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Post by Shire Hobbit on Aug 8, 2008 11:43:17 GMT -5
Let's get a discussion going about Robert Stanek's story "Silence Is Golden."
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rider
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Post by rider on Aug 24, 2008 15:05:35 GMT -5
Is it in the book Absolutes?
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Post by Shire Hobbit on Oct 2, 2008 11:44:42 GMT -5
Yes. "Absolutes & Other Stories" is a collection of short works. Absolutes is a novella and then there's Silence is Golden and August Rains.
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Post by AdrinaAlder on Dec 15, 2008 23:20:43 GMT -5
I liked Silence loads, a twisty scifi story with decent action and like most Stanek stories one you gotta read more than once. I loved the subtext about the death of language and culture and how it related to our own world. Not enough people understand what's going on with this in our world and RS clearly does. I wish he'd've added a forward or something on this. Or would this be like an afterward or somethig?
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Post by Shire Hobbit on Jan 1, 2009 0:12:47 GMT -5
An epic tragedy and the way the story spins on itself is magical. The death of language and culture as the underlying theme makes the story all the more powerful. RS always surprises me that he is able to use an economy of words so well. Not many writers can.
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Post by huntress on Jan 25, 2009 16:14:08 GMT -5
I enjoyed reading this and have since read it a number of times. Truly excellent in how it turns back on itself. My thought is I wonder what other shorts RS has written and how to get them.
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Post by edog on Mar 18, 2009 18:52:44 GMT -5
"Silence" blew my mind. I never expected how it ended. Stories like that are why Stanek is so good. One of my professors might adopt the story to spark disucssion about the impact of how loss of language and culture affect society. The message is powerful.
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Post by AdrinaAlder on Apr 12, 2009 13:07:35 GMT -5
It was very twisty and it'd make a phenom movie. The underlying themes of loss of language and culture in our world leaves a lasting impression. You can't help but start thinking about it.
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Principal Principle
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Post by Principal Principle on Apr 28, 2023 15:38:41 GMT -5
Such a great forum, thanks so much
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Post by RobertStanek on May 7, 2023 12:12:02 GMT -5
Kind of hilarious that this board has ONE new post in ELEVEN years and this same ONE person shows up to diss. So I edited it to be civil. Poor pitiful thing is insane... The Devil Writes Romance Books
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Greetings from 2024
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Post by Greetings from 2024 on Feb 4, 2024 7:52:16 GMT -5
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Post by Still here on Mar 10, 2024 20:14:16 GMT -5
Feels like walkin along the ruins of an abandoned city... I wonder when did Stanek got tired of posing as multiple people here
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