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Discontinuity = clue? [GS sample ch spoilers]
lovejoy69:
--- Quote from: Serack on July 07, 2011, 01:23:56 AM ---That's my first choice if we have a girl (We are at 7 weeks). I still have some lobbying to do with the Mrs though. And yah, I already told the Mrs that if we did name her Evelyn I'd call her Evie.
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Congrats, congrats!!! Wishing all three of you all the best. Healthy and happy and everything.
(And yes, Iago's daughter Evie turned two on June 12th. She and her little brother-on-the-way will be two years and just a few weeks apart in age.)
Fannan:
Yes congratulations, Serack! Evie can grow up with wizards in her bedtime stories.
Serack:
Thanks guys! *Points at thread about the baby*
LogicMouseLives:
--- Quote from: Serack on July 06, 2011, 11:19:05 AM ---Collection of disparate facts from the sample chapters...
* Everyone in Chicagatory is in the prime of their life with no scars (well at least the 3 we know)
* The cars are vintage
* What Harry is percieving is being censored
* There's an angel garding the door to the "precinct"
* Somebody cheated when Harry was killed
* 3 people Harry loves will be harmed if he doesn't solve who killed him
* Harry is asked to write down a specific address to go to rather than to say something like "Mort's House"
* Harry is limited in what he can influence on the living plane, and has no magic
* Mindless specters want to eat Harry's ghost
* Memories can be used as a weapon on these Specters
* Harry was taken to Mort's old address, not the Duplex in DB
* Harry had forgoten that he had already seen Mort with a bicked head
* Mort stopped to take the time to grab a single Oreo before locking Harry out of his bedroom
* There is 1.5 feet of snow outside
* From Harry's perspective about an hour has gone by since he died, yet 6 months have passed
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I know you're just collecting these for future reference, Serack, but I feel the need to point out a couple of minor inaccuracies in the list.
1. Not all the residents of Chicagotory are without scars. Carmichael and Amitiel are, but Captain Jack is described as being pretty battered. From chapter 2:
--- Quote ---...he looked like a professional boxer. There was scar tissue here and there around his eyes, and his nose had been frequently broken.
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Both of the humans, however, are described as being really buff, which I think probably means something...
2. The cars are appropriate (as best I can tell) to the time frames of the people driving them. Captain Jack's blue Buick Skylark is most likely either from the 1953-54 run or the 1961-63, neither of which is really heavily 'tail-finned' as such, but could be described so by someone not terribly interested in the appearance of cars in general. To take a shot in the dark, the Captain was probably between twenty and maybe thirty-five when Karrin (his oldest) was born, so since she's currently in her early forties, he would have been born some time between 1935 and 1950 (very approximately).
Carmichael's car is simply described as an old, gold colored Mustang, which doesn't narrow it down much, since Mustangs have been in continuous production–in one form or another–from 1964 to the present, but Carmichael actually refers to it as "my old Mustang" near the end of chapter 1, so I'm guessing that it (and probably the Skylark as well) is just a reflection of an actual car that he owned in life and had an attachment to.
Okay, everyone, please continue with the nearly unfounded but vastly entertaining speculation! *grabs a bowl of popcorn*
LML
Oh, and even though I said it in the baby thread already; Congratulations, Serack! Happy soon-to-be-fatherhood to you!
itari:
--- Quote from: Serack on July 06, 2011, 11:19:05 AM ---Collection of disparate facts from the sample chapters...
* Everyone in Chicagatory is in the prime of their life with no scars (well at least the 3 we know)
* The cars are vintage
* What Harry is percieving is being censored
* There's an angel garding the door to the "precinct"
* Somebody cheated when Harry was killed
* 3 people Harry loves will be harmed if he doesn't solve who killed him
* Harry is asked to write down a specific address to go to rather than to say something like "Mort's House"
* Harry is limited in what he can influence on the living plane, and has no magic
* Mindless specters want to eat Harry's ghost
* Memories can be used as a weapon on these Specters
* Harry was taken to Mort's old address, not the Duplex in DB
* Harry had forgoten that he had already seen Mort with a bicked head
* Mort stopped to take the time to grab a single Oreo before locking Harry out of his bedroom
* There is 1.5 feet of snow outside
* From Harry's perspective about an hour has gone by since he died, yet 6 months have passed
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* Although Harry has no magic, he is still able to use his Sight, at least in Chicagatory
* He bleeds ectoplasm
* He can feel pain
* Despite the snow, there are potted plants with leaves in Morty's garden and hedges
* Sir Stu is familiar, apparently, with Harry Dresden's name and reputation. I think he saw Harry in DM and DB.
* If a wraith devoured Harry, it would become so powerful that it could threaten the living
A little bit off-topic: when I read about Stu spending 5 years listening to Pink Floyd, I immediately thought of this.
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