Gunslinger: You've hit the nail right on the head there. What matters is the EFFECT of the experience, not its reality. Whether Arnagest is real or not, whether your "alternate" world is real or not, is irrelevant when you consider how it affects who you are and what you become. As you say...

Leper Fairy: That hasn't happened yet, and I don't know what I'd do if it just stopped! I suppose that would mean I had "died" there, but not here, which is a possibility. (I wonder if I died here, whether I'd still be "alive" in Arnagest? That would pretty much put paid to Earth...

UrLord: First I'd like to say that your use of the term "real life" in no way offends me! :) Part of the way I cope with it is that I accept wherever I am at the time as the "real" world with the other being "imaginary". That way at least, I can maintain my sense of ide...

R.S.: Now you're just the sort of person I'm interested in discussing this with. Someone who experiences an alternate world, as it were a actual reality - going by what you say about spending months there in a small amount of Earth-time. Definitely put it all down on paper. I myself am currently put...

Corruption mars all
But Land's life shall prevail
You need not fail

Here is my gift - a short story I wrote about a year ago, when I was thinking of possible ways of overcoming greed and avarice in the human race. This is one possible answer, the story of a man who creates a clever psychological filter for sorting the altruistic from the avaricious. Some will love i...

Aftar the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for me Chow Yun Fat is the perfect Bannor. I agree with that. He could do any of the Haruchai who require depth of acting, and Bannor is probably the deepest. Ahh, some others who see the Asiatic aspect of the Haruchai! As I mentioned before, their race-name...

Nonono. The music should be done by James Horner(Aliens) or John Williams(no need to name movies here). Horner does an excellant job of maiking haunting music, which I feel is nessascary. Atiaran and Covenant both are very haunted. Byrn, 15 years ago I'd have agreed about Horner. His soundtrack to ...

Actually, I agree with you guys about having unknowns in the cast. I refer to A-list actors because everyone knows them and thus can get a picture of what I'm portraying. I'd still want Anthony Hopkins in a cameo as Lord Foul, and you'd probably have to have a name actor in a major role (say Foamfol...

Here's one to think about: What if the flip side of the Oath of Peace was the gift of Land-sight? Consider these factors: 1) If the Old Lords had no Oath of Peace, they might lack some aspect of the Land-sight that Atiaran's people took for granted. In this way, the Despiser could hoodwink the Lords...

The first novel is the ONLY Dune novel for me, everything else after that... I mean Paul turning into this giant Worm? Ohhh pluzzzeeezzzee. So I never pursued after God Emperor. Actually, Paul doesn't become a worm, his son Leto II does. The order to read these books in is: <i>Dune Dune Messiah Chi...

Hi guys, sorry I've been away so long, been hellish busy designing a website for a school and other stuff... finally got some time to come back here! Has anyone considered Tom Hanks for the role of TC? He might not look the part natively, but prosthetics, makeup and CGI can fix that. If you've seen ...

Well, I AM a bit kookoo myself!

Oops, sorry!



That better?

Yes, but Elena had learned to hate. Lena never hated TC, even after what he did to her. That's what I most admire about her!

Yes, that's the sort of thing I mean... 1200 grass blades wouldn't look like much, and bogs down your system. That's where you cheat!

Hmmm... I can see where you're coming from, but my own experience is that when I go to sleep here, I "wake up" in Arnagest and it feels like I am awake there. The only way I seem able to leave it is to pass out or go to sleep there, so I wake up back here. I can't just "wake up" ...

Furls Fire wrote:Over 20 times...probably more than that.

!!! Hey Furl! Know what "reality" is?

How many times have you read the Chronicles (both First and Second) right through? I've done it 13 times now, and every time I find something new! I'll keep reading them again... and again...

So I'm the first to vote for Lord Loerya! Her devotion and concern for her children touched me deeply. She seemed to me to be the most human of the Lords. Even amidst all her power, she still kept a place in her heart for her loved ones. Some people do get their priorities right! At the mention of a...