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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
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> If you're going to a library, ask a librarian.
Andy is still resisting to ask the orangutan even though it prevents him
from getting some subtle references.
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:14:38 +0200, "Gail Shaw"
<initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
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>No. I have a friend threatening to lend me the book. So far she hasn't made
>good on the threat.
>Note to self - raid the bookshelf next time I visit.
I won't give the ending away but it ties up a loose thread from
Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:33:34 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:
>Gail Shaw wrote:
>> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
>>
>> If you're going to a library, ask a librarian.
>
>Andy is still resisting to ask the orangutan even though it prevents him
>from getting some subtle references.
LOL and don't call him a chimp. ;)
--
Regards
Stephen
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andrel wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
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>> It's sometimes fun trying to figure out what my wife (who learned
>> Chinese first) is asking when she comes across a word she doesn't
>> know. "What's a mig-non?"
>>
> Don't know, my first though that it was a very fast flying female monk,
> but it is probably english and not dutch.
I asked her if it had the word "fill-it" in front. :-) "Yeah! How'd you
know?"
She's great. I'm not making fun of her, but of English. :-)
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> "Water, Sugar, Citric Acid, Vitamin C" [Found on some cheap lemonade.]
I liked the bit I had this morning. "... Natural banana flavoring
(water, fruit juice, organic sugar) ..."
I wasn't aware you could juice a banana, myself.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I very much doubt that I've read all the good fiction already! ;-)
> There's probably an ample supply of suitable stuff out there. As I say,
> the problem is locating it.
I liked one story I read where the main character mentioned at some
point he only reads books more than 100 years old. "Doesn't that limit
your choices?" "No, not really." Two chapters later, you find out
he's a millenium-old vampire.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Actually, I was thinking if anything I'm likely to try reading the Harry
> Potter books [which are also reputed to be well-written].
They're well-written, but rather puerile in my opinion. Of course,
they're targeted at kids, so you kind of expect it. The first one was
OK, but as they went on it was obviously getting lamer and lamer. The
movie pretty much summed up the book without a whole lot of differences.
I also read Golden Compass et al, which was actually one of the better
fantasy books I've read lately. Surprisingly full of prophesies and
magic for a book intended to convince you not to believe in that stuff.
I suspect, Andrew, you would very much like "Permutation City" by Greg
Egan. Track it down and read the description. It's one of my favorite
pieces of geeky computer fiction.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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Warp wrote:
> Yes. Especially the place for Edoras was a superb find. (Only some
> buildings were added with CGI, all the rest is real scenery.)
As a sideways tangent, if you've ever seen the Aeon Flux movie, those
buildings are all existing buildings in some city in Germany, according
to the DVD extras. Next time I'm vacationing there, I'll have to track
it down.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message
news:bqfv049f91s1pe2t04u6a8cjahnqmgpugp@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:14:38 +0200, "Gail Shaw"
> <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
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> >
> >No. I have a friend threatening to lend me the book. So far she hasn't
made
> >good on the threat.
> >Note to self - raid the bookshelf next time I visit.
>
> I won't give the ending away but it ties up a loose thread from
> Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream.
Which I've never read...
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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
news:480fae73$1@news.povray.org...
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> Have you read The Children of Hurin? I've got the book on CDs, but
> haven't opened it yet.
>
No, sorry.
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