Whew.  I hung in there and read the whole thing.  I'm pooped.  I've got billy-uns and billy-uns of tiny sparkles of light dancing in my head.  This story, albeit dense and chock-full of everything but the kitchen sink, failed to 'give me something!'  This was sort of like a Marx Brothers skit on LSD.  I'm tired, Sandra.  So very tired.  

Sorry. I couldn't get through this.

It was sort of spaceman meets the pumpkin king.

I struggled on for a few pages, but just didn't get it.

I can normally pick out a few choice moments that intrigued me..., but not in this.

Sorry!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read Bloomb. May you be blessed as we enter the stretch of the final days of 2009.

Today is November 5, 2009 and I have this:

(Don't ask why, my world is very complicated.)

The horse, in Gaelic, is also known as the Goddess.  It represents the land and travel.

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Think right. Think in deed.

Sandra

Well then Sandra,

Finally got round to returning some reads I know I owe.

I see you've got a slamming from some of those less tolerant than myself. And I ain't that tolerant.

Rob makes a good point about Cosmos - a tuly amazing series. If God has a voice it would sound exactly like Carl Sagan. In my head at least. And that vid was awesome dude - a word I use sparingly.

Quoted from Bloomb Thicket's Opera - The Xilon of Witch Racket FADE IN FADE OUT FADE IN:

Weird start. But then its a weird script.

Well written, could do with a bit of tidying but not much.

Some of it is inspired! Carl Sagan, bless his heart.

It has a definite style that I haven't seen before, which is nice.

Past tense slips in here and there. Could do with fixing. Bit of telling now showing happening a bit too much though.

I realise this was for an OWC, so obviously some leniency has to be given. I did find it very enjoyable, and very different - a good combination.

Ren

Quoted from rendevous Well then Sandra, Finally got round to returning some reads I know I owe. I see you've got a slamming from some of those less tolerant than myself. And I ain't that tolerant. Rob makes a good point about Cosmos - a tuly amazing series. If God has a voice it would sound exactly like Carl Sagan. In my head at least. And that vid was awesome dude - a word I use sparingly. Weird start. But then its a weird script. Well written, could do with a bit of tidying but not much. Some of it is inspired! Carl Sagan, bless his heart. It has a definite style that I haven't seen before, which is nice. Past tense slips in here and there. Could do with fixing. Bit of telling now showing happening a bit too much though. I realise this was for an OWC, so obviously some leniency has to be given. I did find it very enjoyable, and very different - a good combination. Ren

Thank you for traversing the abyss and flying Delta Intergalactic. Please enjoy flying with us again in the future. Enjoy yourselves in your travels and have a safe and wonderful journey.

Sandra

I loved this.

A bona-fide trip into a darkly comic, strange and surreal, weird and wonderful world via a script that combined elements of action, adventure, sci-fi, zombie horror and fairytale all rolled into one.

Notice how "family" isn't listed above as one of the genres that this wide all-other-genre spanning tale encompasses. I mean, I would love to see a ten year old sit in front of this for 12 minutes. He/she wouldn't know where to look. Of course I could be underestimating the collective intelligence of today's pre-teens but all I know is, at that age, I would've been crying from confusion by the 3rd minute.

However, as a standalone script, I thought this was spectacularly rich, vividly colourful, full of imagination and rather witty in places, in both visual and verbal realms. Marshal and Bloomb had some great exchanges, real clever, funny stuff (again, Bloomb is waaay too smart for a 10 year old and again I could be waaay underestimating the youngsters)

Also the prose had amusing little quips here and there sure to ruffle the feathers of all the screenwriting pedants out there and coax their wattles to frisson with furious outrage. Personally, I enjoyed every word of them as they all had some relevance both obscure and apparent to the story which only enlivened and embellished the read.

Not for everyone sure and it may not go down well as the matinee billing in theatres near you but hell I dug the ride.

Col.