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turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...) Started conversation Jan 28, 2012
I modestly offer this to the workshop - A87738899
Be warned it is nearly 5000 words 
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jan 28, 2012
You were certainly thorough. 
And scientific. That is definitely a filling-out of the outline. 
You've managed a sense of space/time here.
Since you marked the piece 'Not for Review', I'm guessing you don't want us to use it in 
? (Not complaining, just asking. 
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turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...) Posted Jan 28, 2012
Sorry Dmitri
I didn't realise that 'Not for Review' meant that you couldn't!
I'll change that if I can and you can use it.
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turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...) Posted Jan 28, 2012
Do I have to 'Submit for Review'?
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jan 28, 2012
No, you don't have to submit it anywhere, unless you'd like to post it in the AWW, which might be a good idea, because the stalwarts over there will read it.
It's only that if it says 'Not for Review', that means 'paws off, editors'. Thanks for changing it. That means I can steal it for the upcoming scifi extravaganza in .
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turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...) Posted Jan 28, 2012
No problem. I look forward to the sci-fi extravaganza!
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jan 28, 2012
Cool. Working on some intro stuff now. 6 February.
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Sol Posted Feb 2, 2012
I really liked this. I liked the way you didn't have characters as such (well, except perhaps the ships AI, but I do like a good ships AI). It really made the ship and the expedition seem properly large and convoluted. The problem with things like StarTreck is that you can only focus on so many people, but then you always get the impression that really, its a very small world. When in fact...
I also appreciated the opening - using the frozen rocks to introduce both the system and the ship was really neat and much more interesti g than a straight description.
But I want to know what all the bubbling is in aid of!
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turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...) Posted Feb 3, 2012
All the bubbling, rumbling and singing of cetaceans around regularly placed mounds in the polar oceans... On a deserted planet?? A planet which is now slated by the aliens for colonisation???
Perhaps the next instalment will reveal all .
Thanks for the positive comments Solnushka. It encourages me to carry on trying.
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