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- Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: fans and fans
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1298
fans and fans
OK, here's a topic thread that I'm sure can devolve into a spamirfic flame festival. However, over the past few years I've occasionally posed the question of sports fans as compared to media (especially SF/fantasy media) fans. This comparison has caused some to seriously question my obvious lack of ...
- Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:32 pm
- Forum: Coercri
- Topic: Official Mid-term Election Thread
- Replies: 130
- Views: 11111
Throwing some history in the conversation
Since you all here love to discuss things in an ahistorical context. Here's some history for you Bernie Sanders since being elected to the House of Representatives in 1990 has always caucaused with the House Democrats. And noone has any reason to think he'll change that practice since his legislativ...
- Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:25 pm
- Forum: Coercri
- Topic: GOP Election Tricks in VA! Predictable but Shameful
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2640
The following was written before now Although alarming, and certainly needs to be stopped, you can't really believe the Republicans are the only ones who pull this BS. WHY CAN'T I believe that especially since it's by all likelihood true! Regardless, in my Congressional district, Illinois 6th distri...
- Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:32 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3752
Warrior's Apprentice
NOBODY TOLD ME! ;) Warrior's Aprrentice (the text that follows Barrayar in the saga of Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, who we just catch a glimpse of as a little five yr. old right at the end of Barrayar ) is not available anymore as a stand alone volume. We now have Young Miles , which is a fixup of War...
- Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:26 am
- Forum: Coercri
- Topic: voter id cards
- Replies: 75
- Views: 4412
poll tax
To be clear, the ideas being floated around of requiring voter ID cards as in one's DL or State ID card, unconstitutional because they would constitute a ' poll tax ' which is contrary to one of the amendments of the constitution (BTW, when my father lived in Massachussetts before 1949 they had a po...
Sopranos
Lucimay wrote I like the season in general, but i have to say, the finale was a bit of a let down. According to what I've heard the last eqisode shown was not the finale, there are definite plans to show between four and six more episodes to conclude those episodes shown earlier in 2006. I'm sure so...
- Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:10 pm
- Forum: The Galley
- Topic: BEER
- Replies: 711
- Views: 124384
Beers
When I was a college student I had a taste for Lowenbrau Dark (this was the not the Lowenbrau from Geermany, IIRC it was a licensed product of Budweiser). Then later like after college I liked Killians Red (a speciality product from Coors, I think), Harvey Weinberg's before the brand was bought my M...
- Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:47 pm
- Forum: TV Shows
- Topic: Lost Season 3
- Replies: 498
- Views: 33088
Season two finale
Realizing you're all beyond this by now. But [quote]taraswizard wrote: I liked season 3 premier lots and lots more than season 2 finale. I f***ing hated, hated the season 2 finale, thought it was boring waste of time, and it almost put me off watching the premier. Really, you hated the Finale and th...
- Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:29 am
- Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
- Topic: Latest SF/Fantasy Acquisitions
- Replies: 773
- Views: 121576
Interesting new books gotten
So two recent, last few days, books I got mass paperback versions of Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon marked price $0.75 Pyramid Books imprint on spine, and mpbk version of Deamsnake by Vonda McIntyre marked price $2.25 Dell imprint on spine and Dell SF Special imprint on back cover. They were $0.2...
- Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:37 pm
- Forum: TV Shows
- Topic: Lost Season 3
- Replies: 498
- Views: 33088
Sole comment
I liked season 3 premier lots and lots more than season 2 finale. I f***ing hated, hated the season 2 finale, thought it was boring waste of time, and it almost put me off watching the premier.
- Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:23 pm
- Forum: Coercri
- Topic: book banning
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4025
going have to add to Lucimay's ranting
Sorry, going to have to add to Lucimay's ranting. The only funds public libraries (community, school, post secondary) have are by definition public funds. This is CENSORSHIP, the above listed entities are governmental entities and the curtailment of expression by a governmental entity is by definiti...
- Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:20 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3752
Reading Cordelia's Honor spoiliery
I'm reading Cordelia's Honor , and I got a few questions. Is Cordelia Naismith Lady Vorkosigan condemned from ever returning to Beta Colony, and she has no homesickness does that seem impropbable to anyone? So Cordelia and Aral just meet on the survey planet, trek the sixty or so miles back to the s...
- Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:35 am
- Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
- Topic: What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
- Replies: 8253
- Views: 1414208
Reading now
Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold, this is a fixup of Shards of Honor and Barrayar.
- Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:01 am
- Forum: TV Shows
- Topic: New Dr Who
- Replies: 671
- Views: 115439
Woman playing the Doctor
Joanna Lumley played the role of Time Lord known as the Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death[/u]; BTW written by Steve Moffat a writer for the current series.
- Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:52 am
- Forum: General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
- Topic: Science Fiction Independent Study, and suggestions for it
- Replies: 6
- Views: 880
novel suggestions
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, published in 1996. It fits your criteria of being after 1990 and it definitely has a literary sensibility to it, but it's longish (IMO a quick read). Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, published in 1995. Fits both criteria, and is much shorter The Sparrow .
Heroes
Heroes on NBC, good enough to get me watch it again. Might get to have a reverse effect on Studio 60, which I believe is a very good school.
- Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:58 am
- Forum: TV Shows
- Topic: Firefly/Serenity - Which did you like more?
- Replies: 195
- Views: 32767
Reply to Lyr
Lyr, Welcome to the Joss love sector of the Watch, it's not particularly large but it's strong and fervent. There's a thread here about BtVS and please feel free to comment at your leisure. There's no particular topic restriction, and I sure me or Birdandbear or Zahir or someone (fistandfaith is str...
- Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:36 pm
- Forum: Coercri
- Topic: Hall of Shame
- Replies: 173
- Views: 15882
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:51 am
- Forum: Coercri
- Topic: American Evangelical Christian Movement and Politics
- Replies: 331
- Views: 13648