Rise of the Remorhaz Society

[Atrocities]

Very nice read. Thank you Sachmo.

[Lord_Shleepy]

Excellent! It's great to know that you're still out there and Remorhazing. :-)

[sachmo]

So I just started reading In Death Ground by David Weber...and I realized that much of my stuff (character names, mostly, but other things as well) sound a lot like his stuff. I have read some other books by Weber, but I have not tried to directly rip him off. Even though it appears that I have.

[Atrocities]

I don't think your going to get away from this kind of thing though in modern Sci-Fi. The last truly original Sci-Fi idea would have been Serenity, IMHO, and that was killed off prety damn quick.

Its all been done before, no more room or originality. If you think it up, chances are ten others have already thought it up and wrote books.

I like your writing, will continue to enjoy reading it even it you think it reminds you of Weber's work. Screw Weber, your story is much more enjoyable to read because its HERE and its about Space Empires.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Well, part of it is that Space Empires is based on Starfire...

...And In Death Ground (And the rest of the series) are directly based on a series of Starfire campaigns.

[sachmo]

Atrocities said:
I don't think your going to get away from this kind of thing though in modern Sci-Fi. The last truly original Sci-Fi idea would have been Serenity, IMHO, and that was killed off prety damn quick.

Its all been done before, no more room or originality. If you think it up, chances are ten others have already thought it up and wrote books.

I like your writing, will continue to enjoy reading it even it you think it reminds you of Weber's work. Screw Weber, your story is much more enjoyable to read because its HERE and its about Space Empires.

Oh, I agree, and considering the birth of the story, I'm surprised it's not more heavily influenced by other authors, but even my writing sounds a bit like his, and I'm finding that I'm not a big fan. The characters come across as a bit silly at times, and he seems to force the characters into situations that they don't fit into. It's hard to explain, but at least it gives me an idea of how I don't want the story to sound...although when Weber is writing battle scenes, all literary weaknesses are forgiven. He is very good at battle scenes! (in space, anyway!)


Narf---

Can you tell me more about how Space Empires grew from Starfire? Or anyone? I knew the stories and technology sounded very similar, but I really don't know anything about Starfire itself and would love to hear some stories.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

It's just something I've heard around the forum. Supposedly, Aaron said so.

Sorry, I don't remember more than that.