I re-read the whole Dune saga somewhere around every couple of years. That's from the first book to the last, typically. The series has a lot to say,...
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radar_charley
Sep 7, 2005 3:29 am
Greetings Lords and Ladies, New to your group as well as new to the genre. I am single mom with the perfect job for those that love to read...manager of...
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radar_charley
Sep 7, 2005 3:55 am
Bobbie-Joe, short for Barbara Josephine, awoke to the sounds of a new soul entering the cemetery. Cringing inside her mausoleum, at the shrieking of the new...
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 7, 2005 3:48 pm
Elaborate on that. What were the themes and what was he specifically saying, in your opinion? Was it a product of what was transpiring in the 60's and just...
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 7, 2005 3:50 pm
Radar, Good to see you and welcome. I don't usually have a problem with people posting files, but i try to monitor it. We end up getting XXX links and spamalot...
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 7, 2005 3:57 pm
That was fairly graphic and interesting. I like the description and some of the slang. You need more actual dialogue and some showing and not so much telling....
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radar_charley
Sep 7, 2005 9:08 pm
... Thanks for the welcome and info in first post. As for this piece agree with comments and still revamping it. The series got put on hold this summer but...
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Saje
soulsaje
Sep 7, 2005 11:24 pm
First of all...avoid blind trust. In men, in governments, in religion, etc... The last two books have always been two of my favorites. I think a school like...
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tiwatz
Sep 8, 2005 6:09 am
"Why does it seem that SF avoids intimate encounters more than other fiction?" In scoping my groups today, imagine my surprise to find this question posted!...
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 8, 2005 11:30 pm
I think alot of the tropes and social mores he pointed out were way ahead of their time, which is why the book seemed so fantastical when it first came out....
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 9, 2005 9:52 pm
I think with the advent of S.L. Viehl's many incarnations as a romance writer, and Holly Lisle going that route now, along with Asaro, Anne Bishop, Alice...
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Saje
soulsaje
Sep 9, 2005 10:23 pm
Because they're not good at it? Because it's not interesting to them? I think the answer to this is the simplest. Hard sci-fi has never needed that element...
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kaeolin
Sep 10, 2005 7:57 am
I'd agree with this statement. Mostly. I also think that there are some very fine science fiction writers in the US who happen to be women, and who, even...
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kaeolin
Sep 10, 2005 8:01 am
i forgot nancy kress, nicola griffith, and linda nagata. i should also say that i think it's interesting that i'd categorize asaro as hard s/f but that i...
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Kristen
duststarr2000
Sep 10, 2005 9:24 pm
HAs This ever happened to anyone else. I've been read Only ann McCafferies Books for about 5 years now, but after falling in love with the harry potter movies...
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mouseymouseim
Sep 12, 2005 2:24 am
Kristen, I think every writer has a different way of telling a story. I know I have trouble from time to time getting into a story if they don't write it...
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Marc Vun Kannon
mvonkann2000
Sep 12, 2005 12:52 pm
Many times, mostly when a writer focuses his attention on a setting, plot, device or gizmo rather than on the characters, which is where the bulk of the...
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 12, 2005 4:14 pm
I guess that's unfortunate then, in a way, but not totally. There are people that are filling that gap or assuaging the need for more intimate writing....
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 12, 2005 4:19 pm
Well, i'd put in Connie Willis in this group, too, Her and Nancy Kress, and maybe Kathryn Rusch have done alot to prove that women can write some very...
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 12, 2005 4:24 pm
Well, i usually read the book before i see the movie, so just the opposite of that, but yes,, sometimes the way people write bother me. There's alot of things...
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Kristen
duststarr2000
Sep 12, 2005 8:24 pm
Well Honestly I didn't know there were harry potter BOOKS Until around the second movie when my husnads Teenage cousin was reading one at christmas and griping...
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 13, 2005 9:40 pm
I always loved this book cover to the Hobbit and the one DKS made for the FOTR where they're standing outside the gates of Moria trying to "say friend" and...
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Marc Vun Kannon
mvonkann2000
Sep 13, 2005 9:52 pm
The Thread that Binds the Bones. It's why I bought the book. Covers are the first point of impact for any book. Many covers have turned me off to books,...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Sep 13, 2005 10:45 pm
The Snow queen by Joan D Vinge for one ... for ... Did ... thing ... Covenant ... Blue ... and ... the...
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Kris Tucker
unitedglobal...
Sep 17, 2005 3:25 pm
hi ppl, This is the site that i told you about, which offers free Mobile Wallpapers, Ringtones and java games. Try it, http://wapy.us group buddies, please...
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tiwatz
Sep 22, 2005 8:06 pm
Two of my all time favorite covers are: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro mainly because the artist actually took the description from the book when drawing...
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tiwatz
Sep 22, 2005 8:09 pm
Hi All, Just wanted to share with you all a couple of wonderful reviews that I received for my science fiction romance Getting Out Alive. You can view them...
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 29, 2005 9:41 pm
We're slipping again, guys. The month is almost over and we don't even have a 1/3rd of the amount of messages. Did everyone run and hide?...
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Matt
gauvaine
Sep 30, 2005 3:53 pm
The EU thinks it's their given right to govern and police the internet, maybe even tax things, in direct conflict with the US, as always. Can you really...
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mouseymouseim
Sep 30, 2005 4:14 pm
Sorry Matt, Having a busy month at the store and all. Thank God the harley run is over, now my head can clear up! Now things will slow down for a bit and then...
