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Discussion of written science fiction and fantasy.
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Proton Game Grid Qs
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Pages 269-270 of paperback Split Infinity: Stile and Snack go to the Enclosing Game section of the Tool/Mental subgrid. Their handmade grid only has 4 squares, as opposed to the normal 9. Why such a small Enclosing grid? Under what conditions are costumes tools? Costumes weren't tools in the Stile/Red play about the Afreeta beauty contest (Naked/Art). However,... more »
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On A Pale Horse By Piers Anthony Spoilers
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Spoilers: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 On A Pale Horse: Zane shoots Thanatos dead, hitting the center of his face, because Thanatos had forgotten to cover his face entirely with his cloak. If Thanatos had remembered, what would have happened to Zane (who did not shoot himself as he had planned, so would still be alive... more »
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For Love Of Evil By Piers Anthony Spoilers
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Spoilers: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 For Love Of Evil: Lucifer's plot to overrun Europe with Mongols failed because the Mongol leader died before the Mongols could overrun Europe, and Parry got the news of his death to the Mongol forces in Europe, causing them to withdraw in order to help elect a new leader. Why... more »
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And Eternity, Wielding A Red Sword By Piers Anthony Spoilers
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Spoilers: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Wielding A Red Sword: Pages 97-98 of paperback. Mym learns that Rapture is starving because the Purgatory food doesn't have enough substance to sustain her. Thus Rapture has either to return to Earth to eat, or eat in the Hell Annex with Lilah (who teaches her how to be independent,... more »
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Gray Adept: Comments On Apprentice Adept Series
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Spoilers: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Blue Adept: Page 168 of paperback: The Yellow Adept mentions having met the Gray Adept, yet I don't recall Gray being mentioned anywhere else in the series. What type of magic does Gray do?
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Childe Cycle Part 5: _The Final Encyclopedia_ and _The Chantry Guild_
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The original plan for the Childe Cycle included six science fiction novels. Four has been published by 1971, plus several short stores, which Dickson called "illuminations" because they illustrated some facet of the Childe universe, but weren't part of the main series. We'd seen the prehistory, rise, and maturity of the Splinter... more »
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Ia! Ia! Tofu Fhtagn!
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While strolling through B&N with a $25 giftcard from X-mas burning a hole in my wallet, I was momentarily distracted by a colorful cookbook, titled "Veganomicon". ...I don't know 'bout you, but I ain't eatin' nuthin' outta this book. I need a drink a' holy water and a rare stake. Cautiously, Jack Tingle... more »
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Lines that make you giggle uncontrollably
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I'm reading 'The Big Over Easy' by Jasper Fforde and early in the book there is this passage about a minor character's four bull terriers: "At that moment one of the dogs got out of its basket, pushed forth its front legs and stretched. The hamstrings in its hind legs quivered with the effort, and at the climax of the stretch the dog lowered its head, raised... more »
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Science Fiction on NPR
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I managed to get a report on the science fiction wovel on NPR's morning edition, here: [link] Hopefully you'll enjoy it -- and recommend it, so that they'll that NPR listeners read and are interested in science fiction ... something I've been trying to convince them of for years. Thanks ... Now back... more »
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Contemporary fantasy songs
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That's a sucky name for a genre but what I mean are songs that tell fantastic (or perhaps horrific) stories set in the current world when the song was written. I was woken this morning by Helen Reddy's "Angie, Baby", which turned out to be the "Pretty Maggie Money Eyes" of stalker songs [1], not something I was expecting... more »
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