I've grown to like Dark Courier very much.
Tina, that link is working again.
http://payn.freelinuxhost.com/
Tina, that's weird. It was live yesterday when I copy and pasted it.
I wonder what happened.
Paul, check this out:
http://payn.freelinuxhost.com/
It's a Publish America pro and con.
You should know that an author cut and paste the first 30 pages of his manuscript into a file about ten times, until the manuscript was about 300 pages.
He submitted this to PA and was accepted. The same thirty pages over and over again.
Having a book published by PA is slush by association.
Question for Teresa--
Is the increase in posters and lurkers here causing you any problems? Are you incurring fees or overloading your server or something?
Five hundred posts in three weeks....
Good news, Randall. Congratulations.
If you had a little girl, I assume you named her Aquanetta, yes?
Marilee, that may have *been* the reshot scene.
Good luck, Randall. Best wishes for a healthy mom and child.
>Apparently no women will attend next year's
>Worldcon, and no-one ever reads any books.
Marilee, that's not the least of it.
(Speaking of which, what's the betting bin Laden has a well-worn DVD of Plan Nine From Outer Space in his cave or a natty pair of mail order Vulcan ears?)
Who *is* that idiot?
Tom, ten books? Wow. I never read more than one book at a time, and never start a new one until I finish the current one or give up on it.
But ten!
Throw out all but ten books? I'd sooner throw that designer's headless corpse into my dumpster.
Okay, that's exaggerating, but sometimes these tv designers seem to forget that they're designing a living space for these people. A book-lover's home without books is not a home, no matter how pretty it looks on the tube.
Made this salad last night and popped it into the fridge to have with breakfast. My wife loved it, despite her food combining issues. The two-year-old gave it the thumbs up, too.
And it's a nice big salad, so I'll have plenty for later.
Thanks.
Larry, I'm not sure you should reconsider your Snap Judgement (tm). I only read 50 pages before I decide whether or not to continue (but I'm a tolerant reader).
Maybe we just have different tastes, but Martin's books kept me awake at night, worrying about the characters. That's kinda embarrassing to admit, but there you go.
JVP, have you heard the definition of a Freudian Slip? It's when you say one thing but you mean your mother.
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Can I say how much I loved Martin's A Game of Thrones and its sequels? The opening of the first book did not seem particularly promising, but the books have made me an addict. Love 'em.
Another option is to skim the list here and see what jumps out at you.
Good luck.
Here's my rec: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny.
Randall, the problem with asking for recommendations in a genre you don't read is that the best of the best is different for different people. There are plenty of beloved books and beloved authors, but you might dislike any one of them and think "Guess I haven't been missing much."
Do you like to read adventure books? Intricate mystery plots? Exotic travel? Plotless style-fests?
Looking forward to helping.
Also: rejection lowers your IQ.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992051
This does sound delicious, but mixing fruit with other foods makes my wife press her lips together until they turn white.
"Bad food combining," she says.
In every other way, though, she's wonderful.
My copy of _The Damned Engineers_ arrived today. Thanks to the folks who recommended it. It's a compelling read.
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