Comments on: The Unbearable Beings Of Lightness http://sumitsays.com/2009/01/23/the-unbearable-beings-of-lightness/ Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ShaunCG http://sumitsays.com/2009/01/23/the-unbearable-beings-of-lightness/#comment-60 ShaunCG Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:10:14 +0000 http://s238191245.websitehome.co.uk/stories/?p=33#comment-60 Hi Sumit, and welcome to the F3 posse! I love the titular pun and enjoyed your story - looking forward to reading more. Hi Sumit, and welcome to the F3 posse! I love the titular pun and enjoyed your story – looking forward to reading more.

]]> By: Sumit Dam http://sumitsays.com/2009/01/23/the-unbearable-beings-of-lightness/#comment-59 Sumit Dam Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:18:27 +0000 http://s238191245.websitehome.co.uk/stories/?p=33#comment-59 Thanks for the kind words, all. Sarah: The image is a <a href="http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/people/5929105-couple-in-a-livingroom-posing.php?id=5929105" rel="nofollow">stock picture</a> with a bit of judicious lens flare added. Took me ages to find one I liked! Gareth - Hello! Glad to be aboard. Not everything I'm going to post <a href="http://sumitsays.com/about/" rel="nofollow">really qualifies as flash</a>, but I hope that won't disqualify me ;) Thanks for the kind words, all.

Sarah: The image is a stock picture with a bit of judicious lens flare added. Took me ages to find one I liked!

Gareth – Hello! Glad to be aboard. Not everything I’m going to post really qualifies as flash, but I hope that won’t disqualify me ;)

]]> By: Gareth D Jones http://sumitsays.com/2009/01/23/the-unbearable-beings-of-lightness/#comment-58 Gareth D Jones Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:44:43 +0000 http://s238191245.websitehome.co.uk/stories/?p=33#comment-58 Sorry I missed this last week - and welcome to FFF. Sorry I missed this last week – and welcome to FFF.

]]> By: Sarah E. http://sumitsays.com/2009/01/23/the-unbearable-beings-of-lightness/#comment-57 Sarah E. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:10:17 +0000 http://s238191245.websitehome.co.uk/stories/?p=33#comment-57 Hey, I tried to leave a comment for this before but it doesn't seem to have worked. Loved the touch where Jeff's golfing acquaintances invite Art for drinks. Even if Jeff doesn't like them all that much it's still got to sting. Great concept too - just how much somebody will put up with to get approval? I'm intrigued by the image. Did you create it or find it? Hey, I tried to leave a comment for this before but it doesn’t seem to have worked. Loved the touch where Jeff’s golfing acquaintances invite Art for drinks. Even if Jeff doesn’t like them all that much it’s still got to sting. Great concept too – just how much somebody will put up with to get approval? I’m intrigued by the image. Did you create it or find it?

]]> By: Kevin Hicks http://sumitsays.com/2009/01/23/the-unbearable-beings-of-lightness/#comment-56 Kevin Hicks Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:41:39 +0000 http://s238191245.websitehome.co.uk/stories/?p=33#comment-56 Really good, but is it true to your hard sci fi roots? ;-) Really good, but is it true to your hard sci fi roots? ;-)

]]> By: Denni http://sumitsays.com/2009/01/23/the-unbearable-beings-of-lightness/#comment-55 Denni Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:20:35 +0000 http://s238191245.websitehome.co.uk/stories/?p=33#comment-55 Great story :) Great story :)

]]> By: Sumit Dam http://sumitsays.com/2009/01/23/the-unbearable-beings-of-lightness/#comment-54 Sumit Dam Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:23:13 +0000 http://s238191245.websitehome.co.uk/stories/?p=33#comment-54 Thanks, Earl. I wrote this story after returning from a week-long writing retreat in the wilds of Scotland. It wasn't directly inspired by that trip - my fellow house-guests were great company and scrupulous about cleaning up their ichor - but I did get to thinking about how awful it could have been. And then the title popped into my head, and that was that. I'm posting it this week as my contribution to the Altered Film Titles challenge posted by the Friday Flash Fictioneers - thanks to my friends Gaie and Sarah over at <a href="http://www.plotmedics.com/" title="Plot Medics: Emergency Services for Writers" rel="nofollow">Plot Medics</a> for tipping me off. Thanks, Earl.

I wrote this story after returning from a week-long writing retreat in the wilds of Scotland. It wasn’t directly inspired by that trip – my fellow house-guests were great company and scrupulous about cleaning up their ichor – but I did get to thinking about how awful it could have been. And then the title popped into my head, and that was that.

I’m posting it this week as my contribution to the Altered Film Titles challenge posted by the Friday Flash Fictioneers – thanks to my friends Gaie and Sarah over at Plot Medics for tipping me off.

]]> By: Earl Butler http://sumitsays.com/2009/01/23/the-unbearable-beings-of-lightness/#comment-53 Earl Butler Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:27:45 +0000 http://s238191245.websitehome.co.uk/stories/?p=33#comment-53 Social climbing and culture shock. The struggle of the middle class urbane. Great story! Social climbing and culture shock. The struggle of the middle class urbane. Great story!

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