Comments on: Pseudopod 047: Akropolis http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/ The Sound of Horror. Pseudopod is the world\'s first audio horror magazine. We deliver bone-chilling stories from today\'s most talented authors straight to your computer or MP3 player. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:52:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jokeusabusyu http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-118745 jokeusabusyu Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:19:58 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-118745 <p>glass watch right white boy we glass kitchen watch day</p> glass watch right white boy we glass kitchen watch day

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]]> By: Mari Mitchell http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-20642 Mari Mitchell Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:46:37 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-20642 <p>Interesting but not the best lovecraftian tale. Then again I have not liked his others here either.</p> Interesting but not the best lovecraftian tale. Then again I have not liked his others here either.

]]> By: Dom http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-18831 Dom Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:47:23 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-18831 <p>This story was fantastic- one of Pseudopod's best. 10/10</p> This story was fantastic- one of Pseudopod’s best. 10/10

]]> By: Nyct Amotus http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-5464 Nyct Amotus Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:06:56 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-5464 <p>I liked it, and I was just considering listening to it again. But the twist ending (to me) made it "epically hopeless" and there was not much on an individual human scale to relate to.</p> I liked it, and I was just considering listening to it again. But the twist ending (to me) made it “epically hopeless” and there was not much on an individual human scale to relate to.

]]> By: Spork http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-4014 Spork Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:19:36 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-4014 <p>This story, from the school of "tell, don't show," was one of the more painful stories to which to listen from the tentacle works here in quite some time. I kept waiting for something to happen. Some sort of development, some sort of challenge, some sort of conflict.</p> <p>But, when you write in a manner that just tells everything instead of showing it, there's no room for action, challenge, or conflict. What you're left with is a bland outline of a story.</p> <p>Seriously. I'd have honestly preferred a rerun of that werewolf president flop than this, it was so bad.</p> This story, from the school of “tell, don’t show,” was one of the more painful stories to which to listen from the tentacle works here in quite some time. I kept waiting for something to happen. Some sort of development, some sort of challenge, some sort of conflict.

But, when you write in a manner that just tells everything instead of showing it, there’s no room for action, challenge, or conflict. What you’re left with is a bland outline of a story.

Seriously. I’d have honestly preferred a rerun of that werewolf president flop than this, it was so bad.

]]> By: Dischord http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3791 Dischord Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:39:58 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3791 <p>Best yet. Or at least among my top 3.</p> <p>The absence of a traditional 'antagonist' didn't hurt this story at all. It was a strong concept piece, experimental, yes, but quite good. I thoroughly enjoyed the image of the masters descending in their great city to claim the world their servant has taken for them. At the end, I had a great image of the once-human cephalopoid Danneth silhouetted squamously against the stars atop his tower and looking with joy as his masters arrive. It gave a fantastic sense of the epic scope and awesome power of these beings.</p> Best yet. Or at least among my top 3.

The absence of a traditional ‘antagonist’ didn’t hurt this story at all. It was a strong concept piece, experimental, yes, but quite good. I thoroughly enjoyed the image of the masters descending in their great city to claim the world their servant has taken for them. At the end, I had a great image of the once-human cephalopoid Danneth silhouetted squamously against the stars atop his tower and looking with joy as his masters arrive. It gave a fantastic sense of the epic scope and awesome power of these beings.

]]> By: Alex Debord http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3734 Alex Debord Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:20:19 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3734 <p>I was very very scared of the whole thing :/ I mean, to me the most horrifying this is utter helplessness, not like zombies that you can just shoot in the head, but real MONSTERS like this. Although it doesn't have the blood and gore than some of us enjoy, it just goes to show you what a good author can do. I hope to see the film!</p> I was very very scared of the whole thing :/ I mean, to me the most horrifying this is utter helplessness, not like zombies that you can just shoot in the head, but real MONSTERS like this. Although it doesn’t have the blood and gore than some of us enjoy, it just goes to show you what a good author can do. I hope to see the film!

]]> By: Dave (aka Nev the Deranged... or is it the other way around?) http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3523 Dave (aka Nev the Deranged... or is it the other way around?) Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:55:25 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3523 <p>I really liked this one. I don't find any so-called "horror" stories particularly frightening, but I appreciated the epic scale and the twist ending. It could have had a little more detail, and as Bruce notes, a worthy antagonist might have been more interesting, but I sense that wasn't really the point of the story. The Akropoli HAD to be all-powerful, to make their impending slavery mean something. Very well red, too.</p> <p>I also think this scenario would make an interesting setting for a game. Sure, the alien overlords bit has been done, but you can never get too much of a good thing.</p> <p>Unless it's cheese.</p> I really liked this one. I don’t find any so-called “horror” stories particularly frightening, but I appreciated the epic scale and the twist ending. It could have had a little more detail, and as Bruce notes, a worthy antagonist might have been more interesting, but I sense that wasn’t really the point of the story. The Akropoli HAD to be all-powerful, to make their impending slavery mean something. Very well red, too.

I also think this scenario would make an interesting setting for a game. Sure, the alien overlords bit has been done, but you can never get too much of a good thing.

Unless it’s cheese.

]]> By: Bruce P http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3460 Bruce P Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:27:29 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3460 <p>I didn't think there was anything creepy about it. Unstoppable protagonist meets no true challenge. The twist at the end would make for a better story.</p> I didn’t think there was anything creepy about it. Unstoppable protagonist meets no true challenge. The twist at the end would make for a better story.

]]> By: Mark Henderson http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3446 Mark Henderson Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:01:13 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3446 <p>Excellent story, excellent reading. Totally creeped me out and I listened to it several times already. Refreshing horror fiction.</p> Excellent story, excellent reading. Totally creeped me out and I listened to it several times already. Refreshing horror fiction.

]]> By: Space Toast http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3425 Space Toast Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:24:44 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3425 <p>One of my favorite PseudoPods so far. Expected yet another boring commute through the Cthulu Mythos, but instead got a strongly voiced, economic, well designed tale with a great, perfectly owned twist. We'll hope for the best with Wallace's film option.</p> One of my favorite PseudoPods so far. Expected yet another boring commute through the Cthulu Mythos, but instead got a strongly voiced, economic, well designed tale with a great, perfectly owned twist. We’ll hope for the best with Wallace’s film option.

]]> By: RandyF http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3400 RandyF Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:14:06 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3400 <p>I disagree with you Bruce. I find this story creepy as all get out. I think the story is epic. I can see how MW got a short story optioned for film.</p> <p>I also found this story to be well read. Thumbs up.</p> I disagree with you Bruce. I find this story creepy as all get out. I think the story is epic. I can see how MW got a short story optioned for film.

I also found this story to be well read. Thumbs up.

]]> By: Bruce P http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3396 Bruce P Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:36:22 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/20/pseudopod-047-akropolis/#comment-3396 <p>I found this story a rather bland, and was left with a feeling of "so what?"</p> I found this story a rather bland, and was left with a feeling of “so what?”

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