Location: United States
Member Since: Aug. 05, 2011
Loretta Stephenson
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- Plantgirl
on Aug. 05, 2011
Plantgirl is one of my favorite short stories by M Pax. One of my favorite paragraphs comes after "The world baffled Ba." I had to read it twice, since it was so surprising yet effective. I also enjoyed the subtle hints of wry humor, and M Pax has a way of writing so I can "see" the story. Plantgirl has a great ending that was warm, quirky and surprising. Made me smile!
- Semper Audacia
on Oct. 02, 2011
I just finished Semper Audacia... Wow! It's full of intense feelings, drama, terrors and pathos. Relationships that were tender and loving, yet clothed in heartbreak. Courage, duty and devotion, yet also an eery technology that kind of made my skin crawl... on about 3 levels. ;-) It was a high speed ride that kept me from going to bed until I got to the ending, which reached out and grabbed my emotions. This was NOT your typical or predictable space opera tale! M. Pax has a descriptive yet poetic way of writing, even when talking techno-babble and describing crater pocked ugly moons! I was "there"... I could feel it, see it, almost smell it. It feels like she involves all your senses in the story. You don't just read it... you inhale it, hear it, ingest it, live it! Can you tell I LOVED Semper Audacia?! Yep... I highly recommend it.