Re: [BNW] Bargainers comments [MATT]

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>I enjoyed the Bargainers book quite a bit, and I think we'll all be
>going back and re-examining the rest of the BNW stuff in light of
>what's been revealed there. Personally, I think this book has raised a
>lot more questions that it has answered.
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>However, I have one criticism, and I'm afraid it's a major one: The
>editing of this book was mediocre at best. Misspellings, dropped words,
>grammatical mistakes -- they're all jarring to read in a release from a
>major publisher. Matt's writing is excellent, but mistakes like I saw
>in Bargainers really throw me out of the reverie I try to maintain


That was my impression as well, and a comment I felt I had to make for my 
on-line review of Bargainers for Azrael Online (which should see print in 
August).  The fact that proofreader is listed as "Alan Smythee" suggests 
there was some kind of problem there.

>OK, one spoilerish question ... no peeking, players!
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>Why didn't the Iron Mask and Marie Laveau vanish after the Bicentennial
>Battle? Is this something we should expect to see explored in later
>stuff? (I don't have an objection to that, but I was surprised it
>wasn't mentioned.)


My impression at least was that Houdini was "off-dimension" when the BB went 
down.  Kind of the same way I explained the presence of my own Alpha (well, 
Grant Morrison's own Alpha, but you know what I mean), Promotheus, at my web 
site.  Don't know about Marie, but don't recall right off hand - did Matt 
establish she was super-powered and Alpha-classed?

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Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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