What do you mean by "visionary?" ... From: Matt To: fantasyfictiondungeon@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:52 AM Subject: [Fantasy Fiction...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Oct 13, 2005 2:07 am
There must be that hint of humanity inbedded in the evil that gives hope that the character might actually find a soul within. ex) C.S.Friedman's Coldfire...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Oct 13, 2005 2:09 am
Oh I loved that series...I also loved that the locations she writes about truly exist in Northern Wales: I've been there. Quite beautiful really. I don't know...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Oct 13, 2005 2:11 am
sheet of glass..............
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Oct 13, 2005 2:23 am
I sometimes think that the slang of choice that is chosen for flavor rather than not to offend can take the reader to another place very subtlely.The overt...
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Saje
soulsaje
Oct 13, 2005 2:36 am
No one is wholly evil. Most "evil" characters don't think of themselves that way...they justify their actions and get people to accept those justifications. ...
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Saje
soulsaje
Oct 13, 2005 3:32 am
It took me a long time to actually feel comfortable using swear words, until I realized that I honestly don't care what anyone thinks of it. If it's...
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Marc Vun Kannon
mvonkann2000
Oct 13, 2005 10:50 am
A--no I haven't B--would you consider my non-cliche, story-driven epic fable some time?. ... Marc Vun Kannon http://www.marcvunkannon.com Unbinding the...
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Jeff Cherpeski
jcherper
Oct 13, 2005 3:15 pm
... Come now don't you know that Ben Affleck is this generation's Omar Sharif, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, William Shatner and Cary Grant rolled into one? Of...
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Saje
soulsaje
Oct 13, 2005 9:53 pm
I think his buddy Matt Damon is ten times the actor he is...but that's just me. Near as I can tell we have a serious lack of really excellent actors in our...
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zachaustlily
Oct 13, 2005 10:47 pm
... published. I liked it, that much I remember. That's about all though. I do know I didn't think it was as good as her Alleulia Files books. Hayley...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Oct 14, 2005 4:07 pm
Saje, I think you hit it on the head, if it is appropriate to the character it is no big deal & if someone doesn't like it...well you are not forcing them to...
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Saje
soulsaje
Oct 14, 2005 5:08 pm
It's a standing joke with me. Controversial books tend to sell VERY well... Everyone likes free publicity... <eg> And if you've ticked off enough people...
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Matt
gauvaine
Oct 14, 2005 10:23 pm
I know you're just dying to read this, after 5 years of waiting. Here's a link for sneak peek: http://www.locusmag.com/2005/Features/10_GRRM_Excerpt.html...
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Matt
gauvaine
Oct 14, 2005 10:31 pm
Is this a whoo hoo! or an eh, who cares? There are 37 reviews up on amazon and growing and they're saying it's the book we've been waiting for since Lord of...
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kaeolin
Oct 17, 2005 5:27 pm
I read the Alleulia Files as well and I didn't particularly find it engaging enough to finish the series. If you are looking for a series with a similar theme...
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Matt
gauvaine
Oct 19, 2005 7:07 pm
I'll have to see if i can find it. The Borders in this town borders on pathetic as far as their stock. ... series ... plot ... <gauvaine@y...> ... tired ... ...
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Matt
gauvaine
Oct 20, 2005 5:04 pm
*************************************************** MSU Clarion Workshop to continue *************************************************** Despite concerns that...
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Matt
gauvaine
Oct 20, 2005 5:07 pm
Novelist Jeffrey Carver has an online writing workshop he has set up for sf/f writers. Go and check it out. http://www.writesf.com/...
'GATE EXPECTATIONS: Sci Fi Channel has ordered new 20-episode seasons of both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, to begin airing next summer, says the...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Oct 26, 2005 5:08 am
I have begun watching these new series and wondered what any of you thought. Thanks to DVR I can keep up with the episodes. Surface: I really like Nim but the...
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caersmane
Oct 27, 2005 4:13 am
So here's the thing. I need a new project (and to learn how to type because I had to retype that sentance a few times). I know someone mentioned collecting...
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Matt Baker
gauvaine
Oct 27, 2005 3:59 pm
I the Flash Fictions started when i took over the group, back in March or April of 2000. So, over 5 years ago. Some months, we had 1 a week, other times,...
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Kristen
duststarr2000
Oct 30, 2005 4:14 am
I;m looking for some recomendations on some good authors. I've been reading Anne McCaffery for year, and well, now i've read just about everything she's...
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Marc Vun Kannon
mvonkann2000
Oct 30, 2005 10:17 am
I believe Anne personally recommends Wen Spencer, who wrote Tinker and the Ukiah Oregon series. For myself I'd recommend Dave Duncan, Lawrence Watt-Evans,...
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Saje
soulsaje
Oct 30, 2005 5:22 pm
And I'd add to that list Elizabeth Moon--who does excellent fantasy as well as military sci-fi--and Julian May, whose Saga of Pliocene Exile and Intervention...
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karl barnes
priestvyrce
Oct 30, 2005 5:49 pm
Mercedes Lackey is a writer in the same vain as McCaffery or you could try Gayle Greeno, but these women use "intelligent" animals in most of their novels,like...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Oct 31, 2005 12:41 am
I would recommend Tad Williams as another author for Kristen to try. He wrote a wonderful series called Memory ,Sorrow and Thorn that begins with The...
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Matt Baker
gauvaine
Oct 31, 2005 5:32 pm
Ah, Tad Williams. The recluse of the genre fantasy world. He hits and runs, only to be a myth, a rumor, a whisper for a few years, then to appear once again...
