tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post3006780337258391844..comments2024-03-26T14:48:15.857-07:00Comments on Rocket Stack Rank: The Broken Karwaneer, by Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuisGreg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-10682459209726030042017-12-19T08:46:15.615-08:002017-12-19T08:46:15.615-08:00Thanks for the link. Among other things, it tells ...Thanks for the link. Among other things, it tells me I really need to make more use of the "dark fantasy" subgenre than I've been doing.<br /><br />I do realize Brighteye was being optimistic at the end. The problem was, by that point, I didn't believe it.Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-89819485113363878852017-12-18T18:42:05.633-08:002017-12-18T18:42:05.633-08:00In spite of the bleak setting, the story seems kin...In spite of the bleak setting, the story seems kinda hopeful to me. As Brighteye says at the end, "Either [the world] is more resilient than we know, or else every man and woman who has ever held the power to destroy it has decided to go on." Here's a blog post from the author about the story:<br /><br />https://jeremyteg.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/worldbuilding-dark-settings-and-their-purpose/Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119082365881285289noreply@blogger.com