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Skatzo · 01-28-2005, 01:10 PM

He's a vampire and the 'light warriors' never actually punctured his heart

NolanSpalter · 01-29-2005, 05:47 AM

I really liked the pretty pictures. Look on page 23. Turn it sideways. Do you see the dwarf?

I will buy 2 of the next book.

Rhana · 02-02-2005, 10:53 PM

......Damn, Brian...

I just finished Nuklear Age for the first time.
...damn.

You made me laugh, you made me cry, you made me think. Thank you.

I'm a pretty callous reader anymore; I go through an armload of paperbacks in a day or so, and think I've seen most everything interesting my local library has to offer. I had given up hope on finding another good book to get me through the last few days before I return to school and this site (formally). Then I finally got ahold of a copy of Nuklear Age. Consider me deeply, deeply impressed.

I promise to be more coherent after I have a day or so to mentally digest it. Probably won't sleep tonight for thinking and remembering, which is my acid test for a seriously good book. Your bank account can be assured that I will be spending the next semester harrassing my friends into buying a copy.

Once again thank you, for...well...you know what I mean.

gaffit · 02-03-2005, 09:31 PM

I don't know if this has been pointed out or not but I just relized Marge (from the simpsons) uncle is a jugde named shootemall letgodsortitout. Is it a coincidence that Brian named the judge hangemall letgodsortitout? If this has already been posted please don't flame me.

Kurosen · 02-04-2005, 12:09 AM

Must be a coincidence or hallucination 'cause I've never heard that.

talse · 02-04-2005, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaffit

I don't know if this has been pointed out or not but I just relized Marge (from the simpsons) uncle is a jugde named shootemall letgodsortitout. Is it a coincidence that Brian named the judge hangemall letgodsortitout? If this has already been posted please don't flame me.

marge's cousin/uncle wasn't named that, nor was he a judge, he was just a nut with that philosphy. which btw, is bad because the more time you spend on earth the longer you have to fix or come to terms with any problems you have, like gambling, drunkeness, misogny or just being a jerk in general. while there is a way out of hell, you really, really, really don't wanna do it, it's a bitch.

Kairamek · 02-09-2005, 01:44 PM

For my full exposition, check out the "Am I the only one so pleased with the ending?" thread. For stuff I didn't put there, keep reading. I am seriously concidering finding out how employee's can make product recomendations to Home Office. Which leads to three questions: 1) Can iUniverse supply the demand my employer would make? 2) Could they do it for the price my employer would demand? 3) Wouldn't it be funny as hell to see this book in your local Wal-Mart? I mean the mall/dungeon crawl part, with consumer zombies and goblin children? That's Irony, with a capital I.

Anywho, my cracking up with this book scared my coworkers. Not so much as my actually being able to use some of the lines in everyday conversation. I'm just glad I didn't read the "punchline" of the whole book in the breakroom. They would have thought I have gone insane. For that matter, I'm glad I didn't the "Wherein Angus has to much crab meat" gag there either. Ten minutes of me say "Damn" would have earned me that padded cell for sure.
Tangent: It probably doesn't help that this town views people who have lived over 15 years as "interlopers." Or that they loath whites, or "Anglos," as they call us. I'm not even of anglo decent.

RMS Oceanic · 02-14-2005, 05:02 AM

Well... (Train of thought-esque spoilers)

What can I say? This book blew me away. My first major tee-hee came from NM wishing he knew trigonometry. There were so many one liners and paragraphs that were funny, among them the plot-hole about the Minimum Wage Warriors (What happened to them at the end, anyway?) SAV being on the road, despite Crushtachean eating it. Your style of satire of society reminded me of Terry Pratchett, and that's not a bad thing. The court scene was indeed hilarious, but I was screaming at the blatant injustice, 'cause I'm that kind of guy.

Then, you casually stop on a dime, change the direction of the book with a 270 degrees turn and induce an Apokalypse. When Nihel kills half the planet, I was terrified should the same happen here - not for myself, but for my family and loved ones. I was half tempted to call my family and tell them I love them. It is indeed sad that everybody AL cares about either dies or leaves, probably filling him to the eyeballs with angst and loneliness. Does he ever get through this? I'll be waiting to find out.

What I like about your writing, is that Death is usually permanent. Be it Rachael, Angus or even Black Belt. You remind us, perhaps uncomfortably, that we all die, and it is the most irrevocable change of the universe.

I accept your apology.

And one more thing. What of Shamus and his Lepre-cannon? Did he escape the cannibals? Did he survive the Apokalypse? Will he be in AA?

TimHayes2005 · 02-16-2005, 11:12 PM

I was wondering what happened to the Cheesiediluvians? They obviously survived, as they were on Nuke's jury, but what became of them afterwards?

gaffit · 02-16-2005, 11:15 PM

Just a thought but where was radar near the ending. I mean if he can take on nuke just from speeding, then by the time Nihels chuckin satelites Radar should be able to beat up Nihel with his left pinky. Or was he simply killed with the rest of 3/4s of the earths population

02-14-2005, 05:02 AM	#58
RMS Oceanic Shyguy Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 203	Well... (Train of thought-esque spoilers) What can I say? This book blew me away. My first major tee-hee came from NM wishing he knew trigonometry. There were so many one liners and paragraphs that were funny, among them the plot-hole about the Minimum Wage Warriors (What happened to them at the end, anyway?) SAV being on the road, despite Crushtachean eating it. Your style of satire of society reminded me of Terry Pratchett, and that's not a bad thing. The court scene was indeed hilarious, but I was screaming at the blatant injustice, 'cause I'm that kind of guy. Then, you casually stop on a dime, change the direction of the book with a 270 degrees turn and induce an Apokalypse. When Nihel kills half the planet, I was terrified should the same happen here - not for myself, but for my family and loved ones. I was half tempted to call my family and tell them I love them. It is indeed sad that everybody AL cares about either dies or leaves, probably filling him to the eyeballs with angst and loneliness. Does he ever get through this? I'll be waiting to find out. What I like about your writing, is that Death is usually permanent. Be it Rachael, Angus or even Black Belt. You remind us, perhaps uncomfortably, that we all die, and it is the most irrevocable change of the universe. I accept your apology. And one more thing. What of Shamus and his Lepre-cannon? Did he escape the cannibals? Did he survive the Apokalypse? Will he be in AA? __________________ :bmage:: I am the Black Mage! I cast the spells that makes the peoples fall down! :rmage:: I am the Red Mage! I tweak the stats that makes the dice roll high! :fighter:: I am the Fighter! I like the swords that makes the monsters hurt much! :thief:: I am the Thief! I steal the moneys that makes the bank accounts dry!

01-28-2005, 01:10 PM	#51
Skatzo Troopa Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 75	He's a vampire and the 'light warriors' never actually punctured his heart

01-29-2005, 05:47 AM	#52
NolanSpalter Goomba Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13	I really liked the pretty pictures. Look on page 23. Turn it sideways. Do you see the dwarf? I will buy 2 of the next book.

02-02-2005, 10:53 PM	#53
Rhana newly fishless :( Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: wit's end Posts: 318	......Damn, Brian... I just finished Nuklear Age for the first time. ...damn. You made me laugh, you made me cry, you made me think. Thank you. I'm a pretty callous reader anymore; I go through an armload of paperbacks in a day or so, and think I've seen most everything interesting my local library has to offer. I had given up hope on finding another good book to get me through the last few days before I return to school and this site (formally). Then I finally got ahold of a copy of Nuklear Age. Consider me deeply, deeply impressed. I promise to be more coherent after I have a day or so to mentally digest it. Probably won't sleep tonight for thinking and remembering, which is my acid test for a seriously good book. Your bank account can be assured that I will be spending the next semester harrassing my friends into buying a copy. Once again thank you, for...well...you know what I mean.

02-03-2005, 09:31 PM	#54
gaffit Troopa Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 36	I don't know if this has been pointed out or not but I just relized Marge (from the simpsons) uncle is a jugde named shootemall letgodsortitout. Is it a coincidence that Brian named the judge hangemall letgodsortitout? If this has already been posted please don't flame me.

02-04-2005, 12:09 AM	#55
Kurosen Hmph, what a waste of words. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4,071	Must be a coincidence or hallucination 'cause I've never heard that.

02-09-2005, 01:44 PM	#57
Kairamek Sword Monkey Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A Freakin' Desert Posts: 121	For my full exposition, check out the "Am I the only one so pleased with the ending?" thread. For stuff I didn't put there, keep reading. I am seriously concidering finding out how employee's can make product recomendations to Home Office. Which leads to three questions: 1) Can iUniverse supply the demand my employer would make? 2) Could they do it for the price my employer would demand? 3) Wouldn't it be funny as hell to see this book in your local Wal-Mart? I mean the mall/dungeon crawl part, with consumer zombies and goblin children? That's Irony, with a capital I. Anywho, my cracking up with this book scared my coworkers. Not so much as my actually being able to use some of the lines in everyday conversation. I'm just glad I didn't read the "punchline" of the whole book in the breakroom. They would have thought I have gone insane. For that matter, I'm glad I didn't the "Wherein Angus has to much crab meat" gag there either. Ten minutes of me say "Damn" would have earned me that padded cell for sure. Tangent: It probably doesn't help that this town views people who have lived over 15 years as "interlopers." Or that they loath whites, or "Anglos," as they call us. I'm not even of anglo decent.

02-16-2005, 11:12 PM	#59
TimHayes2005 Goomba Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3	I was wondering what happened to the Cheesiediluvians? They obviously survived, as they were on Nuke's jury, but what became of them afterwards?

02-16-2005, 11:15 PM	#60
gaffit Troopa Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 36	Just a thought but where was radar near the ending. I mean if he can take on nuke just from speeding, then by the time Nihels chuckin satelites Radar should be able to beat up Nihel with his left pinky. Or was he simply killed with the rest of 3/4s of the earths population