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I have now spent the better part of the last 4 hours reading up on this whole Perdue vs. Brown thing. I read Perdue's blog with the knowledge that he will likely not give an entirely unbiased view of things. But I find it hard to dismiss the filed court papers. Based on those I really cannot...

The author's looks never meant anything to me or my reading of a books. I have always been able to keep the things seperate. I have once (thankfully only once) experienced a guy on a forum bring in an author's looks in his 'dissing' of the writing. It was a fairly long rant about the lack of...

I read parts of it in French some years ago. I wasn't overly impressed, but back then I brushed it off as being due to my somewhat rusty French skills. Sounds like it may not just have been that. I haven't seen the movie, so I can't really compare there.

I need to get the Second Chronicles first. But once they're bought and read I'll get to the Last Chronicles. I'll have to read them.

Welcome to the forum then :) And to your second point of annoyance. I am totally with you there. If it gets too much I simply say: "Excuse me, would you mind if I keep talking when you interrupt?" Totally stone-faced as if it's an honestly meant question. People usually imitate a goldfish...

So true, and I can definitely also do without having my mailbox flooded with notices about having a Private Message waiting for me. There's nothing I hate more than people sending me PM's asking me questions that time would have answered for them had they had the patience to wait. Have a...

Oh I know all too well the process of just starting a story to see where it might lead. This has led me to interesting places I would never have planend on going otherwise, it has also led me to leave a story unfinished because it simply didn't go anywhere, or character development acted up or...

To true, ions. I first started communicating on the internet by way of mail and fanfiction forums where spelling is quite normal (and if it isn't it's not intentional) But then I ended up on debate forums and got into the habit of writing dunno, gonna and worst of all 'prolly'. I've spent...

I understand your sentiment and all but... If they're too busy at the moment they won't see your post anyway and won't return any sooner for it.

I have to... I really shouldn't... but I have to: The Dead Sea scrolls weren't in English either, so if the above is your argument the Bible texts should never have been translated from the original languages ;) Aside from that, I can't see this as anything but a joke. If those people are...

I can't help but think you're overreacting, Moto. People have real lives, and can't keep spending hours on here every day, don't think so much about it, just enjoy those that *are* here at the moment, and be pleasantly surprised when Someone returns from what could just be a busy week. I...

I am immature and more than just a little strange - and I'm proud of it too! The first Harry Potter books were children's books, but from OotP they got so much darker and serious that I probably wouldn't read them to my 8 year old (had I had one). I don't know if we generally include...

Hmmm, I'd never heard it was based on that fairy tale, though I've stood in my local bookshop reading the back blurb of this one as well as the sequel Son of the Shadows (I think that was the title) I thought it looked like it was aimed a somewhat younger audience than what I was looking for...

Hmmm you make a good point, but then he should seriously consider not calling anyone a protagonist, and he should consider not including the beginnings of a character development and leave it unfinished, which was what bothered me the most. We have two boys and their really close friendship...

Psh that's just silly. If people have a right to have sex, then I suggest the State starts up a system to make sure everyone above 18 has the option of having sex at least once a month... yada yada. Having sex is not a right, it's a privilege, if he wants to learn to dance is he gonna hire...

Perhaps he's just on vacation and that's why he's turned the contact options off? So he'll avoid coming home to 2 mil PM's and mails, I know I'd be annoyed with that.

Heh, what happened to not becoming focused too much on one setting? Tsk tsk. I suppose when you start loving your own setting so much you want to share everything with your readers, this is what happens. I can see it happening to me as well :p I'll try to fight it, I swear.

Hmmm, for crime novels I much prefer those set in Britain and written by British authors, I think it has to do with them having a more leisurely pace than many of the action-packed American crime novels. Or perhaps I've just read the wrong books to do a decent comparison. But generally I much...

Thanks, that definitely means I'm gonna pick up that book, I'm not too interested in where they go afterwards but more in the family together - so it's just what I want it would appear. It has been noted on my To Be Purchased Soon list :p

Njeh, tobacco on its own only leads to a 'coughy' death. Ahem... While I think regular drug testing at work is bordering on paranoia (of a different kind) I also think it's perfectly fair of the employer to instate some sort of regulative measures if an employee is not doing his job...