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Hah! I asked an expert at knitting group last night - she has a MS in mythology and Gaelic... and poured over the novel with many squee-like sounds - telling us where each name came from - Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, and "wait, this is Russian!" She did point out that some of the names were pronounce differently before the 1700's than in more modern times. Think we found you a new reader....  |
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« Reply #46 on: May 08, 2008, 10:38:11 am » |
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Bwahahahahaha! AWESOME!
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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« Reply #47 on: May 08, 2008, 10:53:57 am » |
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So what you're saying is that the E in "E. Bear" really stands for "Enabler-of-Geeks". Woo-hoo!
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« Reply #48 on: May 09, 2008, 04:30:43 pm » |
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Just finished Whiskey and Water... I think I'm going to have to reread it a couple of times (and maybe Blood and Iron too) before I have anything to say about specific bits.
It's a heck of a lot denser than most other fantasy, even the stuff with heavy political themes. Hal Duncan's Vellum grabbed me the same way (although for some reason, I couldn't get through Ink). There are multiple stories going on, and most of the important stuff is in the subtext... you do have the reveal at the end, but it just makes you want to go back and look for where things were being referred to.
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« Reply #49 on: May 09, 2008, 05:04:35 pm » |
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Thank you!
I'm very proud of Whiskey & Water. That one came out mostly the way I imagined it, which is always nice.
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« Reply #50 on: May 09, 2008, 07:56:42 pm » |
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There are multiple stories going on, and most of the important stuff is in the subtext... you do have the reveal at the end, but it just makes you want to go back and look for where things were being referred to.
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« Reply #51 on: May 27, 2008, 07:06:01 pm » |
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"Refining Fire," part 1, is now live!
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Falkner to Worth: "'Competent'" is not an insult."
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« Reply #52 on: May 27, 2008, 07:30:55 pm » |
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It's very hard to properly read such beautiful, descriptive prose when it's KEEPING YOU IN SUSPSENSE! I'm gonna have to go back and re-read all of the stuff I couldn't appreciate properly the first time... (No, I don't read that fast. I'm about halfway through, but I had to see a man about a horse  |
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« Reply #53 on: May 28, 2008, 09:33:05 am » |
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Oh, as a side-effect of the episode, I've had to change my radio-listening habits.
While most country music these days is rural-flavored pop, there's still enough historical stuff out there (and normally appreciated) that I couldn't take the chance. Heck, even one pop-flavored 'angel' reference gave me that quick-pain-in-the-heart feeling. If it hadn't been diluted by the presentation, I could have wound up crying on the way into work.
That's semi-okay. I mean, there's the guy-thing about crying, but it was dark out and I was alone in my car. But the next stage of that is curled-up and crying, which is v. bad while driving.
My real concern, though, is how to explain to my men's group that the reason I'm so nervous and worried this week is that one of my favorite fictional characters, who I've never spoken to, is trapped in a house in Texas and may not survive, or (worse yet) may lose his soul in the process of surviving?
Maybe I should find a safer hobby. Like testing jet fighters, or something.
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"His name's Grayson. He works for the State Department."
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« Reply #54 on: May 28, 2008, 12:20:51 pm » |
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You could get them all reading it, too, so they could properly sympathize...  Bear and I did discover an awful lot of songwriters who seemed determined to provide the soundtrack for this episode. |
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« Reply #55 on: May 28, 2008, 12:55:48 pm » |
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You could get them all reading it, too, so they could properly sympathize... Bear and I did discover an awful lot of songwriters who seemed determined to provide the soundtrack for this episode. Well, I just added it to my sig on RPG.net; a much bigger target audience. And found a nice quote to use here, as well. |
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« Reply #56 on: May 28, 2008, 01:21:39 pm » |
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Heeeeee!
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« Reply #57 on: May 28, 2008, 06:35:34 pm » |
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25 minutes to the second installment of "Refining Fire..."
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« Reply #58 on: May 28, 2008, 06:37:21 pm » |
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25 minutes to the second installment of "Refining Fire..."
You have no doubt noticed the fans have all hit the freeze in place and be very quiet thing. Eeeep. |
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« Reply #59 on: May 30, 2008, 07:09:33 pm » |
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Day 6 is live...  |
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