MWW, ... I've read a lot of Moorcock yet this one still left me completely astounded. ... It's relatively new, out in the UK in 1994 and in the US in about...
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Anitra Freeman
anitra@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 11:24 am
We now have six members! And four recommended books: Contact by Carl Sagan Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger...
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Anitra Freeman
anitra@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 11:34 am
... <squeal of delight> Do you know how many people I have talked with who have read Mojo and the Pickle Jar? OR The Red Tape Wars? I am SO happy I started...
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Ian Davey
unapersson@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 11:49 am
Anita, ... So, when do we start...? ... very ... that ... across ... and ... His non-fantastical novels, especially the Between the Wars trilogy (Byzantium...
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Aging Hipster
nitewanderer@xxxxxxxx...
Jun 17, 1998 2:19 pm
... Who? ... above four books our ... Yeah, yeah, I'm hip, I'm hip. ... I'll forego the obvious remark. Too easy. ... reading list, I'll make ... commentary. ...
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Anitra Freeman
anitra@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 2:43 pm
... Mark ... phhbbbttt! I rather thought we would enter all commentary, related books, etc to the list. BUT, after the chaff's been shaken out <like snide...
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Anitra Freeman
anitra@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 2:55 pm
Subscribers as of now: Anitra Freeman aka ListMama <anitra@...> Ian Davey<unapersson@...> Raini Madden <rainim@...> Mark Worthen...
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Aging Hipster
nitewanderer@xxxxxxxx...
Jun 17, 1998 3:07 pm
... Hey! I kinda dig that! :) ... least an intro about your ... absolutely no objection This actually can be very educational. Though we would really dig...
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Chris Gardner
tcgardner@xxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 3:50 pm
Hi Everyone, Name is Chris Gardner. I've read SF and Fantasy for as long as I can remember. I'm 31 now. So at least for 20 years. What are my likes and...
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Raini Madden
rainim@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 4:09 pm
... I believe the specific book was: Michael Moorcock - Blood : A Southern Fantasy (the first in a trilogy) Did you just leave the specific name off or did you...
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Raini Madden
rainim@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 4:29 pm
... Welcome, Chris! Your list of likes seems fairly varied...and I anxiously await hearing about your dislikes as we come upon them. ;) <snip> ... I haven't...
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Aging Hipster
nitewanderer@xxxxxxxx...
Jun 17, 1998 4:37 pm
... Every time someone submits a list like this, I see a bunch of names I've never seen, and I start to feel old at the age of 36. Or 37. God, I've forgotten...
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Chris Gardner
tcgardner@xxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 4:44 pm
... time ... 2 weeks per book? A Month? How about a book by book basis. For example, I have read Contact a couple of time and quick skim through would have...
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Aging Hipster
nitewanderer@xxxxxxxx...
Jun 17, 1998 5:08 pm
... I have this too. I tend to read at a rate that's about three times as slow as the rate of others -- the events tend to play themselves out in my head. ...
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Chris Gardner
tcgardner@xxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 5:51 pm
... You heard right. ... I really like him. Though he gets slammed a lot. ... Loved his Convenant books. Absolutely loath his Gap series. I've got a couple...
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Anitra Freeman
anitra@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 5:55 pm
... ListMama sez: Anyone may choose their own monicker, with the possibility of being overridden by group vote or my own whim. I got titled NetMama by the...
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Raini Madden
rainim@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 6:14 pm
... I guess I do need to qualify what I said. There are books that I go through quickly, but they're usually the 2nd through nth books in a series. For...
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Raini Madden
rainim@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 6:22 pm
... LOL!!! Guess what? I *agree* with you! Thomas Covenant did it for me. I like to feel a *little* sympathy for the main character in a story. I kept hoping...
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Raini Madden
rainim@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 6:26 pm
... Interesting that you bring this up among all the on-going rumors of a pending _Lord of the Rings_ movie. Some friends and I also pondered who would play...
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Aging Hipster
nitewanderer@xxxxxxxx...
Jun 17, 1998 7:18 pm
... Hmm. That's an intriguing rumor. Ppl have tried and failed miserably in the past. Hope they can do it right this time... ... be good, but he's ... Yeah,...
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Aging Hipster
nitewanderer@xxxxxxxx...
Jun 17, 1998 7:22 pm
... Donaldson is purportedly ... He is. I met him at Life, The Universe and Everything, back in eighty-something. Five, maybe? And he's a truly decent human...
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Aging Hipster
nitewanderer@xxxxxxxx...
Jun 17, 1998 7:32 pm
... A true genius. Yes, I'm going to say something *nice* about someone. Strap in. The man is not only *phenomenal* at using new combinations words to...
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Aging Hipster
nitewanderer@xxxxxxxx...
Jun 17, 1998 7:43 pm
... I really like him [Eddings]. Though he gets slammed a lot. And you know, I never quite understood why. His characters are actually seeable. He freshened...
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Anitra Again
anitra@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 8:34 pm
Not everybody has been heard from, but the tide certainly seems to be running in favor of getting started with the first four books already nominated, #1 being...
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Chris Gardner
tcgardner@xxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 8:35 pm
... Wouldn't have it any other way. I would recommend waiting several months between books. They really stir my emotions. I probably won't read Blue until...
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Anitra Again
anitra@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1998 9:47 pm
After posting several entries to the booklist page, I have found that the message count is not being incremented properly, causing each message to overlay the...
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Anitra Freeman
anitra@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 18, 1998 2:24 am
The trouble is shot, and we are OK to Post on both message-boards. I've set up some initial categories and links under Contact on the Reading List board. Now...
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Anitra Freeman
anitra@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 18, 1998 2:39 am
... I think I've read everything: anxiously awaiting new reports from the front in the Serpent War. My favorites of the whole saga, however, were the three...
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Ian Davey
unapersson@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 18, 1998 9:31 am
Anitra, ... front ... the ... I enjoy Feist, but it's been a while since I read anything of his. I read the "series which I have forgotten the name of" up to...
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Chris Gardner
tcgardner@xxxxx.xxxx
Jun 18, 1998 12:33 pm
... Feist ... got ... Ian, It's the Riftwar Saga. Here is a list in reading order of Feist's books: Magician Silverthorn -- Will buy cheap hb copy. A Darkness...
