Talk:The Devil's Cosmonaut/@comment-25021327-20150806032622

This was quite an enjoyable read :) I thought the writing was well done, and the pacing was great. I like stories that are paced slowly and consistently, and I felt that this one was both. I could see how soe readers might think this story is too long, but I didn;t think it really dragged at any point.

The theme of being alone in space is one I like a lot, and this one, in some parts, reminded me of 2001, and Maelstrom II, both stories that I love. I think that being alone and thousands of miles from civilization is something that is pretty universally unsettling, and is great for creepypasta.

I thought that the way that the hallucinations were handled and written was pretty good. The surreal, and dreamlike state of being unable to sleep came across pretty well here, and I thought that made the hallucinations easier to relate to. They also weren't done in a way that sensationalized them.

There were a lot of layers to what was going on here, and it kept me engaged thinking about what was happening, what was real, and what the intentions of the characters were. Things were described well enough that I could easily imagine what was being written about, though someone who hasn't watched or read as much sci-fi as me might need some more descriptive visuals.

I found the ending to be pretty good, although I also would have liked to see the story go in a different direction, but I thought that everything leading up to the end was done well enough that any kind of ending would have been satisfying. The whole thing still has a feeling of being open to interpretation as well, which is nice.

The spelling and grammar here were done very well, with only a couple of typos, and the dialogue was formatted well which is nice, format and clarity were all in good order as well. Things were clear when they needed to be, and vague when it was appropriate.

In all, I'm glad I took some time to read this story, it was a treat for someone like me. I'd definitely recommend this pasta to folks who like sci-fi horror, or just isolation-based horror. Nice work :)