Hey, Av. I'm more likely to spend time on line when I retire, which will be in less than 2 years.

Cord, thank you for all the long quotes. I enjoyed rereading them.

I feel like the Gap universe gets bigger with each book, not only in square parsecs but psychologically. My favorite of SRD's works.

(Thank you. )

I had that reaction to REAL STORY the first time through, but once I knew what it was leading to, I have eagerly reread the whole series many times.

"The Sparrow" discusses no moral issues per se, it is thoroughly unphilosophical. All it really accomplishes is dashing humanity's hope that there is, somewhere out there, a morally advanced alien civilization that we can learn from. ..."The Sparrow," alas, falls flat even on th...

DOC and the sequel.

I might not watch the western series, but I wouldn't miss giving the sci fi series a try.

I'm happy to say that THIS DAY ALL GODS DIE has arrived on audible.com, to complete the cycle. It's incorrectly labeled This Day All Gods Must Die, but if you search for it using the correct title, it still comes up.

The first four books of the Gap Cycle just arrived on audible.com . I have used up my last membership credit.

Yes, I've read ANDIAMANTE and ARCHFORM BEAUTY. I'd say ANDIAMANTE's plot is mostly theme, and it is the people who make it live. ARCHFORM BEAUTY has the more complicated plot. If I remember right, giving away parts of the plot doesn't give away what ultimately happens.

Very good post, Linna. I started the series with book 1 as I normally do, and don't plan to switch around. I'm at Chapter 23, and Lerris is crossing a border through what appears to be a magician's cold rain.

I got a third of the way into MAGIC OF RECLUSE and stopped. Doesn't seem like there's much original about it. Anyone want to tell me why I should continue?

Excellent analysis of Modesitt's main thrust. That explains one of the things I've disliked in his plots - the lack of action in the governments on the "good" side. Now I'll be able to read those parts without cringing. So far I've read: Imager Imager's Challenge Imager's Intrigue The Para...

In the midst of Killashandra, I am thinking that Killashandra Ree has Borderline Personality Disorder. :) Haha, good one. McCaffrey pretty much made aggressive females ok, in the sci fi field. I too think sometimes she goes overboard, but it does give women the chance to go overboard vicariously, w...

Avatar . I have several Watch friends on Facebook, so I'm not totally out of touch. Right now I'm listening to the last 1/3 of IMAGER'S CHALLENGE. I'm wearing my usual book addict hat.

I bought SCHOLAR last week. :-) IMAGER'S CHALLENGE is my current audio book. Edge nudged me for years to read Modesitt before I tried one, and I've been collecting them steadily ever since I first tried one (IMAGER) two years ago, and followed it right up with THE PARAFAITH WAR. In addition to his s...

Thanks, SleeplessOne. I checked out the site a bit, and couldn't find a search function -- is there one? I wonder that SRD would authorize a site with this look to handle his masterpieces.

SleeplessOne wrote:I'm in the midst of a re-read of the Gap series for the first time in years (actually, listening to them on audio books)

SleeplessOne, I have been doing an internet search for the Gap books on audio. Where did you find them??

It became a blessing to stand up straight. The chill of the early season had made their methods doubly uncomfortable. Charlie Chief had learned from years of experience how to catch trout, and he'd passed the technique to his son. Though hale and hardy, the two six foot tall men had yet to get all t...