Comments for Confessions of an Epic Indian http://ashokbanker.com The website+blog of Indian author Ashok K. Banker Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:31:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 Comment on Readerswrite by shakib http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8112 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:58:12 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8112 Mr Banker!! You told me Hush is your favorite Batman story. And i hit you with the ol'reliable "Dark Knight Returns" being my favorite, to which you countered that you were talking about stories in continuity. Well, recently I've been re-reading a lot of the post-1986 Batman story lines and i read Year One, Long Halloween, Dark Victory and then Hush. Please re-read the stories in this order. Its a BOMB. After Frank Miller, i think Jeph Loeb is the Man. These 4 stories make one hell of a read, especially the 1st three which give a beautiful description of the early years. And you will also find a LOT of delightful connections with the Dark Knight movie. Ciao for now!! Mr Banker!!

You told me Hush is your favorite Batman story. And i hit you with the ol’reliable “Dark Knight Returns” being my favorite, to which you countered that you were talking about stories in continuity. Well, recently I’ve been re-reading a lot of the post-1986 Batman story lines and i read Year One, Long Halloween, Dark Victory and then Hush. Please re-read the stories in this order. Its a BOMB. After Frank Miller, i think Jeph Loeb is the Man. These 4 stories make one hell of a read, especially the 1st three which give a beautiful description of the early years. And you will also find a LOT of delightful connections with the Dark Knight movie.

Ciao for now!!

]]> Comment on Readerswrite by Ashok http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8103 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:07:57 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8103 Wow. I'm trying to catch up here! You guys must be US-based, hence the time difference. Thanks for the feedback! Rajani: Oh, yeah, I had great fun writing it. If I wrote those parts today, I might have used a different 'hero' but I think it still works as well. Glad you liked it! Point noted about the 'arm', will fix. Neha: Well, the concept of parallel worlds isn't original to me of course. But what's fresh is the Indian parallel worlds. I've also tried to avoid info-dumps and overloading readers with the science behind it all, as western SF authors are at pains to do quite often, because from the very outset I wanted the story to be read at a simple personal level. That's why I took the multiple viewpoint too, and since none of the characters is a scientist, nobody can get heavy with the Science explanations. I love writing these characters too, even today, nearly 10 years since I first began this story. Glad you like them as much! Shakib: Lol. My sympathies, dude. Suffer ka phal meetha! :-) Nikhil: Better than caffeine but more addictive! Sapna: Lagaa hun, Circuit! Tum bas padhtey rehnaa, bhidu. Ashok Wow. I’m trying to catch up here! You guys must be US-based, hence the time difference. Thanks for the feedback!

Rajani: Oh, yeah, I had great fun writing it. If I wrote those parts today, I might have used a different ‘hero’ but I think it still works as well. Glad you liked it! Point noted about the ‘arm’, will fix.

Neha: Well, the concept of parallel worlds isn’t original to me of course. But what’s fresh is the Indian parallel worlds. I’ve also tried to avoid info-dumps and overloading readers with the science behind it all, as western SF authors are at pains to do quite often, because from the very outset I wanted the story to be read at a simple personal level. That’s why I took the multiple viewpoint too, and since none of the characters is a scientist, nobody can get heavy with the Science explanations. I love writing these characters too, even today, nearly 10 years since I first began this story. Glad you like them as much!

Shakib: Lol. My sympathies, dude. Suffer ka phal meetha! :-)

Nikhil: Better than caffeine but more addictive!

Sapna: Lagaa hun, Circuit! Tum bas padhtey rehnaa, bhidu.

Ashok

]]> Comment on Readerswrite by sapna http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8101 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:58:29 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8101 - They were actually only sent to the AKB Group by email (not archived on the Yahoo Groups site). If you’re on Facebook you can read them on the Ramayana Series Facebook page (link in top right sidebar) where they’re up indefinitely. - Thank you. Will definitely look it up :) Sapna - They were actually only sent to the AKB Group by email (not archived on the Yahoo Groups site). If you’re on Facebook you can read them on the Ramayana Series Facebook page (link in top right sidebar) where they’re up indefinitely. -

Thank you. Will definitely look it up :)

Sapna

]]> Comment on Readerswrite by sapna http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8100 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:36:58 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8100 Dear Ashok, Just finished reading Excerpt 5. Amazing and loving every minute of the reading! and waiting for more :D Now can't wait for tomorrow morning, to read the next excerpt :) Lage Raho!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sapna Dear Ashok,

Just finished reading Excerpt 5. Amazing and loving every minute of the reading! and waiting for more :D

Now can’t wait for tomorrow morning, to read the next excerpt :)

Lage Raho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sapna

]]> Comment on Readerswrite by Nikhil http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8097 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:25:10 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8097 Great! Just noticed no. 5. As someone alluded earlier, this is better than a caffeine fix! Great! Just noticed no. 5. As someone alluded earlier, this is better than a caffeine fix!

]]> Comment on Readerswrite by shakib http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8096 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:19:41 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8096 Hello!! i am not reading vortal. It was a very unpleasant decision on my part but i can't bear to sacrifice the pleasure of holding the actual book in my hands and reading it. So my sincere apologies. But i can't. Damn! Hope you are well!! Hello!!

i am not reading vortal. It was a very unpleasant decision on my part but i can’t bear to sacrifice the pleasure of holding the actual book in my hands and reading it.

So my sincere apologies. But i can’t. Damn!

Hope you are well!!

]]> Comment on Readerswrite by Neha http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8094 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:19:55 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8094 Also, I missed your serializations of the Ganesa Palindrome.. is there any way I can read them now? Also, I missed your serializations of the Ganesa Palindrome.. is there any way I can read them now?

]]> Comment on Readerswrite by Neha http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8093 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:31:37 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8093 Hi Ashok, Just read all 5 excerpts of Vortal. It is unlike anything I have read before, because I hardly read any sci-fi novels. I like your concept of a world parallel to ours.. it's making an interesting read. I almost groaned when I reached the end of part 5, I was dying to know what happens next! I admire the way you have described each of the characters.. in my mind they have already assumed strong personalities of their own.. Waiting to know how this story is going to shape out.. Thanks and keep posting! Neha Hi Ashok,
Just read all 5 excerpts of Vortal. It is unlike anything I have read before, because I hardly read any sci-fi novels. I like your concept of a world parallel to ours.. it’s making an interesting read. I almost groaned when I reached the end of part 5, I was dying to know what happens next!
I admire the way you have described each of the characters.. in my mind they have already assumed strong personalities of their own.. Waiting to know how this story is going to shape out..
Thanks and keep posting!
Neha

]]> Comment on Readerswrite by Rajani http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8092 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:03:06 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8092 Dear Mr.Banker, Just finished reading excerpt 5. The "Rikit Raushan" thing had me in splits! I can imagine your glee in writing it!! Wicked wicked!! The whole "northerners invading the city....bastardising shudh Tapori...." etc. was very tongue-in-cheek...Loved it! BTW, while describing the lone rider with the white truce flag, you write, "the armless rider, clutching his severed arm to try and staunch the blood gushing from it". Well, the impression I got (I maybe wrong) was that he was clutching the cut-off part of his arm, which was supposed to be lying on the ground. Would "clutching the stump of his arm" or something sound better? What do you think? Regards, Rajani Dear Mr.Banker,
Just finished reading excerpt 5.
The “Rikit Raushan” thing had me in splits! I can imagine your glee in writing it!! Wicked wicked!! The whole “northerners invading the city….bastardising shudh Tapori….” etc. was very tongue-in-cheek…Loved it!
BTW, while describing the lone rider with the white truce flag, you write, “the armless rider, clutching his severed arm to try and staunch the blood gushing from it”. Well, the impression I got (I maybe wrong) was that he was clutching the cut-off part of his arm, which was supposed to be lying on the ground. Would “clutching the stump of his arm” or something sound better? What do you think?
Regards,
Rajani

]]> Comment on Readerswrite by Ashok http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8090 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:27:23 +0000 http://ashokbanker.com/readerswrite/#comment-8090 Nikhil, yesterday I was having trouble with the site and so I decided to upload the next episode, just in case I couldn't log in in the morning. Sorry to disappoint you but tomorrow's episode will be up before 9 am IST. :-) PS: And...it's up already. Decided to beat the clock and start posting at night instead of first thing in the morning. Enjoy! Nikhil, yesterday I was having trouble with the site and so I decided to upload the next episode, just in case I couldn’t log in in the morning. Sorry to disappoint you but tomorrow’s episode will be up before 9 am IST. :-)

PS: And…it’s up already. Decided to beat the clock and start posting at night instead of first thing in the morning. Enjoy!

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