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Sacrifices
Author: Marshall Wade
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(Added on Aug 6, 2005)
(This month 77318 readers) (Total 100246 readers) |
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Ultimate love and ultimate evil - 2000 years ago. |
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| Reviewer:
Icuffu
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Aug 27, 2005 |
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Exelent
Much better than any Gor story.
Historic believable, wellwritten. (10/10)
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- Replied by:
Marshall Wade
(Edit) (Aug 28, 2005)
- I can only answer: Thank you very much - and ask for your opinion if you should care to read (an)other of my stories.
Yours sincerely
Marshall Wade
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berit7dk
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Aug 24, 2005 |
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Well written by an author who obviously knows his history.Just one thing: If the time is the 1st century and the wild place is in what is now Denmark (which I think is must be and where I live), then the people there would be living in what is called Roman Iron Age, and would be much more civilised than described in the story. Very much looking forward to the next part. Please don't stop here.
----Such a romantic, yet sad end. Brilliant story!
Not least because of the subtle hint that the Roman founders of our civilisation were just as savage as the wild savages, or rather more. The savages were cruel, because they believed it pleased their gods, the Romans only to satisfy their animal lust for blood. (10/10)
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- Replied by:
Marshall Wade
(Edit) (Aug 11, 2005)
- Thank you very much for your praise and, not least, your serious comments.
The story does continue to a bitter end, and, if you read the next part, you'll see that I am aware that I'm treating historical facts rather liberally. But this is fiction, my fantasy.
I don't know if you have read or even care to read some of my other, very different stories, but if you have, or do, I would be grateful to learn your opinion, perhaps in a private e-mail.
Yours sincerely
Marshall Wade
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heycarrieanne
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Aug 17, 2005 |
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As we have all seen from so-called "historical" movies, they don't have to be accurate. This was a very good story and easy to read. I rarely read period pieces, but this was great! (9/10)
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- Replied by:
Marshall Wade
(Edit) (Aug 18, 2005)
- Thank you for your praise.
I, and other writers, of course revel in such, but just as much in constructive criticism.
'Period pieces' should be handled with care and only written by people who actually know their stuff.
I don't, but was inspired to write this feeble attempt by the wonderful 'Falco' series by Lyndsey Davis.
Perfect historical crime detection by a great writer.
Yours sincerely
Marshall Wade
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Mad Lews
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Aug 8, 2005 |
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I was initially confused when Romans showed up in an Indian village but it turned out the sun worshipers were really Germanic. Once I got past that things picked up. The format of using a separate line/paragraph for each persons side of a conversation actually eliminates the need for things like Marcus said”…” Jules replied”…”, which makes it a convenience for the writer as well as the reader. You can write for yourself or write for your audience but the more successful writers do both. (7/10)
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- Replied by:
Marshall Wade
(Edit) (Aug 9, 2005)
- How on Earth anyone could get the idea that Romans ever crossed the Atlantic is past my imagination.
But thank you for your advice.
Yours
Marshall Wade
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balorlv
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Aug 7, 2005 |
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Nice little story. However the author doesn't start a new line everytime some one speaks.This makes the story hard to read and it is sometimes hard to know who is speaking. (5/10)
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- Replied by:
balorlv
(Edit) (Aug 7, 2005)
- Fair enough, that you write for your own pleasure but why post here then if it is not going to pleasurable for others to read and your assumtion in your reply is rather childish.
- Replied by:
Marshall Wade
(Edit) (Aug 9, 2005)
- Perhaps it is and perhaps I am, childish.
Yet I, quite obviously, like my writings so I've been as vain as to think that people outside my narrow circle might enjoy them as well.
Perhaps some do, but others seem to reap greater satisfaction from critisising my style of writing.
Even if their command of English is limited: 'Everytime', 'some one'. assumtion', 'going to be pleasurable' Indeed!
Yours sincerely
Marshall Wade
- Replied by:
Marshall Wade
(Edit) (Aug 9, 2005)
- Very well. I've been told this before - and the reply is the same:
I write for my own pleasure and to put in A said: .... or said B:..., just to enable people who are so illiterate that they're unable to or so lazy that they can't bother to follow a conversation, the kind of which one will find in works of most professional writers, is too tedious.
Yours
Marshall Wade
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