Comments on: Freak City http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2009/12/04/freak-city/ News from the Staff of Podiobooks.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: tom http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2009/12/04/freak-city/comment-page-1/#comment-318485 tom Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:10:46 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/?p=1915#comment-318485 Wow - thanks! As a side note, enjoyers of 'Freak City' may also be interested in its related story - 'Snapdragon Alley', also available for free here at podiobooks.com. These, and many of my other stories, are also available for free in various e-book and online formats from smashwords.com. Wow – thanks! As a side note, enjoyers of ‘Freak City’ may also be interested in its related story – ‘Snapdragon Alley’, also available for free here at podiobooks.com. These, and many of my other stories, are also available for free in various e-book and online formats from smashwords.com.

]]> By: Patrick Lewis http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2009/12/04/freak-city/comment-page-1/#comment-318433 Patrick Lewis Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:26:18 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/?p=1915#comment-318433 Having listened to "Secret Sidewalk", I was primed for Tom Lichtenberg's brand of odd and in "Freak City" he did not disappoint. This story is like a Picasso, or a Mondrian, attempting to show how things really are, not merely as they seem. That being so, your mileage may vary. For this reader it was fantastic and exceptional. As a progression from the earlier work, "Secret Sidewalk," this story held together better. The underpinnings were more grounded in a mundane reality, making the extraordinary bits, and the concepts for which they are manifestations, more vibrant. Things didn't just pop out at you for no reason as can happen in fantastical fiction. This world is as solid as the chair you are sitting in, but shot through with aforementioned Lichtenberg brand of odd. The whole story is very tight and is enhanced, rather than hindered by being short. Really nice job all around once again for Tom, whose work just keeps getting better. Listen to this and let your world be just a little more colorful... and odd. Having listened to “Secret Sidewalk”, I was primed for Tom Lichtenberg’s brand of odd and in “Freak City” he did not disappoint. This story is like a Picasso, or a Mondrian, attempting to show how things really are, not merely as they seem. That being so, your mileage may vary. For this reader it was fantastic and exceptional.

As a progression from the earlier work, “Secret Sidewalk,” this story held together better. The underpinnings were more grounded in a mundane reality, making the extraordinary bits, and the concepts for which they are manifestations, more vibrant. Things didn’t just pop out at you for no reason as can happen in fantastical fiction. This world is as solid as the chair you are sitting in, but shot through with aforementioned Lichtenberg brand of odd.

The whole story is very tight and is enhanced, rather than hindered by being short. Really nice job all around once again for Tom, whose work just keeps getting better. Listen to this and let your world be just a little more colorful… and odd.

]]> By: tom http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2009/12/04/freak-city/comment-page-1/#comment-318079 tom Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:26:40 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/?p=1915#comment-318079 Thanks, Darren. I'm glad you liked it. Thanks, Darren. I’m glad you liked it.

]]> By: Darren http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2009/12/04/freak-city/comment-page-1/#comment-318075 Darren Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:13:04 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/?p=1915#comment-318075 What an excellent story, really enjoyed it. Also, I kinda understood Argus, I got where he was coming from. What an excellent story, really enjoyed it. Also, I kinda understood Argus, I got where he was coming from.

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