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Tiffany Glenn's avatar

I love that at the heart of this story is a racer on two wheels. Excellent work, Ian. I want to read more of this world.πŸ–€πŸŒπŸ©ΆπŸŒšπŸ€

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Ian Patterson's avatar

Thanks Tiffany! I always knew I wanted to do a sci-fi sports story, and I don't think it could have ever been anything other than a racer on two wheels 😁

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Ken W.'s avatar

All the claustrophobic little details! I just like dust being the enemy, for how eternally present it is. Also, describing how the dust will devour you and make you part of the moon. Good cosmic horror.

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Ian Patterson's avatar

Thanks Ken! I'll be sharing more in the upcoming weeks, hope you dig where it heads.

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Danielle Minnaar's avatar

I love the detail of tapping the chairs in the ground! It grounded the setting and got me invested in the protagonist at the same time. Fantastic stuff!

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Ian Patterson's avatar

Thank you for saying so!

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Kaile's avatar

This gives a whole new meaning to describing a trail as "moon dust." I love an underdog with something to prove!

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Ian Patterson's avatar

Somehow, this perfect joke you just made did not pop out to me while I was writing it 🀣

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Lila's avatar

i hope you do return to this :)

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Ian Patterson's avatar

Thank you! I almost certainly will, and until then it will continue to percolate somewhere in the back of my brain.

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Memoirs of a Mad Scientist's avatar

That regolith is nasty. Microscopic obsidian razor blades. Still a showstopper for lunar base plans!

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Ian Patterson's avatar

Well TIL to call it regolith, thanks for that! I listened to a podcast a long time ago about living on the moon, the dust is a fascinating obstacle

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