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Post #202,213
by inthane-chan
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4/6/05 12:29:12 PM
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New Well, that explains that.
That was the first book of his I read. The others, while good, just haven't lived up to it.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."
-Isaac Asimov
Post #202,247
by tuberculosis
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4/6/05 5:03:16 PM
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New Others are kind of hit or miss
They are genarlly all fun. But some are more profound than others.

I just finished The Truth. Very clever takeoff on newspaper industry. Much the way that Moving Pictures was a clever sendup of the movie industry. They're fun, just not quite so soul scratching as Small Gods.

Equal Rites, OTOH, was a wonderful commentary on gender equality.



"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect"   --Mark Twain

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."   --Albert Einstein

"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses."   --George W. Bush
Post #202,280
by Arkadiy
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4/6/05 11:18:44 PM
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New Try Carpe Jugulum
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"Consider a perfectly spherical cow, radiating milk isotropically."

-- [link|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002008.html|Language Log]
Post #202,281
by static
4/6/05 11:37:19 PM
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New I think my favourite is Lords and Ladies.
Although my favourite Granny Weatherwax story is a short-story called "All The Little Fishes". In Lords and Ladies, pterry does what few writers are able to do: he successfully re-invents elves. That alone is worth the price of admission.

The Truth has a marvellous scene where William is facing off the relevant guild head. "The dwarfs and trolls were aware there was a fight in progress but there was no blood."

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #202,301
by tuberculosis
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4/7/05 7:28:07 AM
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New Did it
It was pretty good - but I give it a B+


"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect"   --Mark Twain

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."   --Albert Einstein

"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses."   --George W. Bush
     Why did anyone pray for the Pope? - (warmachine) - (44) - April 2, 2005, 05:45:05 PM EST
         Prayer is supposed to be as much about acceptance... - (ChrisR) - April 2, 2005, 06:04:26 PM EST
         Depends on how you look at it. - (Another Scott) - April 2, 2005, 06:12:18 PM EST
         prayer of thanks in recognition of his contributions - (boxley) - (2) - April 2, 2005, 06:58:09 PM EST
             Exactly - (bionerd) - (1) - April 3, 2005, 02:07:09 PM EDT
                 Many - What is left? - (broomberg) - April 3, 2005, 02:46:31 PM EDT
         Anyone here catch PBS's ~2 hr. redux Saturday? - (Ashton) - (5) - April 3, 2005, 11:11:03 PM EDT
             The only ambivalent story I saw was at the NY Times. - (Another Scott) - (4) - April 3, 2005, 11:28:03 PM EDT
                 And no Italian restoration? :) - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - April 4, 2005, 08:56:33 AM EDT
                     Let's look at the correlation of forces - (rcareaga) - (2) - April 4, 2005, 10:04:16 AM EDT
                         You bad man - (Ashton) - April 4, 2005, 11:24:16 PM EDT
                         I have another idea - (pwhysall) - April 5, 2005, 12:58:26 AM EDT
         Another Popinion - - (Ashton) - (32) - April 5, 2005, 05:31:00 AM EDT
             As young girls my wife and SIL were Catholic. - (Another Scott) - (25) - April 5, 2005, 07:39:23 AM EDT
                 It was probably confession before communion - (bionerd) - (24) - April 5, 2005, 10:12:53 AM EDT
                     All the best people will be there. - (Andrew Grygus) - April 5, 2005, 10:24:40 AM EDT
                     If you haven't read it... - (ben_tilly) - (22) - April 5, 2005, 10:32:35 AM EDT
                         We've had this discussion before - (Arkadiy) - (1) - April 5, 2005, 10:43:29 AM EDT
                             And we still disagree - (ben_tilly) - April 5, 2005, 11:18:07 AM EDT
                         Ummm - (bionerd) - (6) - April 5, 2005, 02:08:28 PM EDT
                             Job - God's little victim -NT - (tuberculosis) - April 5, 2005, 07:06:34 PM EDT
                             Moral: - (imric) - (3) - April 5, 2005, 09:43:44 PM EDT
                                 Today was a perfect example - (broomberg) - (2) - April 5, 2005, 11:34:20 PM EDT
                                     Yes. Sounds like someone I would have liked to know. - (imric) - April 5, 2005, 11:16:24 PM EDT
                                     Condolences. :-( Sounds like she lived a great life. -NT - (Another Scott) - April 5, 2005, 11:30:52 PM EDT
                             The basic story - (ben_tilly) - April 6, 2005, 12:01:35 AM EDT
                         Or_____Small Gods - (Ashton) - (12) - April 6, 2005, 02:36:59 AM EDT
                             Pratchett is VERY highly recommended -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 6, 2005, 10:42:59 AM EDT
                                 Annoyingly DNA-esque to my British mind. -NT - (pwhysall) - April 6, 2005, 12:23:09 PM EDT
                             Oh yes, yes indeed. -NT - (Arkadiy) - (3) - April 6, 2005, 11:00:27 AM EDT
                                 You arent the first to recommend Pratchett to me - (bionerd) - (2) - April 6, 2005, 11:48:32 AM EDT
                                     Move it up the list. Preferably to the top. - (ben_tilly) - April 6, 2005, 01:39:51 PM EDT
                                     Read it - (broomberg) - April 6, 2005, 07:32:04 PM EDT
                             His best work I think -NT - (tuberculosis) - (5) - April 6, 2005, 12:02:33 PM EDT
                                 Well, that explains that. - (inthane-chan) - (4) - April 6, 2005, 12:29:12 PM EDT
                                     Others are kind of hit or miss - (tuberculosis) - (3) - April 6, 2005, 05:03:16 PM EDT
                                         Try Carpe Jugulum -NT - (Arkadiy) - (2) - April 6, 2005, 11:18:44 PM EDT
                                             I think my favourite is Lords and Ladies. - (static) - April 6, 2005, 11:37:19 PM EDT
                                             Did it - (tuberculosis) - April 7, 2005, 07:28:07 AM EDT
             What about Hadrian VII? - (rcareaga) - (5) - April 7, 2005, 09:27:03 PM EDT
                 Thanks for the reminder - (GBert) - April 7, 2005, 06:46:37 PM EDT
                 ICLRPD (new thread) - (ben_tilly) - April 7, 2005, 06:49:16 PM EDT
                 On list - (Ashton) - (2) - April 8, 2005, 03:12:17 AM EDT
                     For a fine treatment of New Religion... - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 8, 2005, 07:12:28 AM EDT
                         No - Salvation is At Hand!__\ufffd All Hail The Unitarian Jihad \ufffd (new thread) - (Ashton) - April 9, 2005, 03:41:54 AM EDT

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