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WWWWolf said:
OK, I glanced through some of the new stuff while converting the stuff to ebook format.



It's cool that Jace is trying out all sorts of literary techniques that other writers haven't yet thought of. Bet John Ringo is kicking himself for not sticking random imgur links in his books.

"And soon, Soap and his new girlfriend attacked the enemies with fucking awesome and graceful wolf parkour moves that looked like this http://i.imgur.com/6Ud6ubC.jpg"
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Well, it would be better if Jace wasn't a lazy bum and added more detail like this:

"And soon, Soap and his new girlfriend attacked the enemies with fucking awesome and graceful wolf parkour moves that looked like flailing about and biting the faces of random enemies because hey, this novel defies the law of physics because it's fucking hardcore like that."
 
WWWWolf said:
OK, I glanced through some of the new stuff while converting the stuff to ebook format.



It's cool that Jace is trying out all sorts of literary techniques that other writers haven't yet thought of. Bet John Ringo is kicking himself for not sticking random imgur links in his books.

"And soon, Soap and his new girlfriend attacked the enemies with fucking awesome and graceful wolf parkour moves that looked like this http://i.imgur.com/6Ud6ubC.jpg"
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Adding hyperlinks to enhance narrative fiction is a real and valid literary technique that is being taught on a post-graduate level. A paper-and-ink physical novel might contain hyperlinks to virtual material created especially to relate directly to the text.

So you see, it's not lazy writing by a barely literate author! He's challenging the reader to engage with the content on a metatexual level!

Note: I did not make up one fucking word of that.
 
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Can someone go on that video and respond to him that way? He's blocked me and expects me to answer questions which can't get through. Also tell him about that fact.
 
I always assumed that since
1. Jace never really read anything substantial
2. Jace loves military first person shooters, thinks their stories are "very deep," and adores their overwrought cutscene speeches
Jace was writing out short, terse scenes that would only set up the next stage or campaign if they were in a game, forgetting to fill in the gaps where the in-game action would take place. One plot point to another, with nothing in-between.
 
The Knife said:
Adding hyperlinks to enhance narrative fiction is a real and valid literary technique that is being taught on a post-graduate level. A paper-and-ink physical novel might contain hyperlinks to virtual material created especially to relate directly to the text.

So you see, it's not lazy writing by a barely literate author! He's challenging the reader to engage with the content on a metatexual level!
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Oh, I'm aware of hypertext fiction. And many modern writers are using techniques borrowed from the Internet all the time. I'm pretty happy that some writers are even using social media to create brilliant works (for example Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro 2033 is one of the greatest scifi novels in recent years and it originated as an online writing experiment.)

But random imgur links? Wow, that's a totally new one. He's finally putting to the page the literary techniques pioneered by [sarcasm mode heavily activated] brilliant webcomic writers like Tim Buckley, who employed the full power, potential and social impact of Google Image Search for comic backgrounds. But now this technique has escaped the constraints of visual medium! Jace is, at the same time, employing the time-honoured hack-writer tradition of copypasting random stuff (though, in their defense, they at least choose to rewrite the material in their own words), and innovating on it by adding a totally new dimension. Random images off of the hottest social media image sharing site! What an idea!

Broseph Stalin said:
He's so going to use that song in the livestream, I can just taste it...
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Truly, you have a gift of prophecy!
 
When Jace was here, I (as a massive Halo fan) forgot to ask him what Halo novel he allegedly read and didn't find gay™. I may have found it - I just started reading The Fall of Reach, and I'm giggling like a loon when I run into very minor similarities with Tiberius Rising. Ooo, John-117 hangs out with his fellow Spartans choosing weapons before the mission as Linda-058 properly kits out her sniper rifle. And of course there was a near-obligatory descent down with a freight lift, because marines descending freight lifts are badass. (They don't put that to every game and film and novel for no reason!)

That said, it is a fucking awesome book so far. The author is clearly knowingly writing a fairly competent piece of military science fiction, and has the luxury of avoiding *ahem* all the Realism® Jace put in his magnum opus. Linda's mod-tastic spree is very short (just one paragraph), but Jace, as a true artistic writer, clearly paints his own kitting-out scene with *ahem* much bolder and varied colours, extending it to all of his teammates.
 
I found that the ambiguity of characterization lent a sense of timelessness that created a sensation of already "knowing" these characters while being intellectually distanced by their essential shapelessness. They are like silhouettes on a desert horizon at dusk, at once recognizable and featureless. This novel asks the question, "Can we ever really know a man?"
 
The Knife said:
I found that the ambiguity of characterization lent a sense of timelessness that created a sensation of already "knowing" these characters while being intellectually distanced by their essential shapelessness. They are like silhouettes on a desert horizon at dusk, at once recognizable and featureless. This novel asks the question, "Can we ever really know a man?"
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Not if he is really skilled at stealth!
 
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