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EVLYN! Hugs for my friend and favorite artist! I am so glad you have joined! I have missed you! How are you doing? Is dropping RPGs working for you? How is your comic art going? Your artwork was a sore loss for me since you left the remains of G+! I…
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@Apocryphal - they will box it in shittim wood!
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Cool, Marc! I've never done this myself. Interesting to see how you are approaching it!
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I read a LOT of Lamb back in the day, but recently, only Wolf of the Steppes. :smile:
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@Apocryphal - It's about 550 pages, so not so short! :smiley:
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I don't do reviews, @RichardAbbott! I was hoping to discuss it if someone else has read it! :smiley: It's anthropological SF, with nothing clear and definitive, but asking lots of questions. Very slow paced. I really liked it!
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I've read the Wolf of the Steppes. It's great stuff!
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At least one for me!
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Interesting!
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Sounds fascinating!
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Sam Delany has an omnibus ebook out for $2.99 on Amazon. Babel-17, Nova, and Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is an amazing deal! This is some prime science fiction here! https://www.amazon.com/Novels-Samuel-R-Delany-One-ebook/dp/B075KWTQNG?_…
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With the new movie and RPG coming out, shouldn't we just go with Dune? One Horse Town wrote an unfinished Gormenghast-ish RPG called Stone Horizons, but I think I am the only person with a copy, as I was going to publish it. I don't know what RPGs …
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Me too, Neil! She's as bad as Dr. Seuss! :smiley: Probably part of the reason she's one of my favorites!
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Awesome, Richard! I have been waiting for this! I must say the examples you picked are the ones that make my hair stand on end when I read them.
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The invention of the Knnn buys a lot of forgiving, I agree, Paul! One of the great alien species, up there with Pierson's Puppeteers.
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When we read The Pride of Chanur in the club, consensus was very much not in favor.
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Whether or not you like Stranger In A Strange Land depends on when you think Heinlein jumped the shark. What is interesting is that most everyone thinks The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (1966) is Heinlein at the height of his powers, but Stranger is an …
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A, C, and E definitely. D maybe. Depends. The others? Meh. I read Foundation when I was a child and loved it, but the more I read Asimov, the more I began to dislike his style. I have said before - I LOVE Melville! Typee, White Jacket, Billy Budd, …
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Hells yeah!
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AWESOME! I am up for it! You have my permission. No contact details for me - they wouldn't be needed. Maybe if Ray Otus doesn't want to make a cover, you can use one of Richard's photos?
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I got waylaid and haven't even started it. I guess I will sit this one out...
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I got waylaid and haven't even started it. I guess I will sit this one out...
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Compared to Dying Earth, the murky mud-clogged morality of Lyonese seems pellucid. :smiley:
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Dr. Mitch - I am envious! I wish I could do stuff like this!
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I never review anything. My brain is too non-judgmental. Just because something appeals to me does not mean I should recommend it to others, and because I dislike something doesn't mean I should dissuade others from sampling it. I am fully aware my …
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For the most part, @Apocryphal seems pretty snarky, so these seem to be more elevator bitches.. :wink:
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C. J. Cherryh has written two very long series, Alliance/Union/Compact Space and the Foreigner series. Alliance/Union/Compact Space is definitely #3, while Foreigner is definitely #2. In type #3 series, reading more gives you a fuller appreciation b…
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Nice work @Akrasia! Why I was thinking that way which otherwise seemed unsupported! :smile:
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Americans are weaned on Hemmingway, Hammet, and other writers who aspire to taut, muscular prose. That is what they are taught in schools. Brits have different literary models. I am an American, but I was weaned on very different writers from either.