Most tense parts of the Gap sequence ***spoiler warning***

Post by **Loredoctor** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:20 am

Spoiler

Okay, for me it was when Nick was given the codes to control Angus. I just sat there and thought, 'my god, poor Morn and Davies.'

Post by **Sorus** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:22 am

Good one, Loremaster. For me it was the last twenty or so pages of Chaos and Order.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:23 am

Sorus wrote:Good one, Loremaster. For me it was the last twenty or so pages of Chaos and Order.

God yeah. That was incredible - in some ways the best book of the series.

Must reread Gap.

Post by **Sorus** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:48 am

Loremaster wrote:Must reread Gap.

Me too. It's been too long since I read the whole series start to finish without interruption. Next on my list after I catch up with Erikson.

Post by **Revan** » Wed May 10, 2006 10:57 am

Sorus wrote:Good one, Loremaster. For me it was the last twenty or so pages of Chaos and Order.

Oh! I know it!

If it had been a film, I would have been on the edge of my sit, biting my nails!

As it was, I was in awe and suspence of the entire sequence!

Post by **Usivius** » Wed May 10, 2006 12:04 pm

good one Loremaster.
Another for me was the whole last council scenes in 'A Dark and Hungry God Arises'. The tension during those sequences were great.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Wed May 10, 2006 12:09 pm

Usivius wrote:good one Loremaster.
Another for me was the whole last council scenes in 'A Dark and Hungry God Arises'. The tension during those sequences were great.

Oh yeah, good pick.

Post by **A Gunslinger** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:14 pm

I just finished A Dark and Hungry God (second reading)...when Liete makes her decision...the moments between the decison and the outcome....WOW!

Post by **Holsety** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:43 am

A Gunslinger wrote:I just finished A Dark and Hungry God (second reading)...when Liete makes her decision...the moments between the decison and the outcome....WOW!

For me, that, and also the general escape from billingate stuff,

Spoiler

particularly the "last moments" of Billingate"

Post by **A Gunslinger** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:33 pm

I am almost 200 pages into C & O...it is a damn page-turner with each chapter revealing another layer of false assumptions, betrayal and utter horror!! I had forgotten how great it is! Jiminy crickets I'm going to weep!

Post by **Cagliostro** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:13 pm

I think one of the moments I remember the most was waiting for the last book to come out, finally getting it, reading the first chapter (???-maybe? It's been a while since I read it) and the Amnion ships surrounding the earth. If I am remembering it correctly. Just blew me away with the tension, cause I knew that the fecal matter had just hit the cool-down device. And things were just about to get especially interesting.

Post by **ItisWritten** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:24 pm

Chaos & Order: I'm not a fast reader (besides, I like to savor the tale), and 100 pages a day (especially with the paperback's tiny print) is alot for me. So when I say reading the Massif V sequence from when Soar destroyed Beckman's Lab (200 pages) kept my thumb glued to the binding all day, you'll understand.

It's a good thing I was home alone that day. There aren't too many things I can do one-handed.

Post by **wayfriend** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:31 pm

Welcome to the Watch, ItisWritten. Why not go to the Summonsing forum and introduce yourself?

Post by **Sorus** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:49 am

Welcome indeed, ItisWritten.

I wish I could have made C&O last a whole day the first time around.

Don't remember how long it took me to read it but it was over waay too fast. (I think I spent the whole day pretty dazed from the whole experience though.)

Post by **Avatar** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:43 am

Sorus wrote:Welcome indeed, ItisWritten.

I wish I could have made C&O last a whole day the first time around.

Don't remember how long it took me to read it but it was over waay too fast. (I think I spent the whole day pretty dazed from the whole experience though.)

Hear hear.

(And welcome.)

--A

Post by **Turiya** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:59 pm

A lot of them (The Gap really isn't conducive to breathing at a normal rate. . .I don't think I breathed *at all* for all of Chaos and Order and the end of This Day All Gods Die. . .). I'll go in order (ah, the wonderful freshness of having just reread them): Spoilers follow, so be forewarned:

1) Waiting for Angus to be arrested. You knew it was coming, but still--at that point it was still possible SRD would kill him off.

2) Enablement. That whole 200-ish pages of the creepy Amnion installation (not to mention "I wish to sit") made me (with a great effort of will) go "Put. . .the. . .book. . .down. . .

3) The Angus/Davies meeting on Billingate. Shock and horror and punching, oh my!

4) Billingate's "last moments", of course.

5) Nick getting Angus' priority codes. That was *horrible*. I cried.

6) The whole sequence leading up to the singularity grenade. *Brilliant*.

7) [/i]Trumpet coming out of the gap broadcasting the formula. . .and Calm Horizons being right there.

The hull sealant. The super-light proton cannon. I think I almost had a heart attack.

This whole series is amazing, but that's what's sticking out as heart-stopping moments right now

Post by **Frank The Rabbit** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:23 am

There are really too many to name, but several that spring to mind are:

- Nick's desperate moments at Billingate where he clings to a crew that is close to mutiny. Those were the best chapters in the series and fill me with awe and inspiration every I read them.

- Morn's rescue from the Amnion sector and the subsequent destruction of Billingate.

- When Calm Horizons resumes tard (or is it tach? My terminology is lacking) near Earth and the tense standoff that follows.

- The situation on Suka Bator with the amazing Koina/Cletus dynamics.

I just know I'm going to have to read it a fourth time.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:34 am

Frank The Rabbit wrote: - When Calm Horizons resumes tard (or is it tach? My terminology is lacking) near Earth and the tense standoff that follows.

- The situation on Suka Bator with the amazing Koina/Cletus dynamics.

Good choices!

Post by **Stutty** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:37 pm

"We're looking at an outright apotheosis here Angus. The Amnion are going to give us a superlight proton vasectomy!"

Forgive the paraphrase.

The sense of hope, wonder, fear, no words for it.

stutt

Post by **Cshaw71** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:01 pm

When Angus walked up behind Holt on Motherload and SRD leaving us with the image of Holt screaming in terror. At the point I think my head almost exploded. Even though that wasn't the most tense part, it was the one the just blew me away. SRD just left Angus with one of the most dangerous ships in UMC loaded with information that could give him endless resources. I don't recall SRD's exact breakdown of the ships capabilities but I just imagine Trumpet on steriods.

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