I could see Dean making a come back waaaaay down the line, as a rouge leader of some small band of his own warriors.. kind of a younger version of Ryans gang. They could include the techie from Hellbenders and his girl..( that would be J.B. and Mildred ) I can't remember if the girl he fancied while in boarding school is still alive ( that would be Krysty ) and then maybe throw in some mutie twins that have some weird doomie / seeing power ( Jak and Doc ) Hell Dean could even find his own redoubt and have found some high military personals son frozen. Come on GE, The possibilities are ENDLESS!!!!!!!! It's a whole new series in itself!!!
Alan you could have had a field day with this idea, hey is Dean copywrited?? hmmmmmmm, just saying.....

hey dean_cawdor 1977

thats not a bad idea. lets hope the writers read this and take it on as a good idea

Totally agree that when LJ was around we actually had good continuity in the series!I miss that.Jak was 16,and while it is cool that he is such a badass at such a young age it hurts the believability some to me?
I think The characters should have aged some by now.
Ryan should at least be 42 which I assume would make Jak about 21 as Ryan was 35 when he met Jak at his age of 14?
The never aging and refusal to not add to(instead of replacing)the grups clothing/weapons has got to change!

grups clothing/weapons has got to change!

What?! You don't think that Krysty's blue cowboy boots are the most highly sophisticated combat wear ever?! If she does a hand stand they are camophlaged by the sky and there's nothing like running long distances in cowboy boots, otherwise John Wayne never would have done it... right?
LOL

Sun

Yeah I always wondered about the functionality of those stupid boots too.How the hell can you run in cowboy boots?Plus they never describe her wearing any socks?Ewwwww,hot as she is that would still smell pretty freakin bad!

So lets sum it up.Stupid cowboy boots and a lousy 5 shot .38 in Death lands.Not the best tactical gear for roaming a Nuclear apocalyptic mutant filled nightmare world!

Back on subject here, I would like to see the companions meet up with the people from Shadow World again. Not the evil scientists, but the fighters who were trapped in the DLverse due to Ryan's amazing destructive ability. Maybe friends, maybe enemies... either way it would be sweet... IMO anyways.

Sun

Posted By Bury The Sun on 20 Jul 2009 06:04 PM
I would like to see the companions meet up with the people from Shadow World again. 

That would be Doom Helix, although I am not sure yet when it will be released.  Next year sometime, I think.  All I can say is, there is at least one character that dies a horrible death (not one of the companions, but a character in the book with an oddly familiar name....).

there is at least one character that dies a horrible death

Hopefully it's this guy Ron who keeps showing up around here badmouthing everybody... OH! Ron... I didn't know you were here... I was just talking about how much of a nice guy you are...

LOL

I must be some kind of doomie though right? lol

Sun

Sweet  sounds like its going to be one hell of a book. Isn't that book AP last book with GE?

I believe the up and coming Alpha Wave is AP's last installment... sadly enough, because I have truly enjoyed his writing... but the show must go on, and who knows- maybe the next guy will be LJ reincarnated or something right? lol

Sun

We can dream can't we BTS?

The series has never been the same since the LJ day's has it?

I honestly do LIKE alot of the new authors... sure they have their problems, but you've gotta give them some props! I mean we might bitch about the books... but we just read them, and never have to deal with the stresses of writing for a living... I will say this though, Not a single one of the latest authors can get close to LJ's amazing smut writing ability! He was a great dirty thinker! LOL

Sun

Yes I agree completely BTS!LJ was great with always having Ryan getting raped by a woman or a Stickie female!
I miss the whole LJ formula of jumping from redoubt to redoubt,the smut angle involving some member of the group in a compromising situation,and his whole character development as well.Alot of the authors have done good work,but I will always love LJ's the most!

Posted By One Eyed Vengance on 21 Jul 2009 05:17 PM
I miss the whole LJ formula of jumping from redoubt to redoubt,the smut angle involving some member of the group in a compromising situation.

I miss the jumps too, and while we are on the subject of jumping...

Laurence called it "the human side" of the group, showing that amongst all the death, horror and hopelessness of it all the group still had feelings on a more basic level !!!

Me, I always thought he was a pervert and told him so. He laughed and offered me more tea so I guess it never hurt his feelings that much.

So I take it You and LJ were personal friends?You actually shared tea together?(was he a Brit as well,tea being the preffered English beverage?)

That is very very cool!

Posted By One Eyed Vengance on 21 Jul 2009 06:05 PM

So I take it You and LJ were personal friends?You actually shared tea together?(was he a Brit as well,tea being the preffered English beverage?)

That is very very cool!

Yes Laurence was English and he lived in Oxford, I live in Liverpool about 140 miles apart.

I became friends with Laurence after sending him several fan letters.

See my PM for further details...

That is very cool my friend.I am envious.

I would have loved to have met him!

Posted By One Eyed Vengance on 21 Jul 2009 06:37 PM

That is very cool my friend.I am envious.

I would have loved to have met him!

You should try to find some of his other books (he wrote one or two others) and see just how many proto-DL characters you can spot.

CLICK --> Laurence James Bibliography

Thank's Jim!

I'm going there now.

Enjoy !!