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Offline Luis Dias

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Morrigan in the Sunglare
on: March 02, 2014, 03:35:34 pm
Because Battuta's mythical humbleness would never let him drop a link of his own work here, I guess someone else has to do the job.

It's awesome read, despite there not being anything really new for anyone who knows BP2.

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dickinson_03_14/
 

Offline QuakeIV

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #1 on: March 02, 2014, 10:01:17 pm
cool story bro
 

Offline An4ximandros

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #2 on: March 02, 2014, 11:06:12 pm
Request for a mod to fold space and merge the two threads about this.
 

Offline Beskargam

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #3 on: March 03, 2014, 12:17:45 am
Is there a list of all his writings anywhere? I've read some, and I know I've missed others
 

Offline General Battuta

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #4 on: March 03, 2014, 12:19:18 am
sethdickinson.com has them all.

I'm not worried about merging the threads, I'm happy to have one in BP since the story is so relevant.
 

Offline Beskargam

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #5 on: March 03, 2014, 12:53:08 am
Finished it. Very good. I played WiH, loved the bit of extra context this gives. Gotta say I have not been disappointed in any of your works yet, they're all fantastic. Side note,  a friend was reluctant about submitting some lines for the va for bp until I told her you were involved in this project (The Immaculate Conception of Private Ritter is her favorite short story). Which isn't on your website?
 

Offline swashmebuckle

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #6 on: March 03, 2014, 01:07:52 am
Tripping balls down memory lane. :yes:
 

Offline General Battuta

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #7 on: March 03, 2014, 08:00:33 pm
Quote from: Beskargam on March 03, 2014, 12:53:08 am
Finished it. Very good. I played WiH, loved the bit of extra context this gives. Gotta say I have not been disappointed in any of your works yet, they're all fantastic. Side note,  a friend was reluctant about submitting some lines for the va for bp until I told her you were involved in this project (The Immaculate Conception of Private Ritter is her favorite short story). Which isn't on your website?

Good point! I'll add a link to it.
 

Offline SypheDMar

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #8 on: March 04, 2014, 05:06:01 pm
Read and listened to it today. Great stuff! Is it BP canon by any chance?
 

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #9 on: March 04, 2014, 07:26:03 pm
Quote from: SypheDMar on March 04, 2014, 05:06:01 pm
Read and listened to it today. Great stuff! Is it BP canon by any chance?
Well, some Vasudans are replaced with "civilians" and the dialogue doesn't match the game's script (also, coilguns), but then, there's not really anything covered in the story that wasn't already covered in WiH (as Luis Dias said, there's not "anything really new for anyone who knows BP2").

In a nutshell, it's a well-written short story that takes a slice of acts 1 & 2, removes overt references to Freespace from the setting, and has different dialogue. As a result of these changes it also has a rather different "feel" from WiH, but it's still recognizably BP.
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Offline Kolgena

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Re: Morrigan in the Sunglare
Reply #10 on: March 06, 2014, 05:04:57 pm
Just read it. It's very good :D
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