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Where did you read this? One of the histories of ME?
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I am finished but probably won’t be available for discussion before Friday. But by all means start without me.
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I’ll set up a news thread when I’m back that people can follow. It won’t cover every new thread, though. I’m my feed using Chrome on IPhone I see all the threads in order of frequency. Threads with new content (invluding those I haven’t seen bef…
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Looked it up... The Book of the New Sun is a Dying earth story. Why it’s not called the book of the Old Sun I don’t know, but it’s far future earth when the sun is old and dim. The Long Sun series is followed by the Short Sun series. Not sure how Lo…
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@Ray_Otus that’s compelling, but not definitive (for me) since it’s certainly possible to have both an old planet earth and a new one, and for both to be blue. What happens in the Book of the Long Sun? Isn’t that about a generation ship? Couldn’t th…
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> @Ray_Otus said: > @clash_bowley said: > I assumed from the name (Urth) and the single moon, that this was, in fact, Earth. I am probably wrong. > > > > > > It definitely is. Why definitely? This bei…
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@Ray_Otus are you still not seeing the most recent posts on top? @rossum any advice?
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> @Ray_Otus said: > Ch. 6 > > I love how focused each chapter is. The last one was "paintings," and this one is "books." :) Kinda like Moby Dick! @dr_mitch Is it a case of the moon .now. having trees, or…
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Its pretty hard to predict when the last post will be.
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Hey, someone read a book I recommended and liked it!
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Great stuff @Ray_Otus ! Not too long - thought provoking passages. These kinds of observations heighten my enjoyment. Incidentally I was watching two caracaras through the binocs just an hour ago. @Bill_White says SF. I say Fantasy. You say both.…
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> @clash_bowley said: > I get the "weird-ass", and can agree for the most part, but isn't calling redditors "aliens" a bit harsh? Have you seen Reddit’s logo?
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FOMO at work on Clash Bowley? I never... Anyway good on you for putting your money where your vote is. I read this once a couple of years ago and seem to recall he leaves the guild early in the book and embarks on a picaresque adventure. I think the…
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Tolkien, LeGuin, and... Tanith Lee?
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I saw Kargs as Klingons, and we all know what colour they are.
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I admit to being intrigued by Torchbearer, but my first reaction was 'gee, somebody wrote a game about all the things nobody likes to deal with in RPing - whaddya know.'
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On the matter of announcements, we can easily create a single thread for club news that gets updated when new books are announced, when new discussions start, and just generally whenever we want to post an update. However, it would have to have comm…
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Nice to see you, @evangineer
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Nice review!
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(Quote) Best head-math I've done in years.
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I'll probably be late joining this one (breaking rule 4 already!) but will catch up. 41 weeks - this will bring us to Christmas, I think. This looks daunting when presented this way, but the chapters are quite short, and the entire work amounts to a…
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Quite a few options, there @Feral_Ink ! Octavia's Brood has been nominated to read sometime this year, though nothing has been firmed up. Is there one that catches your eye more than others? If so, why?
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@rossum NP. FYI, I'm going to be on vacation come discussion time, so you're on your own for getting that going. I'll be reading the book while I travel and will try to chime in - not sure how timely I'll be, though.
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Dramatic. And Tolkien... so tall and strong and powerful.
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Yes, I just love her writing. There was a scene early on in which one of the young priestesses was eating something that really stood out for me on this read.
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@Michael_S_Miller Sounds like a good set-up for an old-fashioned tournament dungeon!
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(Quote) This is an insightful observation. :smile:
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(Quote) As a reader, I usually find it difficult to predict how a book will go, and have no expectation that the author is choosing the path of greatest pleasure. An author picks a path, but just how they pick that path is usually enough of a myster…
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Maybe. I've never played Amber, but I've read it. It trades on the notion of a web of influence, in which each character is best at something, but weaker at other things. That's true of the Arha-Ged pair, but I suspect Amber would struggle with a on…
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Why are you sorry to me? This seems like a more clearly conceived version of what I was fumbing for.