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  1. CCamfield

    Earthsea - Review

    I went back to her site to reread those and well... it's more than that. \\ In the original Earthsea books, the first book is about Ged's rash actions, taking responsibility for the damage he has caused, and accepting himself. Tomb of Atuan has nothing to do with that. It's the hardest of the...
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    Earthsea - Review

    Is it okay if I pound my head on the desk now? Le Guin was trying to say something different in each of the original Earthsea books. Evidently that went right over the heads of the producers of the miniseries. Guards the secrets of the Gebbeth...?!?!?!?! :eek:
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    Need help picking a great fantasy novel

    Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart. An amazingly good self-contained fantasy novel set in ancient China, weaving together fantasy, folktale, mystery, and humour elements. The main characters are Number 10 Ox, a young and very strong peasant, and Master Li, an ancient man who was one of the most...
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    Favorite Kung Fu/Wuxia Movies?

    All the Jackie Chan films, despite being great, are not wuxia films... I'm afraid right now all I can do is "me toos"... Hero, House of Flying Daggers, OUATIC, Fong Sai Yuk I and II, The Bride with White Hair (I and II... in both these cases the first film is better than the second.) Ah! One...
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    Wizards - online survey problems

    (Obscure fantasy reference)If they know your birthday, and who you are, they can steal your luck!(/reference) :)
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    Help Shopping for a Book

    That's Robin McKinley, but I think her books and the younger Anne McCaffery novels are both aimed at the "young adult" market, well, older than grade 2... although the same could be said for the later Harry Potter books I suppose. Anyhow, I think I read The Hero and the Crown in grade 7. It...
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    (Adventure) Heroes of The Vesper Peaks (Uriel judging)

    Marl coughs in disgust and replies to Vanadan's comment: "You're not kidding. A minute ago the man was moving, and now it looks like he's been dead for a week! What's going on here?" Despite his comments, Marl will go over and look at the body, prodding bits of it with one of his swords and...
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    Recommend a good fantasy boardgame?

    Probably because it's not fantasy? :) But I agree these are very good games.
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    Treasured Out-of-Print SciFi/Fantasy

    "The Tower of Fear" by Glen Cook, for one. (There are so many...) Just as dark as the Black Company books with a great setup - occupied city that used to be ruled by an evil wizard, with - underground resistance against the occupiers - the occupiers - plus their nomad mercenaries - innocent...
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    Enterprise 11-12-04

    I have mixed feelings about this one. Nod to the Botany Bay, excellent. Bioweapon threat and Malik's Magical Appearance and, to me, the cybernetics link... meh. I mean, I personally understood that Soong was an ancestor of the Soong in TNG, but Arik Soong didn't have to go into cybernetics...
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    [Nov] What are you reading?

    Well, if you haven't finished the Sarantine Mosaic, definitely read the sequel! After that, I don't know if I can choose between A Song for Arbonne and The Lions of Al-Rassan (both very good) and then there's the Fionavar Tapestry (which I do like, but some don't). I'm also reading, online...
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    (Adventure) Heroes of The Vesper Peaks (Uriel judging)

    (Will do - I didn't remember doing so before although Marl spent that fight running away)
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    Whats the worst you've ever read? Scifi/Fanstasy

    I've probably blotted out the very worst, and I screen out a lot of junk (I think) but I did read Dawnthief, by James Barclay, when I was on a real "fantasy mercenaries" kick, and thought it was atrocious. Indistinguisable characters, ... aaaaugh, just bad.
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    (Adventure) Heroes of The Vesper Peaks (Uriel judging)

    "Hey! I asked you a question!" Marl will try to put a crossbow bolt through the ghoul's leg, and then draw his swords.
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    Enterprise 11-05-04

    Yeah, poison gas coming in through the vents would have been a better cliffhanger (even if it would suggest they were too late :)). Orius, I think you're right - despite the fact that Soong believes in the Augments, he doesn't really seem to want to kill people to achieve that end. And Malik...
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    (Adventure) Heroes of The Vesper Peaks (Uriel judging)

    Marl takes a few steps forward and levels his crossbow at the figure. "All right, who are you, and what do you know about what's going on here in the mine?" {OOC--I thought the map label was a bit of a giveaway... I didn't clue in from the description that this was an undead... and anyway I...
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    Enterprise 11-05-04

    I'm sure that Soong's history lesson wasn't the only one; he must have raised them constantly telling them they were superior.
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    [Nov] What are you reading?

    Should still be cheaper to get it from Canada. www.amazon.ca for instance :) Enthusiastic thumbs up to Ilium and Erikson's books.
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    [Nov] What are you reading?

    I just finished re-reading The Hero and the Crown (Robin McKinley) and I'm now reading 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Everyday Life In Imperial China by Michael Loewe.
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    (Adventure) Heroes of The Vesper Peaks (Uriel judging)

    Marl pretends to stumble and exclaims "ow!" as if he'd stubbed his foot on a rock. "Don't look now," he hisses at those who turn to look at him, "but there's someone in the shadows at the other end of the room." (edit) And as he leans down to pretend to massage his foot, he'll put his...
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