http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/105 The Insect Man / Empire Rising Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:07:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/105/comment-page-1#comment-31 Adrian Tchaikovsky Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:56:26 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=105#comment-31 Grahame - a crucial distinction: it's easy to make a major villain sympathetic. Most are, let's face it, decidedly more sympathetic than the heroes they are defeated by. Making the minions sympathetic, or even just human, there's the challenge. Grahame — a crucial distinction: it's easy to make a major villain sympathetic. Most are, let's face it, decidedly more sympathetic than the heroes they are defeated by. Making the minions sympathetic, or even just human, there's the challenge.

]]> http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/105/comment-page-1#comment-30 Grahame Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:14:40 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=105#comment-30 Rather like Austin Grossman's rather excellent superhero novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible, where the supervillain Dr Impossible was so sympathetic (While still, of course, evil) that I was really hoping he'd manage to take over the world. We could do worse. Rather like Austin Grossman's rather excellent superhero novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible, where the supervillain Dr Impossible was so sympathetic (While still, of course, evil) that I was really hoping he'd manage to take over the world. We could do worse.

]]> http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/105/comment-page-1#comment-29 Martin Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:30:44 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=105#comment-29 Y'know, the more venom you spew in the direction of Eragon, the more I want to actually see it. For which I will hate myself, and ultimately you. Y'know, the more venom you spew in the direction of Eragon, the more I want to actually see it. For which I will hate myself, and ultimately you.

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