>>I have to confess; I had kinda, sorta given up on EPU. I wasn't
>>feeling Symphony of the Sword anymore.
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>>I imagine Benjamin Stark will be channeling the good Dr. Thompson,
>>albeit with much less recreational chemistry, and maybe a
>>little bit less gunplay.
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>Wait. He's in a cyberpunk future story that revolves around armed
>conflict between rogue robots and people in powered armor, and you're
>thinking less gunplay? :)
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>--G. Fair enough. It's just that from the Starkwire posts, he seems mellower, more reasonable than Thompson was. I just figured he might be more inclined to talk things out than just start blasting.
Of course, another spiritual descendant of HST, Spider Jerusalem once said (more or less): "Journalism is about criminal enterprise."
>That makes me sad.
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>But I can kinda see where you're coming from. The series has changed
>a lot, and not always in ways that were wise of me to get involved
>with.
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This isn't the thread to discuss it, but I'll just say that their came a point where it became too far-fetched, and leave it at that.