tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post1202829009639329354..comments2024-03-28T16:06:50.879+00:00Comments on FICTION on the WEB short stories: Lucky Day by Irena PasvinterCharlie Fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04834189452905372024noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-79970457187864523812014-03-16T15:03:11.420+00:002014-03-16T15:03:11.420+00:00Thank you, Chris!Thank you, Chris!Irena Pasvinterhttps://sites.google.com/site/ipscribblings/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-49395927889561428432014-03-14T19:35:49.991+00:002014-03-14T19:35:49.991+00:00So well done for all the above reasons. Can't...So well done for all the above reasons. Can't type much. brpken wrist, but I had to praise this excellent piece.Chris Antenenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15471136935361389017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-60081417705523210522013-06-09T15:32:41.375+01:002013-06-09T15:32:41.375+01:00I'm with Anonymous, above, in that the line be...I'm with Anonymous, above, in that the line between fiction and fictionalised realism is hard to draw. It's also irrelevant because the piece does its job so well, bringing the globalism of it all down to the mundane and ordinary. Chernobyl became everyone's disaster but before that happened, it belonged so privately to the local population.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-43685097595042859732013-05-16T12:48:55.871+01:002013-05-16T12:48:55.871+01:00This was really impressive. A beautifully observed...This was really impressive. A beautifully observed piece of journalism/fiction with identifiable characters. Well done. <br /><br />Jack Lawrence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-4788949742528330692013-05-15T12:13:44.089+01:002013-05-15T12:13:44.089+01:00When the nuclear Reactor explodes or the SuperBug ...When the nuclear Reactor explodes or the SuperBug is accidentally released with no cure, what is there to do? Nothing, except grab your wife and kids and go on a nice picnic. You are really just a walking deadman~Sibbett's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133270500292240681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-91241084458853453952013-05-14T14:57:40.400+01:002013-05-14T14:57:40.400+01:00We all think of disasters as something that happen...We all think of disasters as something that happens on the far side of the globe. Irene gives us a thoughtful walk alongside this 10th grader as she lives through Chernobyl, making it much more personal. <br />Scary when you think that the city remains abandoned to this day.Jim Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429957545169700110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-60390612837237553032013-05-14T09:20:26.724+01:002013-05-14T09:20:26.724+01:00brilliant depiction of the 'normal people'...brilliant depiction of the 'normal people' caught up in something too big for us to even imagine, and for the Grandma, just one more tragedy.<br /><br />Michael McCarthyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com