I wrote:
> I've always heard good things about Octavia Butler but have never gotten
> around to reading anything she has written. Where's a good place to
start?
>
> (As if my "to read" stack wasn't tall enough already ;-)
Julia replied:
I'll say _Wild Seed_. It's a stand-alone. Most of her othe
Reggie Bautista wrote:
> I've always heard good things about Octavia Butler but have never gotten
> around to reading anything she has written. Where's a good place to start?
>
> (As if my "to read" stack wasn't tall enough already ;-)
I'll say _Wild Seed_. It's a stand-alone. Most of her oth
George wrote:
BTW, Mr. Vinge has come up with two brilliant and frightening concepts,
being "Bobbled" and being "Focused."
That's just how I usually describe a couple of concepts from John Cramer's
_Einstein's Bridge_. The concepts are "Reading" and "Writing" but they
don't exactly mean what you
Julia wrote:
Legos are a *vice*? Oh, dear I thought they were a wholesome sort
of toy!
Oh, they're a wholesome enough toy to play with, but they are a vice when
you buy lots of them... lots and lots and lots of them... a whole closetful
and a couple of bookshelves worth of them...
Reggie B
Ilana wrote:
> And speaking of several books in one - Did anybody read Octavia Butler
> "Lilith's Brood" ?
Julia replied:
Isn't that the "Xenogenesis Trilogy", starting with _Dawn_, then
_Imago_, then _Adulthood Rites_? I bought the individual books in
paperback awhile back, enjoyed them all, and
Reggie Bautista wrote:
>
> Russell C. wrote:
> >(My oldest daughter is 20 and my youngest daughter 13, so Barbie's are
> >behind us now).
>
> My wife is 28 and she still buy Barbie dolls periodically, usually the
> collector Barbies. Her other vice, of course, is Legos.
An adult collecting Barb
I wrote:
My wife is 28 and she still buy Barbie dolls periodically, usually the
collector Barbies. Her other vice, of course, is Legos.
Russell replied:
Repeat after me : Lego is not a vice. Lego is not a vice. Lego is not a
vice.
(It is, after all, a constructive hobby)
Playing with Legos is ce
Reggie Bautista wrote:
My wife is 28 and she still buy Barbie dolls periodically, usually the
collector Barbies. Her other vice, of course, is Legos.
Repeat after me : Lego is not a vice. Lego is not a vice. Lego is not a
vice.
(It is, after all, a constructive hobby)
(And e-Bay has transforme
- Original Message -
From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: Reading lists.
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 06:20:42PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote:
> >
I wrote:
> I guess I'm a little behind...
Erik replied:
Better to be a "little behind" than a "big ass"!
Big ass, smart ass, it's all good... :-)
Reggie Bautista
Baby Got Back Maru
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Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(My oldest daughter is 20 and my youngest daughter 13, so Barbie's are
behind us now).
They're into Malibu Stacy now?;)
(Either that or they're buying real clothing for themselves, which is even
more expensive. )
That's nothing - one of them is looking at wedding dr
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 06:20:42PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote:
> I guess I'm a little behind...
Better to be a "little behind" than a "big ass"!
--
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Russell C. wrote:
(My oldest daughter is 20 and my youngest daughter 13, so Barbie's are
behind us now).
My wife is 28 and she still buy Barbie dolls periodically, usually the
collector Barbies. Her other vice, of course, is Legos.
Reggie Bautista
Legomaniac Maru
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> (My oldest daughter is 20 and my youngest daughter 13, so Barbie's are
> behind us now).
>
They're into Malibu Stacy now?;)
(Either that or they're buying real clothing for themselves, which is even
more expensive. )
Tom Beck
www.prydonians.org
www.mercerjewishsingles.org
"I always k
rob wrote:
> I expect that I will keep repeating myself on this subject occasionally,
> until I get a reality check that will tell me if I am alone in believing
> John C Wright, author of The Golden Age and The Phoenix Exultant is the
> hottest new author since Brin hit the scene.
Tom replied:
I'm
Bryon Daly wrote:
I never paid much attention to Barbie issues, but I suddenly realize I
have a daughter now who will likely one day be wanting a host of
Barbie dolls, Barbie beach houses, Barbie Corvettes, etc. So I'm
curious, why do you wish to deprive your daughter of all things
Barbie? I
Halupovich Ilana wrote:
>
> Joan Vinge - there is another book about Sparks and Moon - "World's
> End". I read and liked "Psion" and "Catspaw" and I read somewhere that
> there is another book in those series called "Psiren", but I was unable
> to find it.
_World's End_ goes between _Snow Queen_
> From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Bryon Daly asked:
> >
> > So I'm curious, why do you wish
> > to deprive your daughter of all things Barbie?
> >
> Barbie is a white-supremacist doll :-)
My daughter's army of Barbie includes quite a few multi-cultural Barbies.
Nita ha
Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> My mother, while visiting, looked at the catalog my aunt
> had for Barbie stuff; my cousin had over $20 worth of
> clothing, etc. for her Barbie,
> and this was around 1965.
>
My daughter's Army of Barbies was bought when I could
get them by US$1.99; now they are t
Bryon Daly wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> >I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend
> >to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life
> >deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I
> >don't think it hurt me in t
Bryon Daly asked:
>
> So I'm curious, why do you wish
> to deprive your daughter of all things Barbie?
>
Barbie is a white-supremacist doll :-)
Alberto Monteiro
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Ray Ludenia wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson
>
> > I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend
> > to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life
> > deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I
> > don't think it hurt me in the
Julia Thompson wrote:
I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend
to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life
deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I
don't think it hurt me in the long run.)
I never paid much attenti
Julia Thompson
> I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend
> to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life
> deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I
> don't think it hurt me in the long run.)
I have known a number
Joan Vinge - there is another book about Sparks and Moon - "World's
End". I read and liked "Psion" and "Catspaw" and I read somewhere that
there is another book in those series called "Psiren", but I was unable
to find it.
Killashandra series - there are Killashandra, Crystal Singer and Crystal
Li
I
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> > I do enjoy historical romances that are
> > well-researched, with an interesting story to tell
> > (and not some jaded variation on "poor
> > girl-who-is-hated-by-all-other-women-because-she's-ravishingly-beautiful
> > becomes governess/milkmaid/cook for r
Deborah Harrell wrote:
> I do enjoy historical romances that are
> well-researched, with an interesting story to tell
> (and not some jaded variation on "poor
> girl-who-is-hated-by-all-other-women-because-she's-ravishingly-beautiful
> becomes governess/milkmaid/cook for rich man, and then
> the
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
> > > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Debbi, if you're following this thread,
> McCaffrey has written some
> > > non-SF stuff, some of it about women who ride
> > > horses. Try _Ring of
> > > Fear_ or _Th
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Reading lists.
> > I expect that I will keep repeating myself on this subject occasionally,
> > until I get a reality check that will
> I expect that I will keep repeating myself on this subject occasionally,
> until I get a reality check that will tell me if I am alone in believing
> John C Wright, author of The Golden Age and The Phoenix Exultant is the
> hottest new author since Brin hit the scene.
>
I'm a big fan of Alastai
I expect that I will keep repeating myself on this subject occasionally,
until I get a reality check that will tell me if I am alone in believing
John C Wright, author of The Golden Age and The Phoenix Exultant is the
hottest new author since Brin hit the scene.
When I first read Startide Rising I
Julia Thompson wrote:
> Julia
>
> who wouldn't recommend the "Power" books co-authored with Elizabeth Ann
> Scarborough
Whoops, that one got out before I finished the thought. Should have
been "who wouldn't recommend the "Power" books co-authored with
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough to this g
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 10:53 AM 7/12/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> >I read all the Killashandra books,
>
> Are there more than two?
Three. Crystal Singer, Killashandra, Crystal Line. I think the
publication dates were something like 1981, 1985 or so, 1992.
> >and I thought t
At 10:53 AM 7/12/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
I read all the Killashandra books,
Are there more than two?
and I thought they were OK (then
again, I read the first one in junior high and the second in high
school, just to give you an idea of my *emotional* age when I most
enjoyed them), but
On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 01:42 am, G. D. Akin wrote:
Michael Harney wrote:
. . . I will probably start
reading _The Hobbit_. I want to read that book and all of the _Lord
of
the
Rings_ books before the final movie comes out, and it occured to me
that
that is just a few months away.
And n
Julia Thompson" wrote:
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
> >
Joan D. Vinge's 'Psiteen' (?sp?) series looked at a
> > future world in a gritty, cool way (think this was
> > aimed at a younger readership, though).
>
> Haven't read any of those. I've read a couple of her other novels, and
> enjoyed them.
Michael Harney wrote:
. . . I will probably start
> reading _The Hobbit_. I want to read that book and all of the _Lord of
the
> Rings_ books before the final movie comes out, and it occured to me that
> that is just a few months away.
And none too soon.
George A
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Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > Debbi, if you're following this thread, McCaffrey
> > has written some
> > non-SF stuff, some of it about women who ride
> > horses. Try _Ring of
> > Fear_ or _The Lady_, unless you absolutely can't
> > stand roman
I would like to thank everyone who chimed in on this tread for the book
suggestions. I will look for many of those on my next trip to the book
store. For now, after I've finished _Expendable_ I will probably start
reading _The Hobbit_. I want to read that book and all of the _Lord of the
Rings_
From: "Michael Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I know that this list was originally started as a list dedicated to
discussion of specific authors and their books, so I thought I would bring
up a topic that is closer to being actually on topic in the little time
that
I have to compose email today (at
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Debbi, if you're following this thread, McCaffrey
> has written some
> non-SF stuff, some of it about women who ride
> horses. Try _Ring of
> Fear_ or _The Lady_, unless you absolutely can't
> stand romances. :)
I may have read _The Lady_...pony
"G. D. Akin" wrote:
> I haven't read much of Anne McCaffrey; nothing of Pern, but I did read
> "Dinosaur Planet" which I'd rate as average. I have a friend who highly
> recommends her "Ship Who ..." series and maybe someday I'll read some, but I
> have of them none in the queue.
I found the "Din
- Original Message -
From: "Ray Ludenia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "BRIN L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: Reading lists.
> Robert Seeberger wrote:
>
> > Gardner is a quite good journeyman writer. Expend
Michael Harney wrote:
> I know that this list was originally started as a list dedicated to
> discussion of specific authors and their books, so I thought I would bring
> up a topic that is closer to being actually on topic in the little time
that
> I have to compose email today (at least part of
Andrew Crystall wrote:
> Not really a direct reply, but I'm currently reading
>
> _The Mote Arround Mucheson's Eye_
> (yes, the sequel to _A Mote in god's Eye_)
George Akin replied:
In the US its known as "The Gripping Hand". Not quite as good as "Mote"
(which, IMHO, belongs in the top 10 ever).
F
Andrew Crystall wrote:
> Not really a direct reply, but I'm currently reading
>
> _The Mote Arround Mucheson's Eye_
> (yes, the sequel to _A Mote in god's Eye_)
In the US its known as "The Gripping Hand". Not quite as good as "Mote"
(which, IMHO, belongs in the top 10 ever). In fact, I didn't
Bryon wrote:
For the Harry Potter books, I like the UK cover art better, at least
judging
from Order Of The Phoenix.
Yeah, it's a lot better for *all* of them.
And I regret the dumbing down of the book
1 title in the US by changing "Philosopher's Stone" to "Sorceror's Stone".
There are some web s
Someone wrote:
>For the Harry Potter books, I like the UK cover art better, at least
judging
>from Order Of The Phoenix. And I regret the dumbing down of the book
>1 title in the US by changing "Philosopher's Stone" to "Sorceror's
Stone".
Tom Beck replied:
Me too. I have purchased all 5 books fr
Robert Seeberger wrote:
> Gardner is a quite good journeyman writer. Expendable is pretty good, but
> its sequels are even more fun.
I read this recently and enjoyed it. Care to give the titles of the
sequels???
Regards, Ray.
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>For the Harry Potter books, I like the UK cover art better, at least judging
>from Order Of The Phoenix. And I regret the dumbing down of the book
>1 title in the US by changing "Philosopher's Stone" to "Sorceror's Stone".
Me too. I have purchased all 5 books from amazon.co.uk because I preferr
From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aha yes, the European name for _Dragonseye_ is _Red Star Rising_. I
prefer the European name, again (heh). Then again, most UK printing's
cover art tends to be well...not as good.
For the Harry Potter books, I like the UK cover art better, at least judgi
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:20:29AM -0600, Michael Harney wrote:
On the topic of _/_ by Greg Bear, I may start another thread later
about that book, but I wanted to ask, for those who have read more
of Greg Bear's books if _/_ represented a One of Greg Bear's better
books, was o
On 10 Jul 2003 at 18:01, Julia Thompson wrote:
> Andrew Crystall wrote:
> >
> > On 10 Jul 2003 at 14:47, Reggie Bautista wrote:
> >
> > > Michael Harney wrote:
> > > >I wanted to ask those who have read some/many of the Pern novels
> > > >a question. I have only read _Dragonseye_ and _The Dolphi
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:20 PM
Subject: Reading lists.
> I know that this list was originally started as a list dedicated to
> discussion of specific authors and their books, so I th
Andrew Crystall wrote:
>
> On 10 Jul 2003 at 14:47, Reggie Bautista wrote:
>
> > Michael Harney wrote:
> > >I wanted to ask those who have read some/many of the Pern novels a
> > >question. I have only read _Dragonseye_ and _The Dolphins of Pern_.
> > >The question I have is: Are the events in s
On 10 Jul 2003 at 14:47, Reggie Bautista wrote:
> Michael Harney wrote:
> >I wanted to ask those who have read some/many of the Pern novels a
> >question. I have only read _Dragonseye_ and _The Dolphins of Pern_.
> >The question I have is: Are the events in some of the other pern
> >books more e
Michael Harney wrote:
I wanted to ask those who have read some/many of the Pern novels a
question.
I have only read _Dragonseye_ and _The Dolphins of Pern_. The question I
have is: Are the events in some of the other pern books more epic? Let me
elaborate for clarity. I liked the books, but I
Julia wrote:
Let's see if I can remember order of publication:
Dragonflight
Dragonquest
The White Dragon
Moreta
Dragonsdawn
Nerilka's Story
I think _Nerilka's Story was before Dragonsdawn, and at least two of the
HarperHall books were before The White Dragon if I'm not mistaken... The
first thr
Erik wrote:
I'd recommend _Moving Mars_ and _Blood Music_ as his best
novels.
I haven't read _Moving Mars_, but I agree that _Blood Music_ is one of
Bear's best. In fact, right now it's my favorite novel by any of the Killer
B's.
Reggie Bautista
On 10 Jul 2003 at 13:55, Bryon Daly wrote:
> >From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >_The Mote Arround Mucheson's Eye_
> >(yes, the sequel to _A Mote in god's Eye_)
>
> Hmmm. I thought the sequel to The Mote In God's Eye was The Gripping
> Hand. Perhaps they titled the book differen
From: "Bryon Daly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >From: "Michael Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >On the topic of _/_ by Greg Bear, I may start another thread later about
> >that book, but I wanted to ask, for those who have read more of Greg
Bear's
> >books if _/_ represented a One of Greg Bear's better
From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
_The Mote Arround Mucheson's Eye_
(yes, the sequel to _A Mote in god's Eye_)
Hmmm. I thought the sequel to The Mote In God's Eye was The Gripping Hand.
Perhaps they titled the book differently in Europe?
__
From: "Michael Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I wanted to ask those who have read some/many of the Pern novels a
question.
I have only read _Dragonseye_ and _The Dolphins of Pern_. The question I
have is: Are the events in some of the other pern books more epic? Let me
elaborate for clarity. I l
Not really a direct reply, but I'm currently reading
_The Mote Arround Mucheson's Eye_
(yes, the sequel to _A Mote in god's Eye_)
and
_Shadow Puppets_
(OSC - third in the _Shadow_ saga)
Andy
Dawn Falcon
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On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:20:29AM -0600, Michael Harney wrote:
> On the topic of _/_ by Greg Bear, I may start another thread later
> about that book, but I wanted to ask, for those who have read more
> of Greg Bear's books if _/_ represented a One of Greg Bear's better
> books, was on par with m
Michael Harney wrote:
>
> I know that this list was originally started as a list dedicated to
> discussion of specific authors and their books, so I thought I would bring
> up a topic that is closer to being actually on topic in the little time that
> I have to compose email today (at least part o
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