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Then an angel appeared,

Hah! You're absolutely right -- I just found that out a couple of days ago, reading a short story of his in an anthology.

I liked his earlier books, but I found his work really seemed to fall into a rut as he went on. I haven't read anything he's written since I, Jedi, which really capped it for me. The first few chapters were shallow and derivative, seeming to be nothing more than name dropping all the...

A pair of Birkenstock hiking boots that cost this much: Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar...

Leaves fall around me As I wander through the park, Adrift on the wind. Red, orange, purple, The dying leaves come alive, Ablaze in my heart. Bare trees stand starkly Against a sky as grey as My sweater's thick wool. Dancing in the breeze, Golden leaves twirl lazily, As my...

That's exactly what I was thinking of, Mort. "Krispy Kreme" and "Safway" (a building supply company) are two more examples.

I'm not saying by any means that it's the sole reason kids can't spell, Novella, but it is one source of disinformation that has a large presence in many kids' lives. That's all. My wife and I homeschool our kids and teach them to spell phonetically, and we don't watch broadcast television...

Hello, everyone. I'm writing an essay on the impact of commercial advertising on how children spell. I'd appreciate it if some of the members could send me fine examples of how marketers murder our language to push product. Some of the tings I'm thinking of are store/brand names (Toys 'R' Us...

plastic package of frozen

thinking: "tastes like chicken!"

I'm reading a good one right now: Cosmos Latinos, an anthology of Latin-American and Spanish science-fiction. Good stuff, and quite different from the typical Anglo-American fare...

Nothing -- got me an optical mouse. Hey, Sapper41 -- are you a combat engineer? Haven't seen a Sapper tab in a long time...

You really won't get the poem unless you read it through to the end; please, do so. I held her hand tenderly And looked at her face: The picture of youth, The essence of grace. And on, And on, The day grew long. I read her a poem; I whispered a song. Her hand tight in mine...

I'd hate to think I was responsible for the drive-by sporking of some hapless editor...

Well, I submitted it to Analog for publication today. Now we'll wait two or three months for it to actually get read and see if they want to put it in one of their issues.

My favorites: Cohen the Barbarian, Susan (Death's grand-daughter), Vetinari, Death, Vimes, Leonard of Quirm, and Om (as a turtle). Those are my favorites, although I love nearly all of them.

I like Grisham's books, for the most part, but I will admit that he's begun to be pretty formulaic lately. Pretty much all his novels involve a hotshot (usually male) lawyer living life too fast or too large, a vast conspiracy on the part of shadowy powerful older white men, and a conclusion...

Oh dear Wabbit, thou dost suffer as I did... The whole plotline of the raiders went nowhere for two and a half books, and then -- get this -- she wrapped it up in the epilogue. We only got to see what the whole deal with the raiders was in a bizarre reminiscence sequence, where an older...

Small Gods was easily one of my favorites, although it didn't feature any of the recurring characters. Of the ones that feature a recurring character set (i.e., Witches of Lancre, Rincewind & Luggage, Death, City Watch, etc.), I think the City Watch books are my favorite. I bought Night Watch...

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