The Gathering Darkness (the Connor series) - Dirk B. (Page 31 of 57)

Almost had a heart attack after rechecking my research about Satan fathering the Antichrist. Folks on my Catholic forum say angels and demons can't reproduce. Fortunately, I eventually (re)stumbled on Genesis 6:1-4. It clearly distinguishes sons of God from men. The former are generally understood to be angels according to the NABRE, the most commonly used Catholic Bible in the US. Also, Wikipedia has an article about sex with demons, although it's not as clear as the Bible verses.

Ravens is kinda Norse, no?

Nuts. Ravens feature prominently in Omen 2. They act on behalf of teenaged Damien's subconscious to kill three of his potential enemies. Given the other similarities between my story and the Omen, I'll probably avoid ravens. Crows, perhaps?

Bit of a plot hole in three of my scenes that I'd like to address, although I'm not sure how. Scene 1.1 (the healing of Alessandro's epilepsy) has Alessandro clearly know what happened during the seizure, although epileptics normally don't remember anything. In scene 1.3 he discusses it with Connor at breakfast as having felt the Holy Spirit bathe him in healing energy. Scene 2.1 has Connor kiss Cardinal Nnamani's ring on the cardinal's paralyzed arm, which leads to tingling in the fingers by the end of the scene and a full recovery within a day.

Question is, how come Alessandro felt himself being healed even while unconscious, while Nnamani felt no such rush through his body? The best answer I can come up with is that Connor was pouring healing energy directly into Alessandro's brain (he was holding Alessandro's head at the time), whereas he only held the cardinal's arm and kissed his ring. Seems like an asspull, though, since the entire right side of the cardinal's body is healed within 24 hours, which in theory ought to include his brain. Another possible answer is that the cardinal didn't feel it right away because his right side is paralyzed, including damage to the relevant part of his brain. Both options seem lame.

Or, I can just say screw it and ignore the problem. No reviewers have brought it up, although that could be because they're reading my scenes weeks apart and it doesn't stand out.

Thoughts?
Dirk

I definitely prefer their experiences to be similar if possible. I'll try playing with the wording of both healings to see if I can do more to reconcile the two.

I was poking around Dune the other day. Lamenting the effort it would take to read through until the series gets good (circa book 5)

I'm going to have to buy the Kindle versions of Frank Herbert's sequels since I left the printed copies behind in the US. I read the Wikipedia entries for the two books that close out the series. Those were based on Herbert's notes. I didn't care for the plot summaries. Way too complicated to follow. I'll probably get around to them eventually. I read them years ago and vaguely recall not liking them much. I read a few of the prequel novels over the years but it got it of control. Talk about milking a franchise to death.

I own hunters in hard cover. They were on sale for $4 in a bin in Coles. Haven't read ... was lost by chapter 3 not enjoyable at all

Plus many of the characters in Hunters I was emotionally done with. Actually not "many"... "all".

The prequels were abit rough, but I did like Butlerian Jihad. The book 3 "twist that everyone saw coming because otherwise the later books would never have occurred" was kinda contrived/forced but there's only so much material a prequel can invent. I felt Darth Vader's crossover was equally forced in the SW prequels.

haha I just checked out the reviews. so vicious lol

From an Amazon.com review: "I won't even try to catalog the overwhelming number of defects that we are subjected to by the sadly unimaginative semi-literate steaming turd that is Hunters of Dune."

Makes me worry about what people will say about my books.

Frank Herbert spent a lot of time describing the indescribable. Lots of showing of rocks and desert. Can't picture most of it.