I hear you, pal. My own moment-of-tears with the written word came when I first read Katherine Kurtz's "Camber the Heretic", a scene when a group of psi-gifted humanoids where being massacred by humans. One of the humanoids (Deryni, their race was called), Rhys, a doctor with the power to heal, was trying to escape when he saw injured humans nearby. Being a doctor, he followed the Hippocratic and stopped to begin healing the person. As he was doing so, he was hit from behind, a blow that stoved in his head, destroying the part of his brain that enabled him to heal. His wife Evaine learned this as she went into his mind, trying to access his power to heal him. All the while, he was still conscious, feeling himself die, saying his goodbyes to his friends telepathically... marked the first and only time I've ever thrown a book.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: astromancer2...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:20:26 -0700 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF's 26 Greatest Tearjerkers Sorry, but the biggest tearjerking moment for me was not in a movie...It was from Octavia Butler's "Wild Seed," when Anyanwu came to the conclusion that she was never going to change or escape from Doro, so she decided to just commit suicide (basically let herself die as she was immortal). Doro, realizing that Anyanwu was the only constant in his life, breaks down and pleads with her not to do it because he could not bare life without her (gotta read the book....I'm not good at explanations...in fact, I suck at it...). Until I read that book, I had never shed a tear over the written word... From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:07:35 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SF's 26 Greatest Tearjerkers The Blade Runner scene is poignant and memorable, can't believe I forgot that one. But, is it really a "tearjerker" ? It makes me sad, but not misty-eyed.. . ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Smith" <daikaij...@yahoo. com> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:50:12 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: SF's 26 Greatest Tearjerkers That's actually a great list. There is one omission I found striking and that is Roy Batty's speech on the rooftop in Blade Runner. That is classic. The Serenity choice is a great one. I remember being stunned into silence and hearing audible gasps when the famous line "I am a leaf on the wind" is said that last time. I'm glad they gave B5 some love too. --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Adrianne Brennan <adrianne.brennan@ ...> wrote: > > As touching as Doomsday was, it pales in comparison with the chips speech at > the end of season 1 for me. > ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ > http://www.adriannebrennan.com > Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html > Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html > Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Martin Baxter > <truthseeker013@ ...>wrote: > > > > > > > Grab Kleenex, folks... > > > > http://www.sfx. co.uk/page/ sfx?entry= sf_s_26_greatest _tearjerkers > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- > > Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. Try it > > now.<http://windowslive. com/online/ hotmail?ocid= PID23391: :T:WLMTAGL: > > ON:WL:en- US:WM_HYGN_ faster:082009> > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_online:082009
