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Well, Jamie says something like Christopher not stopping talking about M....
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Interesting. But... I feel I have missed something. It now seems as if C and M have had many conversations - of which I am not really aware - and that they were of such s nature that C has repeatedly told his friend(s) about them, and him, whereas It was under the impression that the (few) exchanges they had left him puzzled, and even disturbed, in such a way that he would most certainly not share them with any other person.
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This is indeed a spell-binding, moving chapter. The step-for-step growth of self-awareness. The thought about questions being currency and answers positioning, in so many social situations, is terrifyingly apposite.
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A very convincing evocation of time-disruption - modern "gothic" at its best. Since, as far as I know, no one has really experienced such shifts and told science, or psychology, about its effects on the psyche, you've really set yourself a difficult task: telling us how C is going to deal with it.
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Very well written. There's a sense of the land- or rather seascape and the rain as a moving and yet solid background to interactions that move, but without - as yet - much fuss. Obviously, the question is: will there be more than single-sentence exchanges, and sex? One small note - maybe I'm intussen: do you want me naked? And then: a t-shirt and briefs.
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Open Evening at the Centre
peter rietbergen commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Open Evening at the Centre
It is a rather awful situation, Anne and C almost versus N. But a question: how was Anne impressed - did she praise her son, at last?- 20 comments
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I assume the theory about the sea-facing burial site holds. The (other) question is: why does M remember previous (non-)encounters on the site, and C does not, or, rather, is only slowly easing into (an) earlier meeting(s). In short: who is M? Hoe has he handled his/their past(s).
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Oh, they definitely are academic snobs. One of the reasons I didn't stay on, there.
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Very atmospheric.andcthe eternal advancing and recedingc sea helps us slowly move with C's 'return'. Somehow,I remember a few of Poul Anderson"s time-travelling novels and stories. Bu would an English academic introduce himself as/with "doctor"? My Oxford friends even pretend they do not know what a PhD is....
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A challenging start, on various levels. But I do seem to remember that Celtic culture - if that is what is portrayed, here? - did not disapprove of homosexuality. Indeed, on the contrary. Doesn't Strabo say so? So priests in early Christian England, or Brittany, would have been a better starting point. But the eternal return, in this case of a choice that has to be made throughout centuries of homophobia is, of course, a narratively interesting premisse.
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The above two months of commentary are, to me, fascinating. I feel that piety, or being pious is, mainly, an outward thing. It can easily mask hypocrisy, certainly in the context of organised, institutional Religion, of "a Church". Being religious is an inward conviction - that does, inevitably, often clash with our desires if the organised religion forbids them. We then have to make our choice. Leave the Church, while remaining religious - for in the end that is, basically, retaining s relationship with the divine - or stay in, for whatever political, social or cultural reasons, and curb our desires....
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The Daniel episode is, of course, hugely significant, in O's growing awareness. As is the correction of the French. Is O autistic?
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Certainly well-written. Where it is going... To submission?
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Obviously, this is going to tell the tale of a journey that will be its own 'goal': a catharsis. It voices the right emotions, implicitly asks the right questions. Thus, how it ends doesn't really matter....
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The Covering Letter
peter rietbergen commented on Kevin Snell's story chapter in The Covering Letter
It seems O's unhappiness, not ti say his inability to find much that is positive in his life stretches back to long before his marriage with D. The sense of emptiness is forcefully conveyed. Well done. -
Employee of the Month, Part Three of Three
peter rietbergen commented on Boy Mercury X's story chapter in Employee of the Month, Part Three of Three
I haven't had as much fun with a GA story as with this one in years....- 19 comments
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Employee of the Month, Part Two of Three
peter rietbergen commented on Boy Mercury X's story chapter in Employee of the Month, Part Two of Three
Oh, well - for the sake of this story we're simply going with the assumption that Alex is as stupid as they get....🙂- 11 comments
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Employee of the Month, Part One of Three
peter rietbergen commented on Boy Mercury X's story chapter in Employee of the Month, Part One of Three
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Employee of the Month, Part One of Three
peter rietbergen commented on Boy Mercury X's story chapter in Employee of the Month, Part One of Three
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Ah. You'll miss her, certainly.
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If opportunity ever arises I think I might like to have tea with your mother...🙂
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Chapter Thirty-Three
peter rietbergen commented on mastershakeme's story chapter in Chapter Thirty-Three
I can only say: Bravo, and: Thank You.- 24 comments
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Chapter Thirty-Two
peter rietbergen commented on mastershakeme's story chapter in Chapter Thirty-Two
I'm not normally given to moist eyes, but was after reading this. And no, I do not - do not at all - agree with those who blame the three family members. Eric was more than wonderful. He doesn't condemn. He sees. He accepts. Were the parents coldhearted? No they weren't. The father - what did we expect, what could w expect, the more so since we also know he will definitely try. And the mother? She was as wonderful as she could be, given her character, her marriage, her pre-determined roles in life and society.- 40 comments
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A hugely enjoyable chapter! If Neil gets more Roses, he'll thrive.
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Funny? Yes. But otherwise! In real life, who is going to teach a boy like Max some manners, if not the likes of Gabriel, or the teacher, or the headmaster, or his mother. In the end he will remain insufferable.
