18th November 2008, 02:25 AM
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| Level 39 Human Join Date: Nov 2008
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| Hey all Hi Everybody Thought I would drop by and be sociable beings as I have found such an informative place. Came by you searching for a good forum to find a book my dad read many years ago, details are scanty but you never know. Have posted in the search. As for me, well I may stick around a while, seems a friendly place. This is the bit where I have to confess to things I like right? A v quick selection in no particular order... Fantasy Tolkein : Silmarillon (honest!) M Scott Rohan : Winter of World Trilogy P McKillip : Riddle Master - opening is truly awful but has great originality Gemmell - Not an original bone in his body, but he can hold a fight scene Holdstock - Poetic and haunting, who cares about plot Hughart Bridge of Birds - priceless fun in China, best single fantasy book Spellsinger - I was young and on drugs at the time : ) Sci-Fi Illuminatus Trilogy, or just about anything by Robert Anton Wilson. Life Changing books Asimov for old school treats Stephen Baxter for being out there Greg Bear for confusing the hell out of me with science Conspiracy A terrible habit born from reading Holy Blood Holy Grail when I was 14. Followed by Danekin, Duvall, Hancock, Copper Scrolls, Hiram Keys and all the other culprits - with my gullability wearing off through the years. Go on, ask me about the Templars I dare you! Dan Brown must have stolen my library one day. Watch Edge TV, it's wonderful and hilarious. Film Hollywood - mostly zzzzzzzz The Player - about Hollywood, go figure! Underground - Balkan Epic Pi - I did A level further pure maths, and enjoyed it... Enough baring of my soul, and almost definitely my age-group. Hope to see you around. Tamman1969 |
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18th November 2008, 10:34 AM
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| resident pedantissimo  | Re: Hey all 'Cause the whiskers you see round the edge of the hat Might be all that are left of Schrödinger's cat Don't you think the "Illuminatus" trilogy is already conspiracy theory? And aren't you worried that here is a very probable (in fact almost certain) location for them to have planted informers? After all, who would notice them amoung this crowd of weirdos? So, who was the last head of the Templars to be executed in France? Don't worry about the maths, I am an unfrocked mathematician myself, and no-one holds it against you (not even to keep it warm) If I were you (which, fortunately for both of us, I am not, in case you hadn't noticed) I'd be more worried about the "Milton Keynes" connection – some strange people there. Right, so, looked at your book search, only remains to welcome you into this haunt of incomprehensibility. You're bound to find something here you like; you might easily find more than you knew you were bargaining for. We don't bite, most of us, and are interested in everybody's opinions. And with the diversity herein cultivated, there's bound to be somebody who knows about just about anything. Welcome home; asylum awaits. |
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18th November 2008, 10:51 PM
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| Level 39 Human Join Date: Nov 2008
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| Re: Hey all Thanks all for the msgs I must admit to being slightly concerned about having found another online addiction, I work from home some days so this is not necessarily a good thing... Having said that it probably is if I can get away with it! dustinzgirl - I do like the occasional film (not movie, yes I am from the UK and older than 30  ) but I like to be surprised and enlightened occasionally, not Hollywood's general forte. Insstead I tend so spend time squinting at subtitles for some European arthouse twaddle for my visual kicks. Almost any old rubbish seems more profound if it's in 'foreign'!chrispenycate you may well be right - this is not, I suspect, an unusual sentence around here. The fnords are probably out to get me, they killed my internet since 12:30 this afternoon already. Of course they have had many opportunities since I outed as a RAW fan, they probably already had me brainwashed somewhere. Illuminatus is not Conspiracy Theory of course, because it is all entirely true  For your quiz question I'm going to plump for Jacques de Molay, though no doubt the 'real' answer is de Gaulle or somesuch. As for Milton Keynes, I thoroughly agree. My abode was previously London & Beijing, somebody appears to have damaged my reality somewhat. I will get out of here again one day. Till then, online refuges will have to do, so here I am! |
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19th November 2008, 12:09 AM
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| ...Prepare Thyself  Join Date: Mar 2008
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Welcome. Though for the sake of those close to you turn back now while you still can. | |
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19th November 2008, 09:18 AM
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| Level 39 Human Join Date: Nov 2008
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| Re: Hey all Wow! loads more welcomes. Does Freda eat noobs Ace? And TheEndIsNigh, thank you for the timely warning, I may have to back out now. Having looked around the site a little and decided you are all way too intelligent for your own good anyway. Typical book readers with your la-di-da ways and two+ syllable words. This is no fun at all if I can't maul people intellectually. Perhaps I should go haunt the Creationist chatrooms again, they're always good for a giggle... |
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26th November 2008, 03:29 PM
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| The Wicked Sword Maiden  | Re: Hey all A rather belated Greetings and Welcome to The Chronicles, Tamman I'm sure by now you will have settled in and enjoying the company of the resident Chronics and menagerie. Have you had a chance to read a book to the piranhas? |
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27th November 2008, 09:32 AM
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| Level 39 Human Join Date: Nov 2008
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| Re: Hey all Hi Rosemary! I take it I need the piranhas knowledge pretty quickly then : ) Haven't had much time on here yet, bizzarely I have had an excess of 'real life' this last week, most inconvenient under the circumstances! I am expecting normal service to resume quickly though, at least until everyone starts panicking about the winter holiday... Latest dilemma, is the cost of a tuxedo hire <= the free booze at the official office party... |
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