tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post5083113985391408170..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: The Mind Masters #2: ShamballahJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-32600918101899473522022-04-17T08:31:26.829-05:002022-04-17T08:31:26.829-05:00I'm reading it right now. The present tense i...I'm reading it right now. The present tense is very odd, like reading a choose your own adventure book.Cowboy Yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233090604810578381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-25548990287538316592016-02-25T03:06:55.798-06:002016-02-25T03:06:55.798-06:00It could be really passive and be “…is being thoug...It could be <i>really</i> passive and be “…is being thought by Britt”! ☻Felicity Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983958177951363405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-62790677925760353022011-10-11T16:43:04.704-05:002011-10-11T16:43:04.704-05:00Thanks all for the comments. AndyDecker, can'...Thanks all for the comments. AndyDecker, can't believe that "hilf" being German for "help" never occured to me. My German ancestors would be consumed with rage. OlmanFellyus, what I probably should have written is that Rossmann could have better used more active verbs/phrases such as "Britt thinks," "Britt runs," etc. With the constant "Britt Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-90870202446743550232011-10-10T23:17:26.424-05:002011-10-10T23:17:26.424-05:00Another great review. The milk scene made me laug...Another great review. The milk scene made me laugh out loud.<br /><br />One minor nitpick about grammar. I'm not sure that "Brett is thinking" is an example of the passive tense. It's just a present participle, no? I do think your point is still solid, that it's a slightly weaker way to use the present tense, I'm just not sure that is considered the passive voice.OlmanFeelyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-31723798485039079362011-10-10T13:00:09.452-05:002011-10-10T13:00:09.452-05:00Hmm, without context I risk a guess and say that &...Hmm, without context I risk a guess and say that "Hilf" is supposed to be german for "Help". As no one of these writers could be bothered to look into a dictionary, this falls right into the "Ve haf vays of making you talk" kind of speech.<br /><br />But this sounds truly mental. In the seventies the Black Forest was full of hidden castles manned by 70 years old SS AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-84583796179122999692011-10-10T07:30:00.882-05:002011-10-10T07:30:00.882-05:00You had me at "flame heated golden phallus.&q...You had me at "flame heated golden phallus."JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-50518878973954394002011-10-10T07:17:26.633-05:002011-10-10T07:17:26.633-05:00Man, this sounds alternately amazing and frustrati...Man, this sounds alternately amazing and frustrating. That 80 pages of exposition would likely sink me, but then that amazing man with a screwdriver would make me go "Hiff"!Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.com