This is rawkin’, Phil. I don’t generally go for zombie fiction, but I really like your perspective on this one.

I like this, having a maths background myself. It’s not the normal type of zombie story (and those can get very repetitive).

Great story!! =)

nice continuation, a little more math and zombies in here, and a general attitude of logic.

Wow, that started bad with the first two lines, then got worse! Oh well, at least he didn’t try to write dialogue, so it could have been worse. Doesn’t work scientifically either, as anyone who has worked with or read papers about sand dunes can tell you (or anyone who has watched a pile of papers on their desk slide to the floor…..)

fantastique

Pity. Apparently, even Ficly has its trolls…

troll? hardly, just someone who enjoys good fiction and isn’t afraid to tell bad writers what I think. Just as I tell good writers the same. Drooling over bad stories doesn’t do anyone any good. I’ve got 40 years experience reading good sf and 30 and 30 years experience DOING good science. So I’ve earned the right to voice my opinions.

Not bad, not bad, and piques enough interest to make me want to read the sequels and prequels. Sadly for the protagonist though, the only advantage of being a mathematician here is that he’ll know how long he’s got…

I really enjoy how this takes a commonly explored storyline and shifts the focus onto what the character’s view of life brings to the situation.

I might not be a scientist, so I don’t know all the math involved, but I enjoy the way you combine an analytical mind with a truly unreal situation.

Avatar ElshaHawk (LoA) : Actually, this was the original; the prequel was written by someone else after I posted this. :) But this is an interesting point: how do we know which story was first in a series? Ficly should have some flag for that.

Thanks for posting a link to this on Twitter, Phil. I’m hooked on Ficly!