8: Fugitive Steele J.D. Masters (Simon Hawke)

Bike Dancin' Greg

I will never move past the technology these people needed to have, 2 years after a volcano destroyed everything. Way more advanced than what it took to make Steele, maybe? I think I need a cleanser

GDC

I spent half this read-through commuting, so I missed out on a lot. But I also feel like I was spared from a lot.

gellaho

There's only one Steele book left, but I'm probably going to try something else next week.

Bike Dancin' Greg

Specifically to grow back Steele's flesh from a small tissue sample. Like the skin and different muscles and eyes and stuff are all back? They grew all that separately or on him?

Bike Dancin' Greg

I think we could use a break

gellaho

Look, they had a vat. What more explanation do you want?

vat = science magic

GDC

No one should be pressured in to consuming more Steele than they're comfortable taking.

The skeleton thing still bugs me. Does he have hydraulics like a Terminator?

Bike Dancin' Greg

And why acknowledge that "it felt like his nysteel skeleton would cut through his feet"? It definitely would tear him apart as soon as he tries any superhuman strength stuff. I'm willing to suspend disbelief but not if they call it out right away here

gellaho

The fact that I didn't get any mention of Steele's post-regeneration penis is unforgivable. That is a fundamental part of the franchise

GDC

Steele's Achilles tendon just flapping in the wind after one step.

gellaho

I don't feel like S.L. hunter understands the Steele character like I do

Science God Q Alchemy

Sorry I missed this, for explanation check general

GDC

He doesn't really understand the core of the character, and what makes him relatable to the audience.

Namely, his human dick.

Science God Q Alchemy

Taking away the human penis was the next logical step for the characters arc

gellaho

I think in the next book he'll get in some sexy fights with the genetically-engineered lady ninja

Science God Q Alchemy

I hope I can catch it, I've missed most if this book. I just hope I didn't miss any details crucial for understanding the intricate plot

gellaho

Maybe, SL Hunter did burn everything to the ground and invent 250 new characters

He killed like 150 of them, but still

GDC

It's the post apocalyptic future, except when it isn't.

gellaho

There was a volcanic eruption that was the size of all the nukes times two

It seems to have not done much

Science God Q Alchemy

I mean 75% of humanity died and all that happened was crime and gang violence went up

gellaho

To the extent that there seem to be 50 times as many people in Albuquerque as there were in New York

Bike Dancin' Greg

From page to page the society was either Mad Max Bartertown or basically today with better technology

gellaho

SL Hunter's trademarks so far seem to be confused character motivation and similes

Science God Q Alchemy

That's not a trademark, that's just bad writing

gellaho

He wields the simile like a maniac with a hammer

Bike Dancin' Greg

He struggles to avoid similes like a portly man's loose button struggles to restrain a 60 year old man's jiggling belly after eating a Butterball turkey at a Thanksgiving dinner in Connecticut

Science God Q Alchemy

I still stand by my take that any aspiring novelist must be forced to not use similies or metaphors for a while. Then they'll know when they really need them.

Which is not as often as many seem to think

gellaho

Excessive doesn't begin to describe it

sensitive New Age jakesy

All this bad reading is poisoning my family. Look at what my wife ordered

Might have to chime in with a few RL Stines when the Steele runs low

GDC

He just can't help blurting them out like a poorly written antagonist blurts out homophobic slurs.

GDC

And I am absolutely down for an RL Stine readalong.

Dr. W. Sanguine, PhD PhD

i feel like i wanna do a book or sth that i actually like here sometime just to show a cool positivity?

a little reverse salt to season all the lovely anger we get to feel over :SteeleYourself: and pals

sensitive New Age jakesy

I don’t see why not

Ferroday, Hack Fraud ScapeApe

yo christopher pike

now there's a blast from the past

Dr. W. Sanguine, PhD PhD

maybe Lavender Jack or Sword Interval, maybe something by Jackson Bennett

gellaho

You guys can do whatever. I just need March 22 reserved for Psi-Man