Comments on: p. 176 (Chapter Six)

By: littlebeast

littlebeast — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:12:09 +0000

Lawnbees?

By: Glennnn

Glennnn — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:22:24 +0000

Rake People actually sounds pretty good.
Much better than Shovel People, Hoe People or Assorted Garden-Implement People.

By: Glennnn

Glennnn — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:15:22 +0000

Oh yes !
Like the unfortunate fact that the ground party was infected the moment they were exposed to the planet…. ?

Uh oh.

Maybe not that, but you’re probably right. Its got to be something.

By: sirbacon

sirbacon — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:25:16 +0000

So they never actually found his body, hmm? So he -could- have been made chieftain of the rake people and we would never know until three or four chapters down the line when it’s “dramatically revealed”, hmm? Which of course, nobody will see coming. Wait a second…

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 07:01:18 +0000

I think it is more subtle than that. There is still some sub-text that Carl is not telling us.

By: redbeard

redbeard — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:09:03 +0000

And I should add that I need to apologize to Carl — I can totally see why he was so reluctant to get to the point.

By: redbeard

redbeard — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:54:22 +0000

Considering how the planet and cities appeared, it does seem that this is definitely a post-apocalyptic world. The Plague Dudes may be exactly that — the result of bio-warfare jiggering genetics. The organisms may no longer be active — or more precisely, no longer infectious; but if they came up with something that would turn down the higher level mental abilities while cranking up aggression and savagery (think having your enemies lose their ability to handle complex thought and manipulate higher tech while turning on each other) and were stupid enough to actually use it – yikes.

By: Aldarad

Aldarad — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:37:56 +0000

I wonder if this conflict is divided across technology?
If something went bad and civilization collapsed some people would blam tech itself and react violently on everyone using it?
I am sure this idea have been up here in the comments already…

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:14:10 +0000

Maybe there was an outbreak of zombieism at Buy’n'Large Garden World.

Or perhaps a reclusive industrialist set up an E F Schumacher themed secret philosophical utopia in the middle of a forest and then before you know it someone’s synthesising DNA from tree-slugs and everyone’s shooting bees out of their hands and then some sharp words at a New Years party and whoops, there goes the neighbourhood.

(“I REJECTED those answers! I chose the IMPOSSIBLE! I chose to build… FERN GULLY!”)

By: HardWearJunkie

HardWearJunkie — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:22:48 +0000

Zombies! Zombies! Zawmbees!