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Extremely familiar with this book; considering doing a rewrite/major edit for neutrality and formatting (characters, themes, etc). Objections? --Thessaly 01:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No objections...yet. But I'll be keeping a close watch with my beady, hypercritical eyes. Clarityfiend 02:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. Okay, you scared me off. --Thessaly 02:20, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I picked up on the kidding/not-kidding vibe, but I'm still a newb here and easily intimidated. Briefly, the synopsis seems a little dramatic/book-jackety to me. I also had in mind a character breakdown (e.g., Fitch, who I think of as a fairly major character/antagonist), and 'themes', if I can figure out what they are. Again, newb; but I spell pretty well, have a slavish love of Cherryh, and have read this book about sixty thousand times.
Don't hurt me. --Thessaly 02:43, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just as a point of reference, can you tell me what I said above that made you decide to warn me about original research? --Thessaly 04:06, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"...'themes', if I can figure out what they are." Clarityfiend 04:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was being glib. However, I was also going on examples from other novel-based articles (Snow Crash, Cyteen, Jane Eyre) with 'theme' or 'motif' sections. If these are examples of the wrong way to do it, let me know. --Thessaly 04:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Snow Crash looks fine - it's got lots of references to back up the content, Jane Eyre is a bit iffy, but may be OK since it links to other articles which may themselves be properly sourced (I didn't check), but the whole section in Cyteen blatantly violates the policy IMHO. As far as anybody knows, it's just some editor's opinion; whether it's valid or not is irrelevant. Clarityfiend 04:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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