Re: Review of OTHERSYDE by J. Michael Straczynski

 Posted on 10/2/1996 by jmsatb5@aol.com to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


I think I pretty much agree with the comments, criticisms inclusive.
OtherSyde was my second novel, and I was still learning my craft, so it
has some rough edges, though overall I think it works.

Re: some dangling threads and a hurried sense to the last third...again, I
agree. The book was about 100 pages over what the publisher decided what
he wanted to put out, and sliced off a lot of threads, and hurried a lot
of the other stuff. Which is one reason why I haven't let the book be
reprinted since; I'd prefer to go to the longer version...and I'm
embarrassed to say I don't know where the draft is. (Or the files.) I
think the longer version worked a lot better.



jms