As an all too infrequent visitor to the Watch I think it's great to see each new wave of posters, bringing in their own views or wanting to challenge those who have gone before. There could never be enough words read to make me not want to come back. As a fantasy reader commencing in the 50's I look...

My kids were watching WKRP Cincinatti back in the early days and for some strange reason I always saw Hile Troy as looking like Dr Johnny Fever ( Howard Hesseman).

My kids were watching WKRP Cincinatti back in the early days and for some strange reason I always saw Hile Troy as looking like Dr Johnny Fever ( Howard Hesseman).

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can I relate?...of course. Does not the human condition mean we all could relate at some level or other? 59 winters thus far and I am mainly harmless but like all blokes, capable of acts of gross stupidity at the drop of a hat! I can relate.

I have always likened the Haruchai to the great fighting men of Nepal...the Gurkhas. They have given service to the British Army for over two centuries. a sounds like the "u" in "up" u sounds like "oo" as in kangaroo ai sounds like "eye" ch as in ch ur ch hu r...

Thought I'd put two bob's worth in here. I think it probably all comes back to TC , LF and the Creator.

Greetings all. Hope the fires lions didn't get too close this time Seareach?

I always held an image of Amok as more like Hermes, or at least the manner in which Kingsley depicted him oh so may years ago. For any Aussies, I reckon the nearest I liken him to is Graham Kennedy in his early IMT days.

I recall from High school days (circa 1963)reading Shakespeare that the word puissant came up. ."..most puissant Caesar...". My trusty Shorter Oxford on Historical Principles has it as Power,strength, force, might, influence. One pronunciation is along lines of pwi-sans With all SRD words ...

The One Tree provides a couple of examples for me Lina:

1.The HarbourMaster (can't recall seeing a name for him) was a bit of a pain but provides the "we have rules" tragi/comic relief and

2. Rire Grist had possibilities of developing into a likeable character

I got nothing else here

Well met MsMary. As a foundation member of "Those Who Obviously Must Push (The Red Button)" I didst click the link.

Its going to be a re-read with perhaps a bit more attentionI reckon.

Hooray

we of the great south land give passing acceptance of English. Of course we speak with one voice; the ever evolving strine. Whilst those of our brethren sometimes cling lovingly to the various tongues of their forebears, there's nothing better than the sounds of a second or third generation European...

Well I guess I've been called many things in my life but a lurker? First time is sometimes a good time. Happy to slither (slither, is that what lurkers do? Or maybe slurk? ) Anyhow I guess my elevation to status of lurker is on account of so few posts over a year or three. Its that danged sudoku gam...

Finished the first read of FR. Now the question remains; back to LFB for the definitive re-read right through to FR again, or what? Definitely need a re-read of FR but how far to go back? Having said that, FR was worth the wait (albeit us antipodeans had to wait just that bit looooonger than you goo...

Well I guess being born in 1950 I trump you good folk by a couple of decades, but hey...SRD provides the level field. My original copy of LFB has gone to that mysterious place all paperbacks go and I gave the rest of the I & II Chrons to my daughter but was left some good copies (hardbound) when...

Hope things go well for you and the missus, Landwaster. Old South Gippsland boy here but been up Wallan way these 25 years or so. I've heard from a mate that the Oz Rules teams are pretty active in California. He was on holidays and saw a kick to kick game in session. Just had to join in! I wonder w...

Indeed Landwaster for I have just received not one but two copies in hardcover of FR. I recall getting two copies of ROTE when it came out, one had the seppo cover one had the too&from cover. Can't have enough of a good thing I say! Am up to T' One Tree in my re-read cycle so will have to assume...

Well up here on the southern slopes of the Great Divide there's nary a bookstore to be seen. Am hanging out waiting on the Christmas present so maybe FR will be somewhere in a package?

By the way Merry Christmas to all on the Watch

I remain yet to procure said most recent work of SRD. Am undertaking a complete re-read of I & II and discover I must not have paid much attention on earlier reads. At first I thought that FR was not available to us antipodeanii but assurances from those with wisdom greater than mine assuaged my...

My two bob's worth, apart from a second re-read of ROTE because we haven't got access to FR yet is:


1421 The Year China Discovered the World Gavin Menzies
A Short History of the World Geoffrey Blainey
The Templars Piers Paul Read

Ah, well counselled indeed Giantfriend. But alas it is the fate and the very nature of such as I. Transient by name and inclination. It's what may be around that next corner ...don't you know I just gotta see. Always on the move, cross the worlds that are mere words to some. And of course there's al...