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 other
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
And the cousins I saw the most often growing up were
actually second
cousins, and they didn't have very many toys at all
that I remember (but
the youngest was at least 3 years older than I was),
but they were
really good at finding stuff
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 of
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
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 long run.)
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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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 the long
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 ten
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 has made a
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_ and _Summer
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
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 a
(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. g)
Tom Beck
www.prydonians.org
www.mercerjewishsingles.org
I always
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
[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. g)
That's nothing - one of them is looking at wedding
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
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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 guess I'm a little behind...
Better to be a little
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
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
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 Barbies is
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 got
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 think
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 other
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
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 they were
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 group in
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 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 Alastair
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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 tell me if I am alone in believing
--- 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 _The Lady_, unless you
Deborah Harrell wrote:
serious 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
I
Deborah Harrell wrote:
serious 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
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
Line, but
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
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
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
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_
Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
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
Michael Harney wrote:
snip . . . 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
Julia Thompson wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
snip 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.
Her
On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 01:42 am, G. D. Akin wrote:
Michael Harney wrote:
snip . . . 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.
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 preferred the
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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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 from
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
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 like it
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).
For some
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
- 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. Expendable is pretty good,
but
its sequels are even more fun
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 Dinosaur
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 the reason that I haven't
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
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 most
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
___
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
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: 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 books, was on
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 differently in Europe?
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
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
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
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 epic?
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 some of the
- 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 thought I
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 Dolphins of
Pern_.
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
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 judging
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