tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post4263432459226173026..comments2024-03-28T16:06:50.879+00:00Comments on FICTION on the WEB short stories: Four Hours by Fred SkolnikCharlie Fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04834189452905372024noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-90091041979513038442016-09-25T00:16:47.163+01:002016-09-25T00:16:47.163+01:00Inevitable that the reader should contemplate his/...Inevitable that the reader should contemplate his/her own eventual end, their perceptions distilled into cartoon-like images and overseen by an omniscient being - unsettling. What did make me laugh was the foray into metaphysical calculations and statistics...It made me think of 'The Book' in The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. Odd isn't it - 'stream of consciousness' when it takes far longer to read it than to think it. I suppose you could call it 'glacier of consciousness'?<br />B r o o k e Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142492723192523556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-38146634004475271452016-09-22T20:27:54.452+01:002016-09-22T20:27:54.452+01:00THis is a powerful, believable, skilful story, whi...THis is a powerful, believable, skilful story, which I really enjoyed and it lest me feeling quite breathless!<br /> The only little detail for me is that I think the story has already shown the information in the section in the last paragraph from "Death captures us..." to "...our foot is still in it", so these words are superfluous.<br /> Still, an excellent and memorable story.Louisa Campbellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-5794861909762737352016-09-20T23:42:14.595+01:002016-09-20T23:42:14.595+01:00Wonderful story of death without despair - a natur...Wonderful story of death without despair - a natural event with just the right touch of detail. Bravo and thank you!Nancy Lanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-25468972821363619012016-09-20T15:30:52.767+01:002016-09-20T15:30:52.767+01:00what a fantastic piece of writing. totally absorbi...what a fantastic piece of writing. totally absorbing with a nice line in humour. his thoughts as he became more incapacitated interested me, looking back on a life enjoyed.<br />Great piece of work.<br /><br />Mike McCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-21892498658029377742016-09-20T14:04:22.404+01:002016-09-20T14:04:22.404+01:00Jake may not know it, but as deaths go his was a g...Jake may not know it, but as deaths go his was a good one after what sounds like a better than average life. A good break from dramatic literary deaths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-60931317986002857072016-09-20T13:39:28.312+01:002016-09-20T13:39:28.312+01:00I liked how the dialogue provided breaks ("pu...I liked how the dialogue provided breaks ("push the breakfast special") from the narration. <br /><br />Jake's whole life in a few thousand words, plus his lunch order. <br /><br />I'm glad his sons called.<br /><br />Thoughtful imaginings - thx!Mitchell Toewshttp://bit.ly/MitchellToewsBLOGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-37975266683214395712016-09-20T10:47:02.640+01:002016-09-20T10:47:02.640+01:00Extremely insightful and skilfully written; this p...Extremely insightful and skilfully written; this piece moved me and is lodged in my thoughts. Many thanks,<br />CeinwenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145727006327466838noreply@blogger.com