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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:18 am
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MsMary wrote:If you know the life of Joseph Smith, you know how it ends.
Well, the books themselves strongly imply that
Alvin is going to be betrayed, shot and killed, possibly while saving (or to save) his friends.
(Oh, having just looked up what happened to Smith, I see the parallels.
)
--A
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:14 am
by MsMary
Avatar wrote:MsMary wrote:If you know the life of Joseph Smith, you know how it ends.
Well, the books themselves strongly imply that
Alvin is going to be betrayed, shot and killed, possibly while saving (or to save) his friends.
(Oh, having just looked up what happened to Smith, I see the parallels.
)
--A
Yeah, you got it.
I'm trying to figure out which character is a stand-in for Brigham Young. I'm thinking Arthur.
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:46 am
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Could be his brother Measure too, but probably. Anyway, doesn't affect my enjoyment of the story at all.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:15 am
by MsMary
Avatar wrote:Could be his brother Measure too, but probably. Anyway, doesn't affect my enjoyment of the story at all.
--A
Could be.
And, yeah, I enjoyed the stories, too, to varying degrees. I liked some of the stories a lot more than some of the others. But it doesn't look like he'll ever finish the series.
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:22 am
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Agreed. I think 2, 3 and 4 were my favourites.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:04 am
by I'm Murrin
Started John Scalzi's The Last Colony.
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:44 pm
by MsMary
Avatar wrote:Agreed. I think 2, 3 and 4 were my favourites.
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I wasn't that enamoured of Red Prophet. I liked Prentice Alvin and Alvin Journeyman. I kind of felt the series went downhill from there. But I'd still read the last book, if he ever writes it.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 6:40 am
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I liked Red Prophet. Loved the descriptions of Tenskwa-Tawa's sensitivity, and how he was healed, and the whole Green Song.
I'm Murrin wrote:John Scalzi
Must pick up some of his books.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:54 am
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A Man Rides Though, MN book 2, by SRD.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:58 am
by MsMary
I'm reading The Dying Days, the last of the Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures.
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 5:28 am
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Feist/Wurts
Daughter of the Empire, while I wait for somebody at work to finish my Gap books so I can re-read them.
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:47 pm
by I'm Murrin
On the audiobook side, I'm just about to finish Carpe Jugulum.
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:36 pm
by Sorus
Avatar wrote:Feist/Wurts
Daughter of the Empire, while I wait for somebody at work to finish my Gap books so I can re-read them.
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I'd have to trust someone pretty well to loan them my Gap books.
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:35 pm
by Linna Heartbooger
Maybe he's slightly more interested in promoting the reading of the Gap Cycle!
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:56 pm
by Sorus
I'm all for that.
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:16 am
by Avatar
I don't lend them all out at once.
You have to bring the previous one back before you get the next one.
And she's already read the Chrons.
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:09 pm
by Sorus
Nice. Does she know about KW? Are you going to recruit her?
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 6:11 am
by Avatar
I'm thinking of it.
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 9:09 pm
by Sorus
I can't imagine involving any of my coworkers in my online life, but on the other hand, I can't imagine any of my coworkers reading SRD. Or anything, for that matter. Don't think I've ever seen any of them with a book.
I'm reading Ancillary Justice for the second time.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:47 am
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Yes, there is the co-worker issue. Also, while I'm not directly her boss, the person who
is her head of department reports to me...not that anything would shock or surprise her, but y'know...work and all...
I'm on
Servant of the Empire now. These are such good books.
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