Lissi,
Dear Evan,
Amy could be a great asset if she wants to validate. I'm not sure if she's actually validated anything, yet, and though I don't mean to drag things out for you, I think it might be a good idea for us to encourage her to validate a, "easy book," as a kind of test run. Otherwise, she could have the history volume she's working mired in file confusion, etc, for eons. What do you think?
Katie was game for that Star Wars challenge you bantered about with Ernie and she knows her way around the process. She wouldn't need a trial run and it sounds like she'd enjoy working on Tolkien and working with you. I'm guessing she'd take volume one, and since you scanned it...
We'll have a fellowship yet!
I'll contemplate a chirpier quote while I give Armasted a fair run.
Always with love,
Lissi
"My story is finally out there in the ether, a self-sufficient organism beyond my control, changing shape in every new mind that absorbs it."
From The Night Listener, a novel by
Armistead Maupin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:52 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Stephen King
Dear Pratik and Ernie,
If I'd read your messages first, I wouldn't have launched in to my own Steven King Spiel. I agree with both of you and have added, "Hearts of Atlantis," to my to read list and will investigate the sport's novelette. I don't even like sports, but a good author can do that, lure you to break new ground.
Always with Love,
Lissi
"My story is finally out there in the ether, a self-sufficient organism beyond my control, changing shape in every new mind that absorbs it."
From The Night Listener, a novel by
Armistead Maupin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:07 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Stephen King
Hello,
Steven King can be an incredible writer when he puts his mind to it. A
part of his Dark Tower series is amazing. He loses it when he stretches
things too much. A book such as "Hearts of Atlantus," which doesn't contain
the strangeness of some of the other books, really brings out King's
strengths. His short stories are wonderful as well.
Pratik
-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of k4zq Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 2:34 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Stephen King
Cindy,
Steve felt sorry for Cujo, too.
Peace, Ernie
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 6:32 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Stephen King
----------------------------------------------------------------------------I read Cujo and Misery, and I think he's a good writer, at least in those books. I really felt sorry for Cujo. It wasn't his fault he went mad.
I also read a book of his short stories and thought they were well-written. Certainly more so than some of the popular authors, both mystery and other fiction, that I've read for bookshare.
Cindy --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
------------------------------------------------------------------------If it put you to sleep, why are you going to read the book?
As far as King goes, the two I read were Carrie, and The dead Zone. Carrie was only okay, and since it was - I think - his first novel, I cut him some slack on that one. But I was especially disappointed with The Dead Zone. He didn't really do anything interesting with the precognition angle compared to what Frank Herbert or Mike resnick did with it. Besides, evil is so banal anyway.
----- Original Message ----- From: k4zq
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 2:30 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Submission
The Synopsis put me to sleep. 'Bout as good as Cliff Notes. However, I've read a couple of books before, although, not too many, so I think I can muddle through.
Be careful what you say to me. I got that reject button, you know.
Sorry about Steve, Evan. Apt Pupil is just a good addition for education in the dark side.
Peace,
Ernie
----- Original Message ----- From: Evan Reese
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Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 11:57 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Submission
It was just the left half of the dust jacket! What do you mean long? It fit in the submission form, so maybe you aren't getting enough sleep. I just read through it again in a minute or so. If you're having this much trouble with a synopsis, you may not want to tackle a whole book just yet. <grin>
I read to of King's works, and I wasn't impressed with his writing ability.
----- Original Message ----- From: k4zq
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Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 8:00 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Submission
Evan!
Was that synopsis the entire book? Thought I'd never get through it.
I'll go see if somebody already has it, and if not, I'll get it, then I can consult with you on it if I need.
Btw, If you Ain't familiar with "Apt Pupil," it's an excellent contribution to your development as purely evil.
Peace,
Ernie
----- Original Message ----- From: Evan Reese
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A Submission
Well, I finally got it up there. The book is called Transcension by Damien Broderick. It is Science Fiction. I hope the validator reads the comments I put in the form. All of the chapter headings, as well as the title and author on the title page, are in lower-case letters. I hope whomever doesn't decide that they are errors and "fix" them.
Ironically, after all the recent talk about validators reading through submissions, I hope whoever does this one does the minimum, unless they are familiar with the book. There are a number of other peculiarities in the book which might be taken as errors if someone doesn't notice their consistency. For example, the chapter headings with Arabic numbers are followed by a space, a colon, another space, and then the chapter name, whereas those chapters starting with roman numerals are followed by a colon without the space. I really enjoyed the book, but it was a lot of work to get into shape.
For any who are interested, here is the synopsis from the dust jacket:
Damien Broderick has been a leading Australian SF writer since the seventies, winning numerous awards. His novel The Dreaming Dragons was named one of the 100 best SF novels. His recent nonfiction book, The Spike, is a mind-stretching look at the wonders of the high-tech future. Now in Transcension, he brings to life one of the high-tech futures he imagined in The Spike, a 22nd-century Utopia pervaded by nanotechnology and ruled by a benign but coldly objective AI. Transcension may be Broderick's best book yet.
Amanda is a brilliant violinist, a mathematical genius, and a rebel. Impatient for the adult status her society only grants at age thirty, but determined to have a real adventure first, she has repeatedly gotten into trouble and found herself in the courtroom of Magistrate Mohammed Abdel-Malek, the sole resurrectee from among those who were frozen in the early 21st century, the man whose mind was the seed for Aleph, the AI that rules this Utopia.
Mathewmark is a real adolescent, living in the last place where they still exist, the reservation known as the Valley of the God of One's Choice, where those who have chosen faith over technology are allowed to live out their simpler lives. When Amanda determines that access to the valley is the key to the daring stunt she plans, it is Mathewmark she will have to lead into temptation.
But just as Amanda, Mathewmark. and Abdel-Malek are struggling to find themselves and achieve their potentials, so is Aleph, and the AI's success will be a challenge to them and all of humanity.
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