Comments on: Down From Ten, Episode 1 http://antithesis.jdsawyer.net/2009/06/down-from-ten-episode-1/ Predestination and Other Games of Chance Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://antithesis.jdsawyer.net/2009/06/down-from-ten-episode-1/#comment-3861 admin Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:44:01 +0000 http://antithesis.jdsawyer.net/?p=284#comment-3861 Paul- Sorry it didn't work for you. See you on the next one! -Dan Paul-

Sorry it didn’t work for you. See you on the next one!
-Dan

]]> By: BrainWyrms » Blog Archive » Hey look, more podsuming! http://antithesis.jdsawyer.net/2009/06/down-from-ten-episode-1/#comment-3849 BrainWyrms » Blog Archive » Hey look, more podsuming! Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:49:15 +0000 http://antithesis.jdsawyer.net/?p=284#comment-3849 [...] Down From Ten, Episode 1 - This is going to be a rough one for me. The stereo mix means I won’t be able to listen at work and and I always have issues with audio stories with a whole bunch of characters. But… that said, what I heard here makes me eager to see where @dsawyer is going. [...] [...] Down From Ten, Episode 1 – This is going to be a rough one for me. The stereo mix means I won’t be able to listen at work and and I always have issues with audio stories with a whole bunch of characters. But… that said, what I heard here makes me eager to see where @dsawyer is going. [...]

]]> By: Paul Fischer http://antithesis.jdsawyer.net/2009/06/down-from-ten-episode-1/#comment-3847 Paul Fischer Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:22:29 +0000 http://antithesis.jdsawyer.net/?p=284#comment-3847 Dan, Sorry, but you lost me on this one. Stream of consciousness wise, listening to ep1 was like this: Main character Awesome flowery prose Main character talking again More awesome prose Main character again, why can't I remember this guy's name Driving to vacation More awesome descriptive prose Main character, still can't remember his name, why is this a problem for me? Arrive at cabin More awesome flowery descriptive prose Drink from fire hydrant as the rest of the characters are introduced all at onces. Damn, now I don't know who any of the characters are. Oh, they're talking now. Why can't I hear some of them? What did they say? Crap. Now I don't know who's talking, who the characters are, or what's going on. BAIL! Sorry man. Maybe I was having a bad day. I love the narration and the prose, but I just couldn't keep any of the details in my head. I can't have that many characters introduced at once and stand any chance of keeping them straight. As for audio production, it's generally outstanding. But there are two guys who I can't hear at all. One is Nobilis, I recognize the voice. I don't know who the other was. Writing wise, I really couldn't figure out what was happening and who was talking once the main character, who's name I can't seem to remember, got to the party. Otherwise, the prose was really awesome. I could see the outdoor places, but the indoor scenes came so fast and the information so dense I couldn't absorb it. I was driving at the time, which colors the who experience, but that's where I do almost all my listening these days. So I have to be able to absorb the story if I'm going to spend time listening to it. Good luck with this one, and I'll definitely be back for Antithesis part 2. -Paul Fischer Dan,

Sorry, but you lost me on this one. Stream of consciousness wise, listening to ep1 was like this:
Main character
Awesome flowery prose
Main character talking again
More awesome prose
Main character again, why can’t I remember this guy’s name
Driving to vacation
More awesome descriptive prose
Main character, still can’t remember his name, why is this a problem for me?
Arrive at cabin
More awesome flowery descriptive prose
Drink from fire hydrant as the rest of the characters are introduced all at onces.
Damn, now I don’t know who any of the characters are.
Oh, they’re talking now. Why can’t I hear some of them?
What did they say?
Crap. Now I don’t know who’s talking, who the characters are, or what’s going on.
BAIL!

Sorry man. Maybe I was having a bad day. I love the narration and the prose, but I just couldn’t keep any of the details in my head. I can’t have that many characters introduced at once and stand any chance of keeping them straight.

As for audio production, it’s generally outstanding. But there are two guys who I can’t hear at all. One is Nobilis, I recognize the voice. I don’t know who the other was.

Writing wise, I really couldn’t figure out what was happening and who was talking once the main character, who’s name I can’t seem to remember, got to the party.

Otherwise, the prose was really awesome. I could see the outdoor places, but the indoor scenes came so fast and the information so dense I couldn’t absorb it.

I was driving at the time, which colors the who experience, but that’s where I do almost all my listening these days. So I have to be able to absorb the story if I’m going to spend time listening to it.

Good luck with this one, and I’ll definitely be back for Antithesis part 2.

-Paul Fischer

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