kind of packed, except for mornings; I have a birthday party out in the 'burbs on Saturday afternoon, then I have to work at night, and Sunday I have to be around in the afternoon so my theatre peeps can pick up the Godzilla costume for a photo shoot on Monday, and that night I should try to go to Deb's concert. So unless you wanted to go for early coffee ...

I am free tomorrow night, but then Monday night is my writing group so after that we'd be talking Tuesday or later. Let me know if any of those work.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Eek. Seriously, whenever's easy. I can hold out 'til next week. *g*

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, unless you have a free night tomorrow or wanted to go out and about in the morning (which is fine with me, but not eveyone is an early riser), might have to wait. :D

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

I am soooo not a morning person. But tomorrow, depending on my state of exhaustion, might be good. :)

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

:D Okay, just let me know what you're thinking come tomorrow.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Probably sevenish? But I shall send le text to you. *g*

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like, and thank you, but can I possibly ask that link be either redacted or warning-stickered? For one, I blundered in there yesterday and spent the next three hours triggering to the moon and back and thus (hopefully understandably!) am not hugely keen on it being around.

For two, I try to keep this space on the whole free of whatever the Internet Argument Du Jour may be. I totally understand and appreciate that there are comments in that discussion that are upsetting to you -- several were upsetting to me -- but, well. It's there and this is here, and I don't know that here is the space to be making comment on there.

Thanks!

[rosefox]

Eek! Sorry about that. Um, I can't edit the comment because you replied to it, so could you please screen it?

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Oh -- can do, sorry. And thank you. Much appreciated. :)

[rosefox]

Of course! My apologies for inadvertently tracking muck into your house.

[hysteriachan.livejournal.com]

The Free SF Reader review is very strange indeed. O_o I like the other two, though.

Have fun tonight! It sounds like it'll be great. ^_^

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

They're all kind of like that? More...punny summaries than reviews? But oh well, takes all kinds.

And...okay. Lindy hopping in Dundas Square? Is freaking awesome.

[hysteriachan.livejournal.com]

As long as it gets people clicking through to the story. ^_^

I've added that to my list of awesome things I'd do if I were local. (Ritual sigh.) Glad it was such a good time!

Also, I meant to say earlier--I hope the two upsetting things go away or become better, whichever is better for you.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

True, that. :)

(And thank you. One already seems to be improving.)

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

Thy story hath rocked my socks clean off.

Also, it's awesome.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

*loff* :)

[newroticgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh that story. Oh! I laughed and laughed and totally love it. You rock!

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Hee -- thank you! Glad you like!

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

I loves. I loves LOTS. It is a wonderful story.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[sora-blue.livejournal.com]

I did so enjoy that story. :)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Hee. I'm glad. :)

[deakat]

I finally got around to reading the story, and it is truly as fabulous as I had anticipated!

Shared it with a friend today, and then passed her some Bears as a chaser. ::grin::

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Hee -- thank you. :)

(I think I need to do that gonzo thing more. People seem to like it.)

[zillah975]

Hi! *waves* My sis-in-law sent me a link to the Parable Of The Shower and a little googling brought me here, so of course I had to stop and tell you how totally freakin' AWESOME that story is. Just, so much love. Funny and smart and touching and smart and funny and yeah. I need more coffee, but the story was well worth putting off getting coffee.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Hee -- thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it, although I am sad for your coffee. :)

from Kathryn Cramer

[(Anonymous)]

I saw Greg Benford this past weekend, and he said he'd read "The Parable of the Shower" on the recommendation of my husband David Hartwell, and he said he also really liked it.

Re: from Kathryn Cramer

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

...oh, way cool. :) Thanks for letting me know!