It's been a long time since I visited the group, but I've recently embarked on yet another re- read and I've come to a part that always frustrates me because...
Hi Claire, I'm re-reading 'Intervention' myself at the moment, and the impression I got with that passage was the other overseers suddenly realised that the...
hey all, was a member here for a long time as alexmannion but my messages wernt getting posted so Ive rejoined as grandmster. My queery is this!In Diamond...
Me! Flame! <cough> <splutter> I'm hurt! As for Alex and Minnanon, in the training stakes, Minannon was clearly a child compared to Minannon, and training...
... The other point worth noting Might be that while the Simbs might be higher on the Advancement scale than a couple of the others, I'd rate them as being...
Hi there, The trained human metas were far more powerful than the Tanu, IMHO, but then the Tanu had the burden of wearing the torcs, which limited their...
Hey Isabella and welcome to the group.Here is another 40+ guy who just loves these books.Magnificat was the ultimate coming together of the series and the...
That "let down" feeling at the end of a book is a real indication of a good book, in my opinion. I too keep wishing there was more to the series. And I'm...
... of a good book, in my opinion. I too keep wishing there was more to the series. And I'm thinking about looking around for some good fan- fiction of the...
Hi Tauni, I have to say that JM fan fiction is near-impossible to find on the Internets. :( However, I recently found a site called 'The Obscure Fandom Secret ...
Care to send us a link? Dajala ... From: Nicolette To: Julian-May-discuss@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: [Julian-May-discuss]...
Thanks! That was pretty good. I'm going to try to find some more in the next few days. A friend of mine was saying it makes sense that fan-fic in this area is...
Not Nicolette, but I found it easily enough by going to that site and searching for it. Here's a link: http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/18/againstthe.html ...
Hi Tauni, I'm glad you liked it. :) If you find any more, let me know (so I can check it's not badly written, of course!). High Thoughts, - Nicolette :) (who...
It's spam. The list has been getting a lot of spam for the last year or so. I don't how the spammers got on the list, but there have been times when there is...
Hi there, Never fear, I've just removed the (latest) spam. As a mod-mom, I'm glad I can do that, and ban the spammers too (evil laugh). High Thoughts, -...
... Excellent! I am so relieved someone is looking into it. I had been afraid to use my e-mail program (Thunderbird) to mark spam from this list as spam,...
Oh goody, can we do off topic with impunity? I'm still a bit shell shocked from the Mother's Day season at the garden center, and would really like to know the...
... Gomphrena globosa : http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/annuals/gomphrena_globosa.html -- PJH "I contend that we are both atheists. I...
Hi Alix, High thoughts to you - I hope you're feeling a bit better! You can be off-topic as long as you somehow connect it back to Julian May. Be creative,...
I've never really seen the series as being about the death of patriarchy, more of the inevitable death of all totalitarian authority and power; patriarchy is...
Thanks Nicolette, for your generous (and possibly foolhardy) invitation to hold forth, and since I have an unexpected half hour to kill ... ... Perhaps I was...
Nicolette - have you registered JM Discuss site with a spamming agency or something!?? Frankly I think this poster's "BS" is quite obvious, even without ...
Hi Alix Never been able to plow through Rushdie's works - I'm developing an aversion to anything that even slightly smacks of religion nowadays, I think it's...