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Reading Excuses / Re: A poll concerning previous submissions
« on: September 29, 2010, 04:19:20 AM »
I don't use a Mac, but I can't imagine it would be particularly difficult to find an FTP client that runs on Macs. The use of FTP is too wide-spread.

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Everything Else / Re: Pointless Armor: Now Available In Dude.
« on: September 28, 2010, 06:37:51 PM »
Hum, I totally didn't notice. Good eye, Miyabi. XD

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Reading Excuses / Re: A poll concerning previous submissions
« on: September 28, 2010, 06:36:30 AM »
For the record, FTP is actually older than MyFace or YourFace.

...oh, wait...

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Reading Excuses / Re: A poll concerning previous submissions
« on: September 27, 2010, 06:11:04 AM »
I think this is probably clear already, but in case it's not I should mention that we're not thinking of changing the submission process itself. This would be an additional feature: Those who are interested/willing put their work in the FTP archive, and those who want to access submissions from back before they joined can do so without everybody having to play email tag.

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Reading Excuses / Re: Email List + Submission Dates
« on: September 26, 2010, 04:32:44 AM »
Yep. List's updated.

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Grumpiness in New, Seasonal Flavours
« on: September 23, 2010, 08:07:20 AM »
Well if that's not the perfect end to an 18-hour day I don't know what is. I go to bed and the bloody CEILING falls on me. No, really.

Yes, I do mean that literally.

...okay, fine. It was only one ceiling tile ("only") and it didn't land directly on me--it brushed me on the way down. It did, however, hit the nightstand next to me and knock over my water glass and half the stuff I had on there. (Thankfully not the one thing which would have really been breakable.)

It also flooded dirty water all over my bed and my floors (which I had to clean, since they're lamanate, and leaving huge puddles of water on them would ruin them). And got water all over the papers that I was keeping on the bottom shelf of said nightstand.

You can't make stuff like this up.

I am NOT IMPRESSED.

Edit: For those who require pictoral proof of the Assault of the Ceiling Tile: http://melody.byethost8.com/?p=313

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Books / Re: Oddly Specific Reading Request
« on: September 19, 2010, 11:58:42 PM »
^Assuming that Bejay's remark was in response to guessingo's question about Stackpole.

Ryos: Wow, thanks for that recommendation. Excellence indeed.

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Books / Re: longest book
« on: September 19, 2010, 06:46:58 AM »
Quote from: Pink Bunkadoo on September 15, 2010, 05:37:59 AM
We read it for book club (at church) a couple of years ago.  A few of us got the full version and some got the abridged version.  It made for some confusing discussion.  One girl showed up with the Cliffs Notes, and when I looked at it I realized that it was the Cliffs Notes of the abridged version.   

Hah! That sounds like a fun time.

Yeah, I need to read it too. It's on the list.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: September 19, 2010, 05:01:45 AM »
Quote from: guessingo on September 10, 2010, 12:37:12 PM

what are your problems? I think elistist gave it a bad review. I really liked his book Flash Forward.

I missed this before, sorry. And apparently I announced that I'd finished Wake twice. ::) What can I say--the last couple of weeks have been a bit hectic.

What Steve said more or less sums it up--a book with really cool ideas that didn't quite hold up to its potential. Caitlinn is a little too smart (it didn't bug me the way it bugs the EBR guys, but I did notice it), and I had a hard time getting past the first chapter. It essentially introduces Caitlinn as a boring teenage girl doing boring teenage girl things, and for me it was a complete turn-off. I got over it eventually, but yeah. That first chapter just did not do it for me.

I enjoyed the rest of the book rather more, but there were a couple of things... Caitlinn learns something about her father later on in the book, and I just don't buy that this was a surprise to her, especially since she's supposed to be such a smart kid.

There are a couple of side plots that could totally be way cool... in book two. In book one, they're really cool-looking ideas that don't accomplish anything other than setup.

That's my opinion of Wake in a nutshell.

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Books / Re: Oddly Specific Reading Request
« on: September 18, 2010, 05:28:31 PM »
guessingo: I haven't read Stackpole, so I can't offer an opinion there.

Thanks, Kaz--I'll definitely check it out. (I need to read some Zelanzy anyway.)

Sigyn: I'm always happy to read more "kind of like place XYZ" books, though they seem to be easier to find, and the mythology focus is for a specific project. =)

Ryos: I just popped Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge onto my mp3 player. I'll try to give it a listen tomorrow when I go for my workout.

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Books / Re: Oddly Specific Reading Request
« on: September 17, 2010, 02:15:25 AM »
Oh, wow. Thanks, everyone--you guys are awesome!


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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: September 17, 2010, 02:14:20 AM »
Just started Jeff Vandermeer's Finch.

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Books / Re: Oddly Specific Reading Request
« on: September 15, 2010, 03:16:35 PM »
Quote from: guessingo on September 15, 2010, 12:30:48 PM
one of the guys nominated for a Campbell Award is writing an Islamic fantasy novel. No idea when it will be released. I

I heard about that! Can't remember the fellow's name, or I'd try looking into some of his short fiction. (Um, I think his last name was Ahmed?)

Nessa: Thanks, I'll check it out.

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Books / Oddly Specific Reading Request
« on: September 15, 2010, 03:56:19 AM »
So I'm trying to come up with a decent list of fantasy stories that include non-Western mythologies, or stuff inspired by non-Western mythologies, and am having a tough time thinking of more than a couple. Anybody got any suggestions to throw out there for me?  (I know, this is specific enough that I might only get blank stares, but I figured it was worth a shot.)

They don't have to be novels. Short fiction counts.

Thanks! 

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: September 12, 2010, 03:05:40 AM »
Just finished Cumberland by Michael V. Smith (one of the professors at my university). It was often uncomfortable, but ultimately quite satisfying. It's not speculative fiction, though.

Also, I finished Sawyer's www:Wake recently, which was all right.

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