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Everything Else / Re: In Utah for a couple weeks
« on: April 06, 2009, 05:35:28 PM »
Ookla You move you'll have to become Ookp Not nearly as evocative...
A lot of people describe Scalzi’s Old Man's War novels as military science fiction, but I would classify its sequel Zoë’s Tale as a space opera. It’s a story about, well, Zoë, a teenage girl whose parents are invited to take leadership roles in building a colony on a new planet. Zoë is an enthusiastic member of the group sent to colonize Roanoke, despite the risks—and the risks are considerable even before the political machinations of greater powers boil to the surface. Continue reading Zoë’s Tale
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The realization punched through her panic and shattered it like ice. She took a deep, calming breath.I don't know how to say this and not be sexist: This reaction didn't ring true for me. It wasn't very feminine to have her panic shatter from something as simple as logic, after he'd had to chase her down and tackle her. Alternatively, I could see her submitting in order to try and placate him, or resisting hystercally.
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First, they are both excerpts from histories. Notice that everything in both of them is in past tense.
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The prologue occurs at the very end of the Second Age, also known as the Age of Legends. The series proper occurs near the end of the Third Age. The two excerpts at the end of the prologue are from histories written early in the Fourth Age after the end of the series.