niankhsekhmet

They really well...suck.

I just read a prequel for the series 'Alias'. I thought, sure, no problem light hearted reading to do while I am waiting for something else. Afer finishing it in less than an hour, all I can say is that the majority of my friends, about 7/8ths of Pan Historia and yes, even I write much better than the author of this book. The writing was really, really BAD! There was no way you could sympathize with the lead character, Sydney Bristow, who is supposed to be this super-intelligent wonder girl, who was raised (more or less) to be an agent for the CIA. No one in such a position could be potentially that much of an air-head! Being that incredibly stupid and naieve, Sydney wouldn't even have lasted as long as the Star Trek Expendable Crew Member, and those guys get it within the first fifteen minutes of ever Star Trek episode. (That particular requiremet is in the episode script formula for that series btw, trust me!) It makes me wonder how an author gets a plum job like that. Bantam books must have been hard up, or someone had something ready to go. I'm not sure why I read it really. I like the crime / spy genre, and Im really starting to get into it. I have a character who is suppossed to be breaking into FBI Headquarters evidence room and stealing some very damning evidence that would put away some mafia Don for a very long time. I know that Nikos is waiting for that installment so that the storyline can move forward. I dont like this character as much as the one who is the daughter of a drug lord. With that one I have to think sometimes to get her out of predicaments and just to keep her alive. That's where the fun begins.

So...what do you do to relax on your day off, Niankh? Well I write interactive fiction stories about crime, intrigue, international plots and blowing things up!