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Acacia pt II

Monday, June 1st, 2009

OK, Durham’s got further to go than I thought before he’s a good writer. You can’t set up a tense political situation, where the only apparent options are failure and moral cowardice, and then find a third way to resolve it… in a catchup narrative.

And maybe one day he’ll stop writing royal Mary Sues, but I won’t hold my breath.

Part 1 (start here)
Part 3