On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 04:37:17PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> No, it's just that if you draw _any_ kind of line _anywhere_ to the
> right of the "o", doing so does not transform the "o" into an "a".
No, I did not say it did.
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At 02:25 PM 8/15/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:11:36AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> At 08:17 AM 8/15/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
> >On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 08:28:48PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote:
> >> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >> >On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0900,
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 11:11:36AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> At 08:17 AM 8/15/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
> >On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 08:28:48PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote:
> >> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >> >On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>P.S. D
At 08:17 AM 8/15/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 08:28:48PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote:
> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
> >
> >
> >>P.S. Dang! I went off-subject on my own post.
> >
> >
> >Do you know the etymology of the w
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 08:28:48PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote:
> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
> >
> >
> >>P.S. Dang! I went off-subject on my own post.
> >
> >
> >Do you know the etymology of the word "dang"?
> >
> >
>
> Alliteration of the w
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
P.S. Dang! I went off-subject on my own post.
Do you know the etymology of the word "dang"?
Alliteration of the word damn.
Doug
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At 05:59 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 04:51 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
This post may contain spoilers for Lucifer's Hammer, so be forewarned.
Or it may not, or you may not care. Your choice.
;-)
[BIG flooping snip]
This post may contain spoilers for Lucifer's Hammer, so be forewarned.
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Author question
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:19:22
> Okay. But, although admittedly there's a lot of threads with a lot of
> characters near the beginning, by page 100 you almost certainly have _some_
> idea of what's going to happen . . .
>
>
> (Unlike Delaney's _Dhalgren_, where by page 100 most readers have given up
> and thrown the book away
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Subject: Re: Author question
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:42:49 -0500
At 12:23 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: "G. D. Akin&quo
At 12:23 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Author question
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:30:50 +0900
Awhile back
> I'm not complaining, but it is interesting that this list can goes more
> wildly off-subject than any other list I'm on (2 others). And not slowly
> either, it happens FAST.
>
Your point? (:::giggles:::)
By the way, nobody responded to my point about Zettel being someone who
started off what
On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 09:19 pm, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Okay. But, although admittedly there's a lot of threads with a lot of
characters near the beginning, by page 100 you almost certainly have
_some_ idea of what's going to happen . . .
(Unlike Delaney's _Dhalgren_, where by page 10
George A, John Horn, and others wrote many bad things about _Dhalgren_ by
Sam Delaney.
I have to say I agree in general, but don't let _Dhalgren_ keep you from
reading Delaney's other stuff. I particularly like _Nova_, which is a
pretty short read but lots of fun.
Reggie Bautista
__
Reggie Bautista wrote:
> George A, John Horn, and others wrote many bad things about _Dhalgren_ by
> Sam Delaney.
>
> I have to say I agree in general, but don't let _Dhalgren_ keep you from
> reading Delaney's other stuff. I particularly like _Nova_, which is a
> pretty short read but lots of f
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 12:20 pm, G. D. Akin wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
In my quest to read all the major award winners (novels, not much of
a
short
fiction person), I still have a few Nebula winners to go. Delany's
"Babel-17" (1966) and "Einstein Intersection" (1967) are still
Julia Thompson wrote:
> > The day my wife-to-be said "yes" about 30 years ago, I started keeping a
> > list of all the books I've read. It was just something I started doing.
In
> > all that time, I've finished everybook I've started except two.
"Dahlgren"
> > is one and "Shardik" by Richard A
Erik Reuter wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
>
> > P.S. Dang! I went off-subject on my own post.
>
> Do you know the etymology of the word "dang"?
>
Nope, but it was something I could say in situation my dad would use "damn"
and I wouldn't get in trouble :-)
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> even next year.) But I did manage to get through "Shardik"
> in college.
> Not as good as "The Plague Dogs", and *that* wasn't as good as
> "Watership Down".
I made it through "Shardik" as well. I really don't remember it
much one way or anot
--- "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
> >
> > > P.S. Dang! I went off-subject on my own post.
> >
> > Do you know the etymology of the word "dang"?
> >
> Nope, but it was something I could say in situat
William T Goodall wrote:
> > In my quest to read all the major award winners (novels, not much of a
> > short
> > fiction person), I still have a few Nebula winners to go. Delany's
> > "Babel-17" (1966) and "Einstein Intersection" (1967) are still in the
> > to
> > read pile. Anyone read the
"G. D. Akin" wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>
>
> > > The day my wife-to-be said "yes" about 30 years ago, I started keeping a
> > > list of all the books I've read. It was just something I started doing.
> In
> > > all that time, I've finished everybook I've started except two.
> "Dahlgre
Horn, John wrote:
> > (Unlike Delaney's _Dhalgren_, where by page 100 most
> readers have given up
> > and thrown the book away in disgust . . . )
>
> That would be me in that group.
I've had that book on my to-be-read shelf for years. And with
reviews like that, it will probably stay there for
At 04:01 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Author question
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:42:49 -0500
At 12:23 PM 8/11/03 -0400,
From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Author question
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:30:50 +0900
Awhile back I picked up a book out of the Exchange b
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I don't have all that much interest in fanfic, but what *did* interest
> > me was seeing P. N. Elrod on that list. I didn't know that. (And I
> > usually see her once a year, and she recognizes me, and we have nice
> > little conversations, but more about costume s
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> By the way, nobody responded to my point about Zettel being someone who
> started off what became a pro career by writing fanfic and that she was one of a
> number of pro skiffy/fantasy/horror writers who went that track. Am I the only
> person on this list who reads/wri
At 06:56 PM 8/11/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Okay. But, although admittedly there's a lot of threads with a lot of
> characters near the beginning, by page 100 you almost certainly have _some_
> idea of what's going to happen . . .
>
>
> (Unlike Delaney's _Dhalgren_, where by page 100 mos
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 10:16 am, G. D. Akin wrote:
Reggie Bautista wrote:
George A, John Horn, and others wrote many bad things about
_Dhalgren_ by
Sam Delaney.
I have to say I agree in general, but don't let _Dhalgren_ keep you
from
reading Delaney's other stuff. I particularly l
> I don't have all that much interest in fanfic, but what *did* interest
> me was seeing P. N. Elrod on that list. I didn't know that. (And I
> usually see her once a year, and she recognizes me, and we have nice
> little conversations, but more about costume stuff than anything else.)
>
I'm re
Jon Gabriel begged: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Agh!
>
> By horrifying coincidence, I'm 100 pages into Lucifer's Hammer, which I've
> never read before. Could we PLEASE refrain from discussing how books
> END(!!!) without some sort of warning?
>
> *grumble*
Okay, but it is a good book.
George A
Awhile back I picked up a book out of the Exchange bargain bin by Sarah
Zettel, "The Quiet Invasion." It is still in pile of to read books. Has
any one read anything by her. Worth the effort?
Just finished reading "Lucifer's Hammer" by Larry Niven again. Still, IMO,
the best end-of-the-world b
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> Okay. But, although admittedly there's a lot of threads with a lot of
> characters near the beginning, by page 100 you almost certainly have
_some_
> idea of what's going to happen . . .
>
>
> (Unlike Delaney's _Dhalgren_, where by page 100 most readers have given up
> a
> Awhile back I picked up a book out of the Exchange bargain bin by Sarah
> Zettel, "The Quiet Invasion." It is still in pile of to read books. Has
> any one read anything by her. Worth the effort?
>
I read her "Fool's War" which was okay.
I met her years ago at MediaWest before she was firs
George wrote:
I'm not complaining, but it is interesting that this list can goes more
wildly off-subject than any other list I'm on (2 others). And not slowly
either, it happens FAST.
Jon replied:
Try to keep up with the thread creep George! *grin* For over a year or so
I tried splitting conve
> From: G. D. Akin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > (Unlike Delaney's _Dhalgren_, where by page 100 most
> readers have given up
> > and thrown the book away in disgust . . . )
>
> That would be me in that group.
I've had that book on my to-be-read shelf for years. And with
reviews like that, it
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Author question
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:20:35 -0500
At 05:59 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[
From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Author question observations
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:47:12 +0900
I asked if anyone had read Saran Zettel&#x
I asked if anyone had read Saran Zettel's "The Quiet Invasion".
At this moment, there have been 13 responses.
First, one person responded that he (thanks, Tom) had read her (but not that
book) and said she was okay and had once met her.
I also mentioned that I had just finished "Lucifer's Hammer
ler Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Author question
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:19:22 -0500
At 04:01 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PR
> From: G. D. Akin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The day my wife-to-be said "yes" about 30 years ago, I
> started keeping a
> list of all the books I've read. It was just something I
> started doing. In
> all that time, I've finished everybook I've started except
> two. "Dahlgren" is one and
> From: G. D. Akin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I asked if anyone had read Saran Zettel's "The Quiet Invasion".
>
>
> I'm not complaining, but it is interesting that this list can goes more
> wildly off-subject than any other list I'm on (2 others). And not
slowly
> either, it happens FAST.
Try rea
"G. D. Akin" wrote:
>
> Horn, John wrote:
>
> > > (Unlike Delaney's _Dhalgren_, where by page 100 most
> > readers have given up
> > > and thrown the book away in disgust . . . )
> >
> > That would be me in that group.
>
> I've had that book on my to-be-read shelf for years. And with
> reviews
At 12:00 PM 8/14/03 -0500, Horn, John wrote:
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> even next year.) But I did manage to get through "Shardik"
> in college.
> Not as good as "The Plague Dogs", and *that* wasn't as good as
> "Watership Down".
I made it through "Shardik" as well. I rea
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
> P.S. Dang! I went off-subject on my own post.
Do you know the etymology of the word "dang"?
--
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Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> >[BIG flooping snip]
And left some spioler space as well.
> >Of course, after all this, Amazon.com has a picture of the paperback
front
> >cover. It says something like "The million copy bestseller about the end
> >of the world."
>
>
> And IIRC eith
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 04:51 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
This post may contain spoilers for Lucifer's Hammer, so be forewarned.
Or it may not, or you may not care. Your choice.
;-)
:)
Better add a couple of Greg Bear books and the Lord of the Rings series to
t
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