tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post114838799071191347..comments2023-10-22T04:57:07.468-04:00Comments on <center>WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?</center><center> (J.D. Rhoades' Blog)</center>: SHOTGUN OPERA, Victor GischlerJD Rhoadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-1148417109311742522006-05-23T16:45:00.000-04:002006-05-23T16:45:00.000-04:00Action overriding plot? I doubt it. I haven't pi...Action overriding plot? I doubt it. I haven't picked up Shotgun Opera, yet, but the rest of Gischler's work is very plot oriented. <BR/><BR/>Gun Monkeys has a lot of action, certainly, but the characters are well realized, the twists are always surprising and the humor runs throughout.<BR/><BR/>Same with Suicide Squeeze and The Pistol Poets. Great books all.Stephen Blackmoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241134280141088631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-1148399418957811752006-05-23T11:50:00.000-04:002006-05-23T11:50:00.000-04:00Hmmm...interesting change in tone from your last c...Hmmm...interesting change in tone from your last comment. <BR/><BR/>No, action doesn't "override" plot in SO...let's say, more accurately that the pace aids the suspension of disbelief. And yet, Gischler still provides enough characterization that you care what heppens to the people. <BR/><BR/>Finally, no, I've never met Victor.I probably will this weekend, though.<BR/><BR/>Good luck.JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172818.post-1148397163567729652006-05-23T11:12:00.000-04:002006-05-23T11:12:00.000-04:00Ah. Action overriding plot. Too fast to figure out...Ah. Action overriding plot. Too fast to figure out characterization. This certainly sounds like another Dan Brown "DaVinki Coda" in the works. A great, GREAT screenplay treatment. Sure to make millions when it hits the no-longer-silver-but-now-just-white <BR/>screen. <BR/><BR/>God, do you ever have good ideas! Or was this Victor's idea?For The Treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843514742081569820noreply@blogger.com