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You make me want to invent a device that allows me to punch someone through the internet.

Well, I would figure that particular instance to be stealing. It's the same thing, without the specifics. Instead of Chicago, a big city. I wouldn't think that adjusting the setting would make it no longer theft. Perhaps if the roles were switched? A female "wizard" and a male police...

Hope sense wasn't what you were going for. Here you go: O'er the pie in the oven, ready to bake

If I like the author, I'll probably get the book, but not always. I also read the back of books, listen around a bit for recommendations offered by friends and family, etc. I don't really read the first sentences of the book, though. I just open to a random page, read the page, and decide...

I have one book to read at school, one in the dining room, one in my room, and (often, but not always) one at the computer. Sometimes a couple more than that, but that's it right now. I already have my one for school all set up for when it restarts.

What all have you read of Terry Pratchett? If you don't want to have to think too hard (who doesn't get into that mood sometimes?) then you might want to try either Wee Free Men or A Hat Full of Sky, if you haven't already.

::grins brightly at the Raven type:: I, too, have been a bit influenced by the LKH, despite how horribly a turn she took in the end. She created a world quite seperate from the type most writers go for, while still keeping it close to our own. She managed to get into the characters...

I remember a book I've never finished and have always wanted to. It got lost. It was called Toylan. I'd just gotten to where a little girl died in a closet because she kept throwing up while her mother was busy killing her father, or some such. I don't remember much about it, but it seemed...

It depends what I'm writing, and where it's being done. At school, I've learned to put up with the droning of teachers and the ceaseless yammering of students while I write. At home, I can be a bit more choosy. So, I tend to listen to music based on the mood I'm setting in what I'm writing...

Hee! This thread brings back some strange memories. Like when I was at Villa Duchesne and we went to an orphanage to read to and play with the kids. I let the kids pick what book I'd read to them, and they joyously offered me Everyone Poops. I couldn't believe my eyes. I mean...why the...

It happens to me sometimes. All I have to do is lie down, shut my eyes, listen to some quiet music, and put a warm, damp, cloth over my eyes. It makes me feel a lot better after a bit.

I prefer an author to have some sense of humour, no matter what he or she is writing about. I hate it when a truly serious, dramatic book doesn't take a single break from the theme. Part of why I love Terry Pratchett so much as an author is because in his book Night Watch, he tells a very...

I'm a bit odd when it comes to mice, I suppose. We've got a family of them living in my house, and it's never once bothered me. I just name them when I see them. I find mice and rats to be cute. I love all things that are alive with only two exceptions: cockroaches and humans. If you're...

A lot of my reading/writing takes place at school during those redundant classes where they go over things again and again, so I can't really manage perfect silence. At home, we've got a little puppy running around all the time, which also makes a bit of quiet hard to get. The way I see it, if...

I don't know if I really qualify as cynical in the way most people see it. I'm sarcastic, distrusting, etc., but at the same time I tend to be pretty bubbly and optimistic about most things a lot of the time. That just depends on such things as who I'm with, what mood I'm in, and what meds I'm...

Philip José Farmer should fall under these guidelines. I myself have only read one or two of his books, neither of which struck me as particularly interesting, but my father adores them and owns most of his work. Another author that I love but most of my friends have never heard of is...