tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143369369217089109.post3707655539839852522..comments2023-03-29T07:33:28.727-07:00Comments on My Pal Splendid Man: Episode Six. Prisoner of Pox PascalGerard Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10305822964618215933noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143369369217089109.post-21913269662376834972008-11-15T11:02:00.000-08:002008-11-15T11:02:00.000-08:00ARGH! Or should I say, "ARGH-ON!" Will Jacobs remi...ARGH! Or should I say, "ARGH-ON!" Will Jacobs reminds me that Poxor and Strontium don't have argon-<I>rich</I> atmospheres, they have argon-<I>free</I> atmospheres!<BR/><BR/>I never have been good at that continuity stuff. I used to drive my <I>Green Lantern</I> editor crazy, always thinking the ring was powerless over anything plaid...Gerard Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305822964618215933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143369369217089109.post-54520288961291754252008-11-15T11:00:00.000-08:002008-11-15T11:00:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gerard Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305822964618215933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143369369217089109.post-78171033601125925642008-11-14T23:12:00.000-08:002008-11-14T23:12:00.000-08:00Karen: so glad you liked that line. Glad too that ...Karen: so glad you liked that line. Glad too that you seem to have recovered well enough to make your typically perspicacious comments on "Five Came to Yuma" over at Million Dollar Ideas.<BR/><BR/>And good to see you here, Cormac. Do wander in again. We're hardly finished with literary cheap shots!Gerard Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305822964618215933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143369369217089109.post-14750870220851131432008-11-14T23:10:00.000-08:002008-11-14T23:10:00.000-08:00No no-prizes going out today, Hamster! Poxor, like...No no-prizes going out today, Hamster! Poxor, like the planet Strontium and the canned city of Strontor, has an atmosphere rich in argon--which robs all Strontiumese of their Splendid Powers! Which I think is mentioned somewhere in the story...look for a scrotum reference.Gerard Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305822964618215933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143369369217089109.post-11922406580372138872008-10-17T00:30:00.000-07:002008-10-17T00:30:00.000-07:00Okay, GJ, I'm gonna have to ask how you got ahold ...Okay, GJ, I'm gonna have to ask how you got ahold of my high school diary for use in Pox's Sincerity Thing rant. Spooky!<BR/><BR/>I do have one No Prize-esque question regarding a minor nitpicky thing I didn't see addressed in the story. Answering it would have perhaps have impeded the flow of the tale, but I found myself looking for a quick mention of how Pox is able to maintain his rule of Poxor unchallened by Splendid Man. Is the planet rich in strontiumite, robbing Splendid Man of his Splendid Powers should he dare challenge Pox on his home turf? Or does Pox keep the place secret using some sort of massive cloaking device? Prying minds want to know!Pinkhamsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791620431728841393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143369369217089109.post-87515418368878528542008-10-15T08:12:00.000-07:002008-10-15T08:12:00.000-07:00"Do you not think there are criminal masterminds i..."Do you not think there are criminal masterminds in the book business? How else do you explain the success of Bret Easton Ellis?"<BR/><BR/>It was worth coming over, just for that line alone.Cormac Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02990698766444728760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143369369217089109.post-50756016902845252982008-10-15T04:08:00.000-07:002008-10-15T04:08:00.000-07:00Dee-LISH-us. I was still snorting over your liter...Dee-LISH-us. I was still snorting over your literary and po;itical commentary when I got to the quest for the "built-in shit detector." I may never recover.<BR/><BR/>And, say, Pox had some kind o' boy-crush going there in school, didn't he?<BR/><BR/>This may be my favorite chapter yet.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288100796201737845noreply@blogger.com