[ExI] POST MORTAL chugging on

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Fri Jun 15 10:43:14 UTC 2007


On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 10:32:44PM -0500, Damien Broderick wrote:
> At 07:49 PM 6/14/2007 -0700, Chris Hibbert wrote:
> 
> >As to the story, I'm enjoying it.  The one complaint I have is the
> >schizophrenia.  Multiple personalities seems like a cheap trick for an
> >author to pull.  Gives you too many options.  But you haven't overplayed it.

To nitpick, schizophrenia is not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder
 
> It's a tricksy device, true, and perhaps an overly familiar one, but 
> in this instance the condition has been pharmacologically enhanced. A 
> bit like the dreaded Gay Bomb. :)



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