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: You should not have created ''[[The Slow Path... (short story)|The Slow Path...]]'' without discussion. I don't have the book on me right now but from memory I'm not entirely convinced that some of the letters would pass rule 1 if we classified them separately. --[[User:Borisashton|Borisashton]] [[User talk:Borisashton|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:14, July 6, 2020 (UTC) | : You should not have created ''[[The Slow Path... (short story)|The Slow Path...]]'' without discussion. I don't have the book on me right now but from memory I'm not entirely convinced that some of the letters would pass rule 1 if we classified them separately. --[[User:Borisashton|Borisashton]] [[User talk:Borisashton|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 15:14, July 6, 2020 (UTC) | ||
:: Yeah, I'm with Boris on this one. The [[wikipedia:epistolary novel|epistolary novel]] (a book made up of a succession of increasingly connected letters from various characters within the diegesis) is an established literary form, and doesn't mean the various "collected texts" are short stories in their own right. Is Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' an anthology now? --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:03, July 17, 2020 (UTC) | :: Yeah, I'm with Boris on this one. The [[wikipedia:epistolary novel|epistolary novel]] (a book made up of a succession of increasingly connected letters from various characters within the diegesis) is an established literary form, and doesn't mean the various "collected texts" are short stories in their own right. Is Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' an anthology now? --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:03, July 17, 2020 (UTC) | ||
:Boris, you are not an admin - putting across your opinion is fine but stating that I should not have done something is not your job. All of these instalments are individual stories, just like Brief Encounters / the Blogs of Doom. And as for you, Scrooge, how are any of these letters “increasingly connected”? They are all standalone. [[User:Xx-connor-xX|Xx-connor-xX]] [[User talk:Xx-connor-xX|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:07, July 18, 2020 (UTC) | |||
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This release is an anthology, rather than a novel, as it is a collection of short stories in the form of letters and writings by the Doctor. Each short story deserves a page of its own - similar to Brief Encounter and The Blogs of Doom. Xx-connor-xX ☎ 11:11, July 6, 2020 (UTC)
- You should not have created The Slow Path... without discussion. I don't have the book on me right now but from memory I'm not entirely convinced that some of the letters would pass rule 1 if we classified them separately. --Borisashton ☎ 15:14, July 6, 2020 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'm with Boris on this one. The epistolary novel (a book made up of a succession of increasingly connected letters from various characters within the diegesis) is an established literary form, and doesn't mean the various "collected texts" are short stories in their own right. Is Bram Stoker's Dracula an anthology now? --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 23:03, July 17, 2020 (UTC)
- Boris, you are not an admin - putting across your opinion is fine but stating that I should not have done something is not your job. All of these instalments are individual stories, just like Brief Encounters / the Blogs of Doom. And as for you, Scrooge, how are any of these letters “increasingly connected”? They are all standalone. Xx-connor-xX ☎ 00:07, July 18, 2020 (UTC)
