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This thread is for feedback and comments on This Must Be the Place, by Elliott Bangs.
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KYL
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Reged: Feb 03 2009
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I was really stunned by this story. A beautiful variation on an old theme, and very movingly done. Some parts made me sad because I don't know if I can ever write anything that good. Elliott, if you are reading this, I'm jealous :)
Best of luck with your novel.
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coolchinamonkey
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I came across your story after having googled the song. Temporal etiquette. Brilliant. The whole damn story is brilliant. Keep writing like that and you'll find your way. Superb.
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Jed Hartman
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Reged: Oct 15 2003
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For anyone interested in further discussion of this story, there are a bunch of comments over at Torque Control's Short Story Club this week. Sadly, a bunch of the comments are pretty negative, but it's nonetheless an interesting discussion.
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revolutionist
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I posted my comments over at Torque's - but I thought I might as well post them here too:
I found the story interesting as a commentary on how we treat the past as a fashion accessory – wave after wave of nostalgia that seeks to revive the music and ephemera of 1984, but completely misses the substance of the year, because the future has no use for the substance. So the story is as much about the banality of our nostalgia , stretching ahead, as it is about 1984.
The motorbike struck me as a neat take on the DeLorean of Back To The Future, released the following year, remember? And Loren’s name a take on that too? The lack of characterisation in Loren himself is an indication that he is simply made up of retro-style cultural references – that he has no depth beyond informed nostalgia.
It's not a great story but it’s a fine first sale, end of.
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