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Re: Eric Olafson, Neo-viking (GC V) - [FineStories} Show Details FromFineStories Feedback   [mailto:Tovanessaravencroft@yahoo.com Tovanessaravencroft@yahoo.com]  Message from:

Just finished the story and wanted to say how much I appreciated it.

At first I thought your vikings were a lot more chauvinistic and 'beserekr' like than the historical ones, but you rectified it rather skillfully.

I'd like to address a few a few things however:

The story about how Thor lost Mjölnir is a tale of cooperation, true, but it was also considered somewhat comical. Thor was the very epitome of manliness. That he was able to fool the Giants (Ettens) as Freaya; the most beautiful off all the As girls, was considered hilarious to vikings of old.

I liked your use of Scandinavian names for swords, but as a Norwegian I found it somewhat distracting at times, seeing as I always promised "Mördaren" in sweetish, thus breaking my natural reading pace. But I guess that only applies to Scandinavians.

My final 'complaint' regards the name of the police force. "Nilfeheim Beskyddare Vakt" does directly translate to " Nilfeheim Protective Force " but "Vakt" can also be translated to "protectors" or "guardians". I would have named the police force " Nilfeheim Beskyddare " or " Nilfeheim Vaktene ", "The Nilfeheim protectors" and "The guards of Nilfeheim" accordingly.

All in all however I enjoyed the story and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the stories in the Galactic Chronicles stories.