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Growing Humans - by Neil John Buchanan (Read 2086 times)
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Growing Humans - by Neil John Buchanan
Feb 01st, 2011, 5:27am
 
This was very cute in a way that I like.  The end wasn't particularly surprising, but the tree 'people' were a true delight - nice bit of imagining there.  I liked it quite a bit.
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Re: Growing Humans - by Neil John Buchanan
Reply #1 - May 17th, 2011, 7:57am
 
Again this was a brilliant story. Truly unique and disturbing. I fully agree with the comments made by the poster "I will never find a serial killer quite like this tree". The twin aspects of cuteness and horror is an original expereince for me and I look forward to further work from Buchanan.

Cheers, Matt
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Death Row by Milan Smith
Reply #2 - May 31st, 2011, 7:32pm
 
OUTSTANDING!

This story is definitely a Class A effort by Milan Smith. Milan, thanks for a beautiful and moving story. Hope we'll see you again here in AR.

-- Jean Goldstrom
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Re: Growing Humans - by Neil John Buchanan
Reply #3 - Jun 3rd, 2011, 1:32am
 
You said it, Jean! That's why I picked it for anotherealm. It's one of the best stories I've had the honor of choosing for our forum and I will be VERY disappointed if we don't get some comment about it. I honestly believe that this tale would have found print in some of the fabled "pulps' of a past publication era.

So, how about it, AR? Feedback on this gem, please. Let Milan know how much you enjoyed his work and let me know that I made a good choice.
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Re: Death Row - by Milan Smith
Reply #4 - Jun 3rd, 2011, 6:56pm
 
It is a good story. I would give it 3 or 3.5 stars out of 5. The reason for not giving it full 5: I found it a little too wordy. In my personal opinion, a tighter, minimalistic approach would have worked wonders.
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Re: Growing Humans - by Neil John Buchanan
Reply #5 - Jul 15th, 2011, 4:52pm
 
An entertaining story.
Gives us a new angle on understanding others, and ourselves.
Thumbs up for Growing Humans.
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