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Phil Cook wrote:
> GIYF or more precise WIYF - Phobos the Robot Planet by Paul Capon? Not
> one I've read.
Actually, it looks more like "Lost, a Moon". No mention of Phobos in the
title. Phobos the Robot Planet was published the same year. I'm
suspecting it was the same story published under two names. The cover of
"Lost, a Moon" is definitely something I remember.
Cool! Thanks! (And yes, I did google it, but I obviously got the wrong
words to search.)
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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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Stephen wrote:
> I don't do that, it spoils my appetite :)
<LaurieAnderson> And you're eating, and you're reading, and you're
eating, and you suddenly realize that what you're eating is what you're
reading. But by then, it's much too late. </LaurieAnderson>
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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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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote in message
> news:480fc89a$1@news.povray.org...
>> 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.
>
> Who said that's banana juice? They said banana flavoring and fruit juice.
> They didn't say *what* fruit.
Oh, I know. It was just a bit odd that the "natural banana flavoring"
apparently had no banana in it. Not the naive interpretation of
"natural" I was expecting. It was more an amused comment than anything.
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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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Gail Shaw wrote:
> They are excellent and surprisingly, the movie 'The Golden Compass' follows
> the book almost exactly.
To a large extent, yes. Didn't they skip the trek with the gypsies (or
whatever they're called in the book) or was that the second novel?
And yah, the movie ended about a chapter earlier, which was kind of an
interesting choice, given the final chapter of the book.
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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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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:18:48 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> I don't do that, it spoils my appetite :)
>
><LaurieAnderson> And you're eating, and you're reading, and you're
>eating, and you suddenly realize that what you're eating is what you're
>reading. But by then, it's much too late. </LaurieAnderson>
LOL
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Regards
Stephen
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Darren New wrote:
>
> Oh, I know. It was just a bit odd that the "natural banana flavoring"
> apparently had no banana in it. Not the naive interpretation of
> "natural" I was expecting. It was more an amused comment than anything.
>
Yep. I remember a long time ago watching a show about some of what goes
on behind the scenes with manufactured food products. I remember some
person in a lab with dozens of tiny vials mixing and matching the
compounds, and giving it a taste. The host asked about the distinction
between natural and artificial flavorings. The person in the lab
basically stated a natural flavor may have no relevance to what it's
trying to mimic, but is extracted from a natural source, whereas
artificial flavor is a molecule synthesized to mimic the flavor of
something. Something like almond flavoring isn't derived from the
almonds you can buy at the supermarket, but rather an extract toxic
variety that is bitter to the taste.
Not sure what they could use to get "natural" banana flavor...
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>> 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.
Hooookay then... Time to get the dictionary again. :-}
> Of course, they're targeted at kids, so you kind of expect it.
Well I don't know. The first film is *exactly* what you'd expect from
every kids adventure film ever made. There was some humour which was
actually enjoyable, but overall the thing was pretty much predictable.
The second film, however, seemed much darker and more interesting. [Note
that I don't usually consider those two to be strongly correlated.] Each
film seems even better than the one before. [Altough, frankly, the
opening sequence of the Goblet of Fire made *no sense* at all. It was
all too fast to comprehend.] The last one I saw - Order of the Pheonix -
well, I have no idea what the book says, but if *I* wanted to make a
kick-ass film about a wizard, this is totally the film I'd make!
[Except that, obviously, if *I* made it, it would suck...]
> 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.
Mmm, I'll have to try that. Actually, the I've got a DVD that has a
trailer for something called the Spiderwick Chronicles. It looks...
interesting.
> 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.
Hmm. Maybe, maybe not. We'll see.
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>>> Note to self - raid the bookshelf next time I visit.
>> Oh, I'm sorry - am I making you hungry? :-)
>
> Huh?
Hungry for a good read. ;-)
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>> 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...
...OK, I'm going to resist quoting Shakespeare. You'll all just think I
looked it up online anyway...
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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:4810d334$1@news.povray.org...
> >>> Note to self - raid the bookshelf next time I visit.
> >> Oh, I'm sorry - am I making you hungry? :-)
> >
> > Huh?
>
> Hungry for a good read. ;-)
>
Not really. I have a whole pile of books I haven't read. It's just that she
keeps saying she'll loan me the book, but never does.
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