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hockeygod |
Jan 1 2004, 04:00 AM
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Thanks allyk. See, Clinton, that's all we wanted. (hockeygod, off to buy Dragonsong.)
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~ B.M. Proud Member of the I.S.D.!!! hockeygod I'm a Math Geek and it makes me happy!!! "Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."~Aristotle"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."~Henry Van Dyke"Life is wasted on the living."~Douglas Adams"Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together."~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Clinton |
Jan 1 2004, 06:50 AM
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hockeygod, dont buy dragonsong first, buy dragonflight, dragonquest, and the white dragon
buy dragonsong, dragonsinger, and dragondrums next
they parallel dragonflight, et al, and you really need to read dragonflight etc. to understand the dragonsong etc (commonly known as the harper hall trilogy)
and I wasnt in a bad mood, I just figger its more fun to find out yourself.
the entire series really isnt a series, its rather convoluted and strange and bizarre the way things intertwine and stuff like that
well, thats all now to start an orson scott card ender series thread.
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Robert |
Jan 1 2004, 09:50 AM
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Jennie, if you haven't read McCafrey's books then yuo've really missed something. They are FANTASTIC! My favorite character is Master Robinton. BTW, I've met Anne McCaffrey & got her autograph in one of my books. It was right after she finished writing All the Weyrs of Pern and had just sent it off to the publishers. We (the crowd at the bookstore) immediately volunteered to proofread it! Glen Echo Theatre in the Washington DC area also did a theatrical play of Dragonsinger, which I went to opening night. Mrs McCaffrey even said the girl playing Menolly had her exactly as she envisioned the character. I also have the very rare 1984 Dragonrider's calender featuring art by the Hildebrant brothers. Robert
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Let's Go Generals!Co-ed Naked Quidditch When Catching the Golden Snitch isn't Enough Advice to remember: If you can't apologize to someone when you're in the wrong, don't expect them to respect you afterwards.YOU WASH MY BACK AND..... an smutty outtake to Imogen's A Pensieve Affair QUOTE “Don’t move,” his voice whispered, “Trust me.”
Hope felt a shiver of anticipation run through her body at Matthew’s words.
“I do,” was her only reply as she surrendered control of the seduction to him. REFLECTIONS : a post PA story QUOTE George looked around and said, “We heard noises through the ceiling so we thought we’d come up and see you.”
“Yes,” added Fred, “funny thing is, though, in addition to the loud thumps we could have sworn we heard two different sets of footsteps.”
“Damn,” Hope thought, “we forgot to charm the floor!” INVICTUS, Book 5 of the Carpe Diem Universe The untold story of Harry's Sixth Year
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hockeygod |
Jan 15 2004, 04:36 PM
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Thanks for that opinion Entropy. I have never read the books, and was contemplating if I want to. If I decide to I'll be on the lookout for changing personalities.
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~ B.M. Proud Member of the I.S.D.!!! hockeygod I'm a Math Geek and it makes me happy!!! "Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."~Aristotle"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."~Henry Van Dyke"Life is wasted on the living."~Douglas Adams"Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together."~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Clinton |
Jan 16 2004, 04:21 AM
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I havent read the latest one yet, since I am too pake to spring for the hardcover. It was written with the help of her son, so I am not sure how it will be. as for writing style changing, that's only understandable when one ages, and views and opinions change. As for the death of in the first "computer" book, it was understandable, and I cant say more without the spoiler bbcode tag.
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hockeygod |
Jan 17 2004, 04:51 AM
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Whoa, that's a little freaky. Any idea how the book got on the table?
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~ B.M. Proud Member of the I.S.D.!!! hockeygod I'm a Math Geek and it makes me happy!!! "Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."~Aristotle"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."~Henry Van Dyke"Life is wasted on the living."~Douglas Adams"Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together."~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Jan 19 2004, 07:38 PM
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I love the Pern books too, from WAY back. I have the first mass-market paperback editions of the first trilogy in the series (Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon).
I think one reason the computer seems so abrupt is that we as readers tend to get lost in the dragons and the medieval lifestyle and forget we're reading science fiction. I love "lost colony" stories (since I live in North Carolina, where there's a real-life one in our history), and to me, the computer and what followed brought the story full-circle, back to its origins and the prologue of the first book.
Robert, I'm so jealous that you've actually met the author! Ms McCaffrey is like a bellwether for me - if I see a blurb by her on another author's book, I'm almost sure to like it.
I don't have the last few in the series yet. I got sidetracked onto her Rowan series for a while.
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Aug 25 2004, 03:37 AM
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I've only read one of the series. Why? Can't find any of the others!
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Robert |
Aug 25 2004, 06:34 AM
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If you haven't found them its because you haven't looked hard enough. Check any used book store, I can gaurantee you'll find some copies.
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Let's Go Generals!Co-ed Naked Quidditch When Catching the Golden Snitch isn't Enough Advice to remember: If you can't apologize to someone when you're in the wrong, don't expect them to respect you afterwards.YOU WASH MY BACK AND..... an smutty outtake to Imogen's A Pensieve Affair QUOTE “Don’t move,” his voice whispered, “Trust me.”
Hope felt a shiver of anticipation run through her body at Matthew’s words.
“I do,” was her only reply as she surrendered control of the seduction to him. REFLECTIONS : a post PA story QUOTE George looked around and said, “We heard noises through the ceiling so we thought we’d come up and see you.”
“Yes,” added Fred, “funny thing is, though, in addition to the loud thumps we could have sworn we heard two different sets of footsteps.”
“Damn,” Hope thought, “we forgot to charm the floor!” INVICTUS, Book 5 of the Carpe Diem Universe The untold story of Harry's Sixth Year
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