Re: ***Official "It Lives, It Lives" Chat Thread***
I drink..... Water and water only. I always order 2 at a time also. Call it a poker player superstition. Not even a luck or bad luck thing, just that if I dont have my two waters I get pissy. Lol.
Re: ***Official "It Lives, It Lives" Chat Thread***
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Originally Posted by Tom Kratman
I've got a dozen books out now. In the writing, and the reading of various people's opinions, I've come to some odd conclusions. One is that whether the fictional character is one or two or three dimensional depends almost entirely on whether the reader wants that particular character to be one or two or three dimensional, which, in turn, often depends on whether the reader hates that particular writer or not.
As much as it pains me, I think I'm going to have to admit that you're right about this. I read his tough-as-nails Gunney, or his ambitious politician, and I'm fine with them being one-demensional.
I think my problem with his female characters is I feel I'm being hit over the head with the fact that it's the future, and women are completely equal to men. That's a fine thought, but it feels a bit like, "the author doth protest too much." The women are all fierce of personality, and even the ones who are 5' 0" and 90 lbs soaking wet can, with a single glance, strike real, physical fear into guys three times their size.
Actually, since I'm on the subject, and similar to your reaction to Turtledove, I failed in my last two attempts to finish a Weber book because of all the "Now I'm not saying.... mind you..." It makes me want to tear my hair out. These characters have known each other for years, but they all seem ready to misunderstand the simplest statements from each other. It got to the point that I was skimming paragraphs and if I saw "mind you," I skipped it.
Anyway, I don't mean to force you to be anyone's apologist. It's just so frustrating to read the back cover and say, "This seems interesting," only to be unable to finish the book.
I'll grab one of your books and go bitch about you on the David Weber forums
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Originally Posted by SeaUlater
Old men and their routines...
I ordered coffee with Baileys in it the other day, rather than my standard black coffee, and the cocktail waitress (a/k/a the future second Mrs. mpethy ) went, "oooh, getting crazy tonight are we?"
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Anyone else notice the epic author discussion going on? I have no idea what they are talking about but IMO its pretty awesome. Pretty cool that the author pops in and discusses his work with the average joe, and in Garicks case the average weirdo (I keed I keed Garick - dont raise me bro!)
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Originally Posted by AcePlayerDeluxe
Anyone else notice the epic author discussion going on? I have no idea what they are talking about but IMO its pretty awesome. Pretty cool that the author pops in and discusses his work with the average joe, and in Garicks case the average weirdo (I keed I keed Garick - dont raise me bro!)
WP (well played) All!
Epic post count also ... 7777 ^
Yeah its a routine I guess and I hate when they only bring me one. It started when I was playing a session and dying of thirst. Waitress was no where to be found. It dawned on me that when she finally does come I'm ordering two of those things because a)They're small and b)I wont see her for another hour after that. It was at the V I believe. Was crazy packed. Ever since then it has been two waters. Now, where I place the two waters when I get them is just plain ole' OCD. Its ridiculous.
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Originally Posted by AcePlayerDeluxe
Anyone else notice the epic author discussion going on? I have no idea what they are talking about but IMO its pretty awesome. Pretty cool that the author pops in and discusses his work with the average joe, and in Garicks case the average weirdo (I keed I keed Garick - dont raise me bro!)
WP (well played) All!
To bring you and others up to speed:
There is a (mostly) sci fi publishing house called Baen Publishing, founded by the late Jim Baen. Three of the notable authors in the Baen stable are David Weber, John Ringo and Tom Kratman.
Tom Kratman is one of my oldest and best friends--we met in law school and opened our own practice together (with another guy) when we graduated. I mentioned him in my well, which Garick recently read, and Tom caught a mention of his work ITT, and popped in to say howdy to Garick and respond to his comments.
That has sort of spun off into a discussion of the works of all three of those Baen authors.
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Originally Posted by SeaUlater
I am mostly curious what the author set his google alert flag to be.
My guess would be that he has a google alert set for each of the titles of his books. Garick mentioned "Watch on the Rhine," and Tom more or less instantly showed up.
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Oh, hi again, Tom.
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Originally Posted by fold4once
mpethy should we be expecting a an epic 10k post soon? (Please answer this question in six separate responses)
I can't decide what to write, and I am running out of time. hence the multi-quote here--post conservation FTW.
My guess would be that he has a google alert set for each of the titles of his books. Garick mentioned "Watch on the Rhine," and Tom more or less instantly showed up.
Spoiler:
Oh, hi again, Tom.
I can't decide what to write, and I am running out of time. hence the multi-quote here--post conservation FTW.
Didn't know the flag can be universal, unless he set it on 2+2 forums.
Two Plus Two
) went, "oooh, getting crazy tonight are we?"
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