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In the Spirit of the Season ...

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Dec. 15th, 2008 | 08:11 am
posted by: [info]lizhand in [info]theinferior4

I'm posting "Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol," in 11 parts.  This ran as a serial on the Inferior 4 this time last year, so I've just cut-and-pasted those links.  There's a brief intro to most of them, and in some cases the URLs I've given for bonus stuff may be dead (or not).  For those of you unfamiliar with it, this is a short Christmas novel that originally ran as a serial on SciFiction.com in 2000; an homage to two lost icons, Joey Ramone and Sandy Becker, a popular NYC-area kiddie show host of the 1960s.  Merry Christmas!


Part 1  http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/201569.html

Part 2  http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/205008.html

Part 3  http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/208014.html

Part 4  http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/212679.html

Part 5  http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/219341.html

Part 6  http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/222191.html

Part 7  http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/223933.html

Part 8  http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/226329.html

Part 9: http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/228429.html

Part 10 http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/229565.html

Conclusion http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/230316.html

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14theditch

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from: [info]14theditch
date: Dec. 15th, 2008 01:33 pm (UTC)
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Geeba geeba.

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lizhand

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from: [info]lizhand
date: Dec. 15th, 2008 01:55 pm (UTC)
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'That's my boy, Jeffrey Ford!'

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tim_pratt

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from: [info]tim_pratt
date: Dec. 16th, 2008 12:00 am (UTC)
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I love this story. I read it every year, and tell other people to do so, too.

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lizhand

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from: [info]lizhand
date: Dec. 16th, 2008 12:40 am (UTC)
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Thanks, Tim. I was driving around this afternoon on a very gray Maine winter's day, and stuck the Ramones on the CD player to brighten things up. It worked, too. The spirit of Joey Ramone still lives ...

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tim_pratt

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from: [info]tim_pratt
date: Dec. 16th, 2008 01:18 am (UTC)
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I was just listening to "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" this morning. Those boys knew how to have a good time.

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lizhand

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from: [info]lizhand
date: Dec. 16th, 2008 01:36 am (UTC)
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Yeah -- I was listeing to "Danny Says," which is a lovely song -- maybe the only lovely song they ever recorded -- and also a Christmas song. Joey's version of "It's a Wonderul World," on his final solo albujm, is pretty great too.

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Thanks

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date: Dec. 16th, 2008 07:08 pm (UTC)
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Good of you - Christmas can be a rough time. I'll look forward to reading this in my motel room next week.

Cheers - Lars

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lizhand

Re: Thanks

from: [info]lizhand
date: Dec. 16th, 2008 08:29 pm (UTC)
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Thanks, Lars -- I hope it brings some cheer to your motel room!

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Pockets

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from: [info]docpockets
date: Dec. 17th, 2008 08:59 pm (UTC)
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the Part 6 link goes to Part 5. Where is Part 6?

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lizhand

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from: [info]lizhand
date: Dec. 17th, 2008 09:30 pm (UTC)
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Sorry -- thanks for pointing that out. I just fixed it -- let me know if it doesn't run.

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Pockets

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from: [info]docpockets
date: Dec. 17th, 2008 09:42 pm (UTC)
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Wheee! Thanks, now I can finish reading the story.

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Pockets

Another link glitch

from: [info]docpockets
date: Dec. 17th, 2008 09:45 pm (UTC)
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Part 9 Link goes to Part 8.

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lizhand

Re: Another link glitch

from: [info]lizhand
date: Dec. 17th, 2008 10:54 pm (UTC)
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Agh!

But I just updated it. Thanks again. This is SO aggravating (for you). I have to admit, I've always been bad at things like this -- numbering things in orders, like with chapters and page numbers etc. Very simple stuff, and for some reason I get confused.

Hope you can reach the end this time!

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Re: Another link glitch

from: [info]lucius_t
date: Dec. 19th, 2008 01:30 pm (UTC)
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Well, it's fixed now. Great story. I did sort know where it was going, but not how it would get there. Tony is a splendid character. Merry, merry.

Not Lucius

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lizhand

Re: Another link glitch

from: [info]lizhand
date: Dec. 19th, 2008 01:42 pm (UTC)
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Hey Not Lucius,

Thanks. I wrote that before Joey Ramone died, so I'm glad that Tony's still around to carry on.

Merry Christmas -- God help us, every one!

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