tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867942449512171142.post1873949457468723007..comments2013-05-05T05:18:57.494-07:00Comments on Sparrowmilk: The Static-Lands Saga: 1 - The WorldsettingShadsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529819483912443040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867942449512171142.post-90006876378816350302011-06-26T16:29:48.642-07:002011-06-26T16:29:48.642-07:00Hello there! You know me as frenchqueen elsewhere,...Hello there! You know me as frenchqueen elsewhere, and here I am following the link to your story. And I'm very glad I did - I enjoyed this introduction very much. The idea of the lands of day and night is really good, and I laughed at the legend of their origin being a wizard who was SO unpunctual she tried to stop time to deal with it. I've known a few people who'd probably take that route if they could, lol. Hmm, come to think of it the railways here would probably do that if they could ... then nobody could tell 'em they don't keep to their timetables.<br /><br />I like the three peoples, and I'd love to see a picture of the Ilkhan - I'm seeing them as vaguely like the way the Egyptians portrayed their gods, with animal heads on basically humanoid bodies (all the better since deer have such beautiful faces). Is that at all what they look like?<br /><br />The satire on both fundamentalist religion and fundamentalist atheism (imagine the shrieks on a certain news site if I used that term there) in Materia-Machina's cult is well done indeed. Amazing how many adherents she has on this planet ... and they don't even know it. <br /><br />Well done and thank you for the invitation to read! :)elledehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381089476776888330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867942449512171142.post-20067207022175779942011-03-31T22:11:24.912-07:002011-03-31T22:11:24.912-07:00I have a sort-of map in my head right now, but I&#...I have a sort-of map in my head right now, but I'm hesitant to draw out anything because, not knowing yet all of the stories I am going to write for this world, I am not sure what and where all of the landmarks will be as yet. <br /><br />If I really wanted to, maybe I could do a shifting map - I recently played and beat the game "Shadow of the Colussus" and when one starts out in that game, the world-map is covered in stylized clouds. When you explore the world and save at little shrines, portions of the clouds vanish and areas on the map are marked/revealed. Hmm...Shadsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529819483912443040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867942449512171142.post-64078915010279240492011-03-31T14:51:46.510-07:002011-03-31T14:51:46.510-07:00I would love to see a map of the Static Lands! (I ...I would love to see a map of the Static Lands! (I *love* fantasy maps. If I ruled the world, every book would have a map in the front endpapers.)Rainicornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024571610227384326noreply@blogger.com