Comments on: Choral

By: Unheardnerd

Unheardnerd — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:30:40 +0000

You should send this to Escape Pod. They pay good money for stories like this, and it would be especially awesome narrated by Steve Eley.

By: Aisling

Aisling — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:37:35 +0000

Pretty much what everyone else said. Wow.

By: Ambrael

Ambrael — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:41:03 +0000

Nice.

By: dev

dev — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:59:45 +0000

I probably could have said that a lot more clearly.

By: dev

dev — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:59:01 +0000

I came to say something like what supergp said.

Also, the story is clearly enhanced by reading the article, which makes it something similar to a short story, but, as a combination, it’s also something for which there is no real category. Which makes the whole thing awfully self-referential.

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:09:58 +0000

I was dicing onions for salsa before I sat down to read this. That’s why my eyes are watering. Not crying. Yes.

By: Lawnmower Boy

Lawnmower Boy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:50:57 +0000

Thesis supervisors always want to talk about their new shapes too much, but usually turn out to be good guys in the end.

By: supergp

supergp — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:09:32 +0000

Wow. MGK, why the fuck are you in law school and not writing full-time?

I realize short sci-fi pays….well, nothing, but you’ve got an actual gift for it. This reads like a good Philip K. Dick story. (That’s high praise coming from me)

By: Lash Lightning

Lash Lightning — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:03:50 +0000

A great short story. Something similar to Flatland, if without the satirical story behind it. Glimpses of alien life, just out of sight of the mind’s eye, made of sound itself.
I feel the repetition of certain words was needed to fully understand what they meant, comparing the language the sound-aliens use to what we would use in a similar situation, otherwise it would come off as annoying as how the Smurfs use the word “Smurf” for every other verb and adjective.
Do you read much science fiction? From what you’ve written here, there must be at least one or two books you could suggest to us as good reads.

Although this may sound gushy, I found that overall this was great.

By: Samus

Samus — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:54:53 +0000

mind = blown

By: FeepingCreature

FeepingCreature — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:16:52 +0000

The word repetition at the start is a bit jarring. Otherwise, good work.

By: Asmodoues

Asmodoues — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:05:02 +0000

A fitting tribute to the lonely waves.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:03:21 +0000

That’s pretty spectacular writing there. You should submit it to a magazine or anthology.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:27:20 +0000

Haven’t read good science fiction shorts in a while. That was wonderful.

By: Burke

Burke — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:22:47 +0000

That is some damn good sci-fi right there. Thank you for writing it.