I just received my periodic SFBC mailing. Two things of note: first, the
hardback edition of "Kiln People" (#153262) is on sale for $5.00. Quite a
bargain. Also Greg Bear's "Vitals" (#146423) is $5.00.
Second, in one of the many additional flyers included in t
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> From: G. D. Akin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I just received my periodic SFBC mailing. Two things of note: first,
the
> hardback edition of "Kiln People" (#153262) is on sale for $5.00.
Quite a
> bargain. Also Greg Bear's "Vitals" (#146
George wrote:
> I just received my periodic SFBC mailing. Two things of note:
[snip]
> Second, in one of the many additional flyers included in the package,
there
> are two omnibus editions of B5 novels. One is "The Passing of the
> Techno-Mages" by Jeanne Cavelos (cont
thers have liked that
trilogy
quite a lot, but it just didn't work as well for me as either the
Technomage trilogy
or Greg Keyes' PsiCorps trilogy. As far as getting them from the SFBC...
I just finished the technomage trilogy not long ago, and thought it was
great. Galen (the main
From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SFBC
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:16:39 +0900
I just received my periodic SFBC mailing. Two things of note: first,
"G. D. Akin" wrote:
>
> I just received my periodic SFBC mailing. Two things of note: first, the
> hardback edition of "Kiln People" (#153262) is on sale for $5.00. Quite a
> bargain. Also Greg Bear's "Vitals" (#146423) is $5.00.
>
> Sec
Just received my periodic mailing from the SFBC. They have "Kiln People"
for $2.99.
George A
P.S. Plus $14.95 for shipping and handling ;-)
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Top posting--deliberate.
I'm 53 years old and have been a member of the SFBC for longer, I suspect,
than many of you have been alive. I know the SFBC's shortcomings quite well
and prefer B&N and Amazon and Borders and Books-A-Million over SFBC, but if
I can get an omnibus edition
G. D. Akin wrote:
>I'm starting to think this is the David Brin Short Attention Span
>List.
This is news? When *hasn't* almost any topic been an excuse for someone to go off on
a tangent?
>To Reggie: thanks for answering my questions and pointing out that
>there is another trilogy out there,
Funny, this showed up just seconds after I sent off my comments on the
trilogy!
From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
But, give me a break! I asked if the trilogies are worth reading. I get
one non-answer and one, that does say "yay" or "nay", but also informs me
of
the perils of CD clubs.
A
From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A bit of a rant (was SFBC)
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:18:08 +0900
Top posting--deliberate.
I'm 53 years
Bryon Daly wrote:
> >I really expected some worthwhile comments about the trilogies since most
> >on
> >this list hold B5 in very high regard. I'm starting to think this is the
> >David Brin Short Attention Span List.
>
> I think a number of people here regard B5 well, but I think Reggie and I
Bryon Daly wrote:
> >From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> I think a number of people here regard B5 well, but I think Reggie and I
are
> the only ones who are really vociferous about it.
---
I may not be vociferous about it, but I am a convert.
---
y last week.
I expect that some will take longer to answer than others, time permitting.
My beef was that the first answer (which I received very soon after I sent
my original) did not attempt to answer the question, but immediately
editorialized the SFBC.
> >
> >I really expected some
original) did not attempt to answer the question, but immediately
> editorialized the SFBC.
My my my, not only does he deserve an answer to his question, but he
also deserves to have NO extraneous information added that he does not
like. Wow, what can I do t
"G. D. Akin" wrote:
>
> Top posting--deliberate.
...
> But, give me a break! I asked if the trilogies are worth reading. I get
> one non-answer and one, that does say "yay" or "nay", but also informs me of
> the perils of CD clubs.
>
> I really expected some worthwhile comments about the trilog
David wrote:
> Got me, to my knowledge I've never read books set in a
> universe created for a film or TV series. To go out on a limb,
> are ANY of them worth reading?
>
> ---David
>
> At least it explains why I didn't respond. : )
---
I'll say this, then let it rest:
> David wrote:
>
> > Got me, to my knowledge I've never read books set in a
> > universe created for a film or TV series.
Wait a minute, I read _Fantastic Voyage_. It was
a year or two before the film came out. Does that count?
---David
P.S. Congrat
George wrote:
But, give me a break! I asked if the trilogies are worth reading. I get
one non-answer and one, that does say "yay" or "nay", but also informs me
of
the perils of CD clubs.
I apologize. I had a friend who became upset after signing up for a book
club
and a CD club at the same tim
George wrote:
>I'm starting to think this is the David Brin Short Attention Span
>List.
Jim replied:
This is news? When *hasn't* almost any topic been an excuse for someone to
go off on a tangent?
And wasn't there a recent thread where many of us talked about the
fact that we have ADD/ADHD? :-)
T
Bryon wrote:
There are some other books as well. The two I have on my to-be-read stack
are:
-- To Dream In The City Of Sorrows - by Kathryn M. Drennan. The author is
JMS's wife, so it's supposed to be pretty canonical as well. It's about
Sinclair and the formation of the Rangers, I think.
Thi
Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> G. D. Akin wrote:
> >I'm starting to think this is the David Brin Short Attention Span
> >List.
>
> This is news? When *hasn't* almost any topic been an excuse for someone to go off
> on a tangent?
The whole thing has me tempted to come up with a "how many Brinellers
doe
Bryon Daly wrote:
>
>
> >From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> You asked The Fool, but I'd say the Technomage Trilogy is definitely worth
> reading, once you've seen at least Season 4. I haven't read any others yet,
> so can't say further.
That is the only of the mentioned trilogies that s
David Hobby wrote:
Got me, to my knowledge I've never read books set in a
universe created for a film or TV series. To go out on a limb,
are ANY of them worth reading?
:-)
But seriously...
If you're a B5 fan, then at least the Technomage trilogy and the Psi Corps
trilogy, as well as the
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
yea yea yea, but what about the TWINS?
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In a message dated 9/29/2003 2:02:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The whole thing has me tempted to come up with a "how many Brinellers
> does it take to change a lightbulb" joke. I'll let you know if anything
> comes of it. :)
>
> Julia
It only takes one Epi
- Original Message -
From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: A bit of a rant (was SFBC)
> Jim Sharkey wrote:
> >
> > G. D. Akin wrot
ppens in the book that is not mentioned
> in the episode and it's something that, under the circumstances, probably
> should have been mentioned in that episode.)
----
I ordered the two SFBC omnibus editions of the two trilogies in question.
I'll h
m to contradict one
> > second-season episode. (Lets just say that something happens in the
> > book that is not mentioned in the episode and it's something that,
> > under the circumstances, probably should have been mentioned in that
> > episode.)
>
> ---
Reggie Bautista wrote:
>This list has definitely been known for thread creep...
More like thread gallop some days. Like this thread, for example. :-)
Jim
"Creeping thread" sounds like a Metallica parody Maru
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Jim wrote:
"Creeping thread" sounds like a Metallica parody Maru
Or Anne McCaffrey's first horror novel, in which the people of Pern discover
that Thread from the Red Star is sentient...
Reggie Bautista
Or Is That Sapient? Maru
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At 07:44 PM 9/29/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Reggie Bautista wrote:
>This list has definitely been known for thread creep...
More like thread gallop some days. Like this thread, for example. :-)
Jim
"Creeping thread" sounds like a Metallica parody Maru
When I was a mechanic (and thank bog those da
--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim wrote:
> >"Creeping thread" sounds like a Metallica parody Maru
>
> Or Anne McCaffrey's first horror novel, in which the people of Pern
> discover
> that Thread from the Red Star is sentient...
>
> Reggie Bautista
> Or Is That Sapient? Maru
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