[Report This]Date: December 20 2014 8:25 AM Title: Chapter 44: GIRL'S NIGHT OUT
Hmmmmm! Another prospective teammate, perhaps? I can see it now.
"Magic Wanda: those who break the law will wind up in her sleight-of-handcuffs."
Author's Response:
Well quite a double pun there, but Wanda's got no powers, and will never learn of Ann's at any point in the novel.
[Report This]Date: December 20 2014 8:18 AM Title: Chapter 43: A NEW TORCH IN FREEDOM FIELDS
"...clipped his torch to the belt of his trousers?!"
There goes any family plans he might've had.*
*I know it means "flashlight." But, I still picture a fiery-headed wooden stick every time I see the term. LOL!
[Report This]Date: December 20 2014 8:13 AM Title: Chapter 41: RESCUE OVER FIRE
I guess that answers that.
[Report This]Date: December 20 2014 8:13 AM Title: Chapter 40: ROLE OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
Good question, Martin. How could anything top space pirates?
Author's Response:
Anything that can fly higher, I guess. LOL
[Report This]Date: December 20 2014 8:10 AM Title: Chapter 37: SPACE FORCE
Actually, psychic power is more preternatural than supernatural.
[Report This]Date: December 20 2014 8:07 AM Title: Chapter 36: TO SEE BEFORE YOU KNOW
Arella might have the psychic ability known as "retrocognition." The rare few who purportedly have it can envision the past. Usually in the form of psychometry (getting psychic vibes from objects previously touched by someone else).
Author's Response:
Well although my story doesn't really explain it, I'm using the dreams and visions prophecy from the Old Testament book of Joel to account for Arella's abilities.
Date: December 20 2014 8:03 AM Title: Chapter 35: "HAVE YOU GOT A COAT?"
The Bronze Age Catwoman was given a dysfunctional childhood, when DC revamped her origin following the original (and, in hindsight, way over-rated) CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS.
Author's Response:
Oh yes, in fact, throughout the 1992 DCAU Batman cartoon series, I noticed that a number of villains' origins involved being victimized in some way themselves first. Eg Clayface, Riddler, Mr Freeze, and even Penguin copping a bad treatment by Veronica Vreeland while on the brink of reform.
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 12:18 PM Title: Chapter 35: "HAVE YOU GOT A COAT?"
Arella's beginning to sound like a cross between Selina Kyle and Saturn Girl.
Author's Response:
Why Selina Kyle? I actually did have Saturn Girl in the back of my mind at some stage during this book's production.
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 12:16 PM Title: Chapter 34: THE VIEW FROM THE LIBRARY
"Curiouser and curiouser."
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 12:14 PM Title: Chapter 31: ARELLA KAYNE
"And your classmates shall see visions..."
Author's Response:
as Adam West's Batman would say, "An apt quotation from Joel."
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 11:21 AM Title: Chapter 30: THE MAKER OF MONOCARS
So ends the second part of the story arc. It's nice that Martin doesn't have any trouble "swallowing" any of it. ;-)
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 11:18 AM Title: Chapter 28: TAKING A POWDER
Holy LSH, Batman!
Author's Response:
Well the Space Force Team that I came up with in 1990's first draft of this has also seen the name turn up in some comic book I read more recently.
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 11:16 AM Title: Chapter 27: THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MITES AND ANN
A picturesque cliff-hanger, indeed.
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 11:14 AM Title: Chapter 25: ANN'S RCTD
The Ann-droid will probably get higher marks, too. ;-)
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 11:09 AM Title: Chapter 22: THE DISASSEMBLY LINE PRODUCTION TEAM
For "Pete's" sake? You should be "pun-ished" for stooping that low. ;-)
Author's Response:
Looks like I was. LOL
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 11:06 AM Title: Chapter 20: THE LOSING SMILE
Yep! Definitely a show-off, now.
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 11:05 AM Title: Chapter 19: MAKING THE GRADE
Ann's half-right. Showing off, for any reason, is being needlessly cheeky.
Author's Response:
It was hard in this case to deal with the problem without becoming it, for Ann that is.
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 11:01 AM Title: Chapter 15: SAVING BUTLER ONE
And, here we pause to "reflect."
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 10:58 AM Title: Chapter 13: THE CIVIL WAR OF RUBBISHLAND
Good old Swiftian satire! Always biting. I just hope this particular piece doesn't bite Anabel where she sits down. ;-)
Author's Response:
Ah yes, Gulliver's Travels.Btw I'm glad your earlier review picked up on my inentional Ann O'Malley = Anomaly pun.
The book was originally titled Anne Droyd, Mistress of Mechanical Wonders.
[Report This]Date: December 19 2014 10:53 AM Title: Chapter 10: WILDSTAR
And so ends the "Wildstar-t" to this story. Now, on to chapter 11.
Author's Response:
Clever. I actually came up with the name Wildstar in 1990, but have since discovered it in comic land somewhere else.