Mario Di Giacomo

Mario Di Giacomo

  • Commented on Lessons learned: writing really long fiction
    Mike has also gone on record as stating he did that in order to pay off an outstanding bill. I must confess, I find it somewhat annoying to see a new book solicited, by a writer I've never heard of...
  • Commented on Someone please cancel 2019 already?
    Henry? I thought his full name was Charles Phillip Arthur George... (I remember it from the Diana wedding, because she said the names in the wrong order.)...
  • Commented on "I doubt me an it be commercial."
    Given that run also used the names Entharion & Urthona.......
  • Commented on "I doubt me an it be commercial."
    Rintrah? You mean the green minotaur guy from 1980's DOCTOR STRANGE?...
  • Commented on I get book covers
    Hence my confusion. :) Clarity dawns. I guess it is difficult to discern between MMPB and small format TPB without actually seeing the book. That WOULD explain why so many of my other series suddenly changed size in paperback, though.......
  • Commented on I get book covers
    I find myself slightly confused, since Amazon is offering a paperback of Delirium Brief: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250196094/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I3MI5CLWUW5QRB&colid=1C7DEW44BF3ZZ&psc=0...
  • Commented on Silence is ending (soon)
    I note that dragonflies have four separated wings, whilst the insect on the cover has two (or possibly four wings linked together. It is unclear) In any case, it's not THAT far off... consider this picture off Wikipedia (not the...
  • Commented on Character and Exposition are Plot: Why most pop critical terms aren't useful to writers
    I disagree with your initial premise, mostly because I'm old school. To me, a Mary Sue (and her distaff equivalents) have to be new characters externally imposed on someone else's creation. Conan isn't a Mary Sue in the Howard stories,...
  • Commented on Laundry summer madness sale!
    My apologies, I meant the paperback of The Nightmare Stacks… Which I see from your later response will not exist. Bummer... having books in a series in different sizes trips my OCD something awful. Perhaps it is finally time to...
  • Commented on Laundry summer madness sale!
    Does anyone have a link to the US paperback? Amazon doesn't have it listed (nor does B&N, for that matter)...
  • Commented on Random excuses
    This seems to be the best place to ask, as it is vaguely on topic: With the shift in US publishers from Ace to Tor, the mass-market paperback for The Nightmare Stacks seems to have fallen through the cracks. DO...
  • Commented on The light at the end of the tunnel (is not necessarily an oncoming train)
    I must disagree, as Banks managed the apotheosis of ship names in HYDROGEN SONATA: Mistake Not… (My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Mere...
  • Commented on The light at the end of the tunnel (is not necessarily an oncoming train)
    I can't resist: ROU Hold My Beer...
  • Commented on The light at the end of the tunnel (is not necessarily an oncoming train)
    To paraphrase DJANGO UNCHAINED: You had my curiosity with "zombie space ninja monks", now you have my attention....
  • Commented on Policy change: future US visits
    Wait... you're going to be at Boskone? Damn, now I have to think about day-tripping it. (I don't usually do Boskone, due to it's proximity to Arisia, but for this, I just might. I'm a big fan of your Laundry...
  • Commented on Empire Games
    Pardon me if this is the wrong place for this, but I believe I've spotted something that slipped through editing: In the very first chapter, there is mention of River, Franz's adopted son (and Rita's brother). Throughout the book, he's...
  • Commented on Duelling - Essentially a Bloody Stupid Idea
    Thanks for the expansion/clarification....
  • Commented on Duelling - Essentially a Bloody Stupid Idea
    I know very little about samurai dueling, but enough to know that while similarly testosterone-charged, there were some major differences. First, it was almost always a SAMURAI duel. If you had a sword, you were either a samurai (i.e. a...
  • Commented on Ever Young?
    I'm 95% certain this is applicable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA8XiC3m7vw...
  • Commented on Suspense is the key
    Both, technically. Although the flashback narrative in the Iliad is a bit sketchy in comparison....
  • Commented on Suspense is the key
    (since I can't edit my post) I think the way Homer used it also works. We see the hero in relative peril (trapped on the island with Calypso), learn his motivation (he wants to go home), but resolving that situation...
  • Commented on Suspense is the key
    Of course, the concept is as old as the Odyssey......
  • Commented on Sometimes I don't know why I bother!
    Oh, it's not gossip. Both Lee & Jackson confirmed it happened in making of footage: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/christopher-lee-apparently-knows-what-a-dying-nazi-sounds-like/82119503/...
  • Commented on Sometimes I don't know why I bother!
    And because it amuses me to do so, I wish to enter into consideration one of the most insanely badass (as well as simply insane) men alive today: Gentlemen, I give you BRIAN! BLESSED!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Blessed Not mentioned: During an expedition...
  • Commented on Sometimes I don't know why I bother!
    I believe this may be due to the idea that what would be considered "utterly bonkers" to most people is often considered merely "eccentric" among the aristocracy....
  • Commented on Sometimes I don't know why I bother!
    Thanks. I'd fix he post if I knew how....
  • Commented on Sometimes I don't know why I bother!
    I have several: Chevalier_d'Éon, who may have been a woman who dressed as a man (like Ms. D'Aubigny), or the exact opposite, but was definitely a master spy. Simo Hayha a.k.a. The White Death, the deadliest sniper in WW2, who...
  • Commented on Writer, Interrupted
    This is absolutely true. I work in the software engineering field, and the most common words out of my mouth after yet another co-worker drops by my cubicle for "a quick question" are: "OK, now. Where was I?" Of course,...
  • Commented on Reality is broken
    Cool. It's too good a title to lose. :)...
  • Commented on Reality is broken
    Is GHOST ENGINE still a sequel to GLASSHOUSE, or is it it's own thing now?...
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