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Planar Ephiphany [Short Story]
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oneforthemoney
It was an interesting read. Very
2001 Space Odyssey
feel to it. You had some very interesting descriptions, and described what was happening to her very well. Even though it was quite alien and surreal we still had a clear understanding of what was happening, more or less, and what she was doing.
The bit near the end was particularly interesting, how she formed her clone/offspring from the universe's existence about her. You described it very well, and I particularly liked where she puts mostly her hope in there, and then the pearls which she cherishes. It was sweet to see how she thinks that's important to her, regardless of how powerful she has become.
But, I don't think I really understand her motivation any more than I did before. It was hard to picture the scale of what was happening here, because Dusk began her journey already powerful in scope and strength, and so far removed that I can't really relate to what she's doing. She understands it, but I don't really. It was difficult to ground the narrative emotionally, and as a result, I felt like I was trying to understand a creature from Lovecraft.
Dusk is one of those characters that's hard to relate to, because we don't really have a full story. And I don't think we ever really will. There's just so much of her. She's more a force of nature than person. She doesn't have a purpose, but isn't really looking for one on Azeroth either.
So, good story. Very descriptive and surreal. Brings a bit of perspective to Dusk as a being, but not quite as much to her as a person as I perhaps would have liked.
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oneforthemoney
There's a book as well. Written by Arthur C. Clark at the same time he and Kubrick were making the movie as an alternative to writing a screenplay.
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