Kevin's Watch

Menolly wrote:I enjoyed the series.

Well, you actually read the series.

Menolly wrote:But, I like the fact that a career could be made for a singer without a performance level voice, and enjoyed the story on top of it.

Ah! Wild - oddly enough, I didn't automatically think of "crystal singing" as being anything like, well... singing.
I was putting it down to, "This person has a talent that exists in that world, but doesn't exist in this world."

And plus the Singers' careers involved great risk & danger; required great courage. (This was even true in the usual case, right? Not just the case of "we have discovered something funky and dangerous at this particular site," right?)

Menolly wrote:My first communication with Anne via email (which she replied to, that is) was regarding the end of that series. So, it has fond memories for me...

Aww.

Finished the first Pern AudioBook, DragonFlight. Through most of the book, I found myself enjoying the Dragon/Rider relationship, the world building and several of the characters, but, the book really feels small and not a whole lot seems to happen (Compared to SRD Books, later Harry Potter Novels, Eragon Books, etc). Once they discovered Travelling between Times, things started to pick up a bit, but, I think, I'll end up considering the Trilogies as single books

Popped in the first DragonQuest Disc this morning

I'm reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It is banned books week, after all.

--A

I read the final two books of the Saga of Seven Suns since my last post. Now reading The Hampdenshire Wonder, by J.D. Beresford. It's difficult, because I'm an American, and many pages in the beginning are about the sport of cricket.

The Player of Games by Iain M Banks.

Last week I read The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N K Jemisin. Very good, very original fantasy.

I'm Murrin wrote:Last week I read The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N K Jemisin. Very good, very original fantasy.

Good to know. I've been looking at that one.

Fist and Faith wrote:...and many pages in the beginning are about the sport of cricket.

Orlion wrote:The Player of Games by Iain M Banks.

Probably my favourite Culture book.

--A

I simply no NOTHING about cricket. Bowling? Wickets? Scoring 180 runs???

Linna Heartlistener wrote:

Menolly wrote:I enjoyed the series.

Well, you actually read the series.

Menolly wrote:But, I like the fact that a career could be made for a singer without a performance level voice, and enjoyed the story on top of it.

Ah! Wild - oddly enough, I didn't automatically think of "crystal singing" as being anything like, well... singing.
I was putting it down to, "This person has a talent that exists in that world, but doesn't exist in this world."

And plus the Singers' careers involved great risk & danger; required great courage. (This was even true in the usual case, right? Not just the case of "we have discovered something funky and dangerous at this particular site," right?)

Menolly wrote:My first communication with Anne via email (which she replied to, that is) was regarding the end of that series. So, it has fond memories for me...

Aww.

I enjoyed the Killashandra/Crystal Singer books almost as much as the Dragonrider series. I loved all Anne's 'Talent' type books (Pegasus, Rowan and others).

And nice one Menolly, an e-mail from Anne!
I once had thoughts on visiting her in Ireland

Just finished Inheritance series (4th book) and thoroughly enjoyed them. I might do a quick re-read / data hunt to clear up a few things.
Angela is "way cool" ha ha!

Slan, by A.E. van Vogt.

I've started The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R Kiernan.

Fist and Faith wrote:I simply no NOTHING about cricket. Bowling? Wickets? Scoring 180 runs???

Hahaha

Bowling is throwing the ball, wickets are the little sticks the bowler is aiming at. If he hits them, you're out. If you hit the ball, you have to run back and forth until the fielders get the ball back to the wickets. If you're not at the wicket when they do, you're out. Every time you make it back to your wicket, it's 1 run. If you hit the ball and it rolls over the boundary, that's 4 runs. If you hit it and it passes the boundary without touching the ground, that's 6 runs.

Did that help?

--A

Yeah! I didn't know there were sticks/wickets until reading this book. I certainly had no idea the bowler was aiming at them. How far apart are these wickets that you're running back and forth between when you hit the ball? They must be close together to get such high scores?

Avatar wrote:
Did that help?

--A

You forgot the part about the giant alien robots that are after the wikkits so they can destroy the universe.
Other than that, pretty good.

Vraith wrote:

Avatar wrote:
Did that help?

--A

You forgot the part about the giant alien robots that are after the wikkits so they can destroy the universe.
Other than that, pretty good.

Though that is a pretty important thing to leave out.

Vraith wrote:

Avatar wrote:
Did that help?

--A

You forgot the part about the giant alien robots that are after the wikkits so they can destroy the universe.
Other than that, pretty good.

And the wikkits were initially suppposed to be Wookies... oh wait... that would be Wicket

Fist and Faith wrote:Yeah! I didn't know there were sticks/wickets until reading this book. I certainly had no idea the bowler was aiming at them. How far apart are these wickets that you're running back and forth between when you hit the ball? They must be close together to get such high scores?

About 30 yards apart. It's rare to make more than 2 runs at a time, often it is only 1. Most of the score usually comes from 4's & 6's.

The number of balls, overs and innings depends on the type of cricket. Test matches last up to 5 days, all the way down to limited overs games with only 120 balls bowled per side.

--A

How about that. Getting a course in cricket!