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Thanks for the heads up! It's the only one I've not read (rather disenchanted by Finis).
 
Thanks for the heads up! It's the only one I've not read (rather disenchanted by Finis).
   
: Agreed on that. Personally, I think it was a mistake to incorporate all those usernames from the BB as characters. Like setting a sledgehammer to the Fourth Wall and really yanking the reader out of the fantasy. For an author of Wagar's undoubted gifts, it surely wouldn't have been too much of a chore to invent new ones. And Altera would sit much better as a brief Epilogue to Finis. [[User:Reval|Reval]] ([[User talk:Reval|talk]]) 18:58, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
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: Agreed on that. Personally, I think it was a mistake to incorporate all those usernames from the BB as characters. Like setting a sledgehammer to the Fourth Wall and really yanking the reader out of the fantasy. For an author of Wagar's undoubted gifts, it surely wouldn't have been too much of a chore to invent new ones (I mean 'Daddyhoggy' for a birdoid... come ''on''!). And Altera would sit much better as a brief Epilogue to Finis. [[User:Reval|Reval]] ([[User talk:Reval|talk]]) 18:58, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

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Just an observation (in general about Wagar's 'tetralogy'), I believe it may be a little misleading to group Altera - a rather short short story - in with his novels/novellas. I was certainly a tad disconcerted and frankly disappointed by its all-too-brief content after following the download link from the Wiki. Reval (talk) 11:07, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! It's the only one I've not read (rather disenchanted by Finis).

Agreed on that. Personally, I think it was a mistake to incorporate all those usernames from the BB as characters. Like setting a sledgehammer to the Fourth Wall and really yanking the reader out of the fantasy. For an author of Wagar's undoubted gifts, it surely wouldn't have been too much of a chore to invent new ones (I mean 'Daddyhoggy' for a birdoid... come on!). And Altera would sit much better as a brief Epilogue to Finis. Reval (talk) 18:58, 27 December 2020 (UTC)