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Subject: Re: Bird in the Hand

Author:
Reinhard

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Date Posted: 16:27:03 12/12/14 Fri
In reply to: Dang Fool 's message, "Bird in the Hand" on 14:15:13 10/22/14 Wed

>I immediately enjoyed Bird in the Hand and over time
>my opinion has firmed into the belief that it is my
>favorite story from Wes.

Most of the story was fine but with a tenth of the swearing it would still have been convincing. And the description of Ashley Kielhorn's slutty dressing on her porch got boring at the second and annoying at the third repetition.

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[> Subject: Re: Bird in the Hand

Author:
grandpa john
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Date Posted: 23:07:56 12/14/14 Sun

>I immediately enjoyed Bird in the Hand and over time
>my opinion has firmed into the belief that it is my
>favorite story from Wes.
>
>Part of my enjoyment comes from the multiple
>characters. I have nothing against stories like
>Blanche Tickle that concentrate on a couple, but I was
>delighted to have the story weave between characters
>and have them tied together in unexpected ways. While
>there's joy in having known characters reappear, like
>seeing Emily and Kevin in Bullring Days, I was
>especially tickled to watch a minor character like
>Ashley Kielhorn add her voice to the story.
>
>If asked before this, I would have answered "Next
>Generation" as my favorite, but now I'm re-evaluating.
>I'm trying to objectively measure how much of TNG's
>appeal was from being my first.
>
>Well, it's a good excuse to re-read all the stories,
>eh?
>
>Who else has an opinion?

Hard to pick just one. My first was Rocinante and I had to wait a while before another came along, I guess I have read all of them as they were published here. I first started reading on Storiesonline and then realized that the postings here was ahead of the posting schedule there.
As a group I guess I would have to pick the Dawnwalker story arc as my favorites especially the Grand Canyon stories. I have read them all 4 or 5 times