tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post6495427052973320088..comments2024-03-26T12:32:06.884-07:00Comments on Turn to 400: #12 - "Space Assassin", by Andrew Chapman (1985)Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408095504472495097noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-54949193931341276912017-08-24T02:24:48.946-07:002017-08-24T02:24:48.946-07:00thanks!thanks!Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408095504472495097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-47371624811170995152017-08-23T17:18:16.843-07:002017-08-23T17:18:16.843-07:00hilarious review !hilarious review !KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507113810624684259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-24651712315034773482013-03-13T03:38:37.067-07:002013-03-13T03:38:37.067-07:00I've been struggling to work on it - SPOILER -...I've been struggling to work on it - SPOILER - that book kinda sucks.<br />But I have some good material now, that literary glacier is still careening down the mountain towards you, Dear Readers...Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408095504472495097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-70364692222001878982013-03-13T02:10:55.155-07:002013-03-13T02:10:55.155-07:00Free! Way! Free! Way! Free! Way! Freeway?Free! Way! Free! Way! Free! Way! Freeway?Lee Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002398351562832483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-72056493142580255302013-02-13T00:17:45.151-08:002013-02-13T00:17:45.151-08:00Sorry that was intended as an unequivocal note of ...Sorry that was intended as an unequivocal note of support, but it read just like superfluous hip hop jargon. Personally can't wait for Sword of the Samurai, one of my personal favs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-2259094415199168152013-02-13T00:11:44.550-08:002013-02-13T00:11:44.550-08:00wordwordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-55090419440767859592012-11-13T11:27:41.981-08:002012-11-13T11:27:41.981-08:00Well, strange thing that i don't remember that...Well, strange thing that i don't remember that particular part, as Blood Meridien is one of my favorite books. In Outer Dark it's about pigs falling off a cliff.<br /><br />This discussion just makes want even more to read the rest of his works.RuySanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560670798869378094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-69650541241194309482012-11-13T09:31:02.657-08:002012-11-13T09:31:02.657-08:00I haven't read "Outer Dark" but ther...I haven't read "Outer Dark" but there's definitely donkeys getting pushed off a cliff in "Blood Meridian". Maybe it's a motif? Something he keeps coming back to. <br /><br />The man can be pretty inscrutable, after all. Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408095504472495097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-16234012422172460012012-11-13T07:59:02.954-08:002012-11-13T07:59:02.954-08:00Loved the Cormac McCarthy reference, but i'm n...Loved the Cormac McCarthy reference, but i'm not sure it's intentional or not, but the pushing donkeys part is actually more or less another reference to one of his novels, "Outer Dark"RuySanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560670798869378094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-7901077280211887762012-11-02T01:51:25.217-07:002012-11-02T01:51:25.217-07:00For me, that Eddie Murphy factor is one of the gre...For me, that Eddie Murphy factor is one of the great charms of the Fighting Fantasy books. The fact that you can't choose to do whatever you want(or even, sometimes, what 99% of sober people would do) means that you always feel as if you are just guiding the hero around by prodding him in the right direction or smacking his hand whenever he thinks of doing something especially stupid (eg. "Ooh, shall I drink that?"). There's something strangely satisfying about that level of control.<br /><br />Another magnificent post, by the way. I laughed like a CRAZED HYENA.Lee Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002398351562832483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-2593258986957747902012-10-31T19:39:06.738-07:002012-10-31T19:39:06.738-07:00Great to see another entry at last.
The first tim...Great to see another entry at last.<br /><br />The first time I came across the button trap, I went for the order in which the colours occur in the rainbow. Which is the right one. Judging by the complaints I've read, I appear to be the only person on the entire planet to have taken that approach.<br /><br />I'd say that book 23, <b>Masks of Mayhem</b>, is another strong contender for 'flattest, most unrewarding, paragraph <b>400</b> in all of Fighting Fantasy'.Ed Jolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293815550517824166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-43183562249845270452012-10-31T14:21:03.630-07:002012-10-31T14:21:03.630-07:00I've always found that when you explain a conc...I've always found that when you explain a concept in terms of Eddie Murphy, it just clicks.Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408095504472495097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-19449572330445311542012-10-31T05:38:11.564-07:002012-10-31T05:38:11.564-07:00Great stuff as always. A shame you didn't get ...Great stuff as always. A shame you didn't get to explore more of the ship, but the enduring memory I have of this book (last played maybe 8 years ago) is that it's full of random, inventive and completely unfair ways to get yourself obliterated. Having said that, I'm quite looking forward to blogging on this one eventually.<br /><br />I liked the tiny Eddie Murphy analogy - a very good description of the way FF railroads you sometimes, either to keep the story on track or pure self-indulgence on the part of the author.Paul Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261768440591955192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-42179342995724860352012-10-31T05:15:31.461-07:002012-10-31T05:15:31.461-07:00Seems that during both our playthroughs, we wound ...Seems that during both our playthroughs, we wound up falling to the same death. <br /><br />http://fightyourfantasy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/space-assassin-playthrough.html There, see? Both blown to pieces because our character wouldn't leave the damn safe alone even when we were shouting at them to leave it alone. <br /><br />As a bit of weirdness, this is one of those books that made me think that it was essentially just a dungeon crawl, dressed up in vaguely sci-fi wording and tropes. Does it, therefore, mean that it is a sci-fi adventure simply because it's dressed as one? Maybe it does. You could dress an adventure in any kind of wording and tropes, and change its genre. Unless you're forcing scientists to strip, in which case it's just weird.Zanafarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588951783248424353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-67565516371704762432012-10-31T03:09:57.209-07:002012-10-31T03:09:57.209-07:00Ah, I remember this book - a very strange one in t...Ah, I remember this book - a very strange one in the series. My favourite part was convincing one of the experimental squirrels to become your pet.Richie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839692335289010662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-72993159459402699752012-10-31T02:27:00.993-07:002012-10-31T02:27:00.993-07:00"I felt pretty suspicious about this safe, an..."I felt pretty suspicious about this safe, and I kind of wanted to leave it alone - the protagonist however, is enraptured the moment he notices the shiny buttons, and he simple must press them, even as I, tiny Eddie Murphy (i.e. the reader), pound my fists ineffectually against the inside curve of his cranium. If you know about the safe there is no option but to meddle with it."<br /><br />Exactly what happened to my character.<br /><br />http://drbargle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/hawkanaaaaaaaagh.html<br /><br />As I said, it's not even a bad GM's game of "what am I thinking?"Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618556584663522444.post-562918191661760372012-10-31T00:54:32.572-07:002012-10-31T00:54:32.572-07:00Great post as always. Keep doing these reviews, th...Great post as always. Keep doing these reviews, they are really fun to read and bring back great memories about Fighting Fantasy. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148560928129941566noreply@blogger.com