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Offline Wizwad

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« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2008, 12:24:01 PM »
I enjoyed it too.  As some of the others said, there are a few too many diversions, but I enjoyed the copious quantities of alcohol, and playing with the language!

I think it sort of falters in the last third, loses its momentun a little, so that might be an area to review, but the punchline seems very Ray Bradbury to me. :D
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« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2008, 02:39:31 PM »
Hey, I enjoy diversions, especially if the writing's intended to be comedic and not just another genre that happens to have comedic aspects to it - much as with Good Omens, the asides/diversions are often what makes it amusing.
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« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2008, 08:03:11 PM »
Mea tulpa, mea tulpa, mea maxima tulpa ?

Tulpa, a Tibetan word for a thought-form, an artifical spirit.
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« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2008, 04:47:44 PM »
Tulpa, a Tibetan word for a thought-form, an artifical spirit.

I know. It was a pun, or play on words, with the intent of humorous effect.
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« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2008, 08:20:39 PM »
I laughed, even without understanding what a Tulpa was. :D
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