Nero Higher Spirit
11 Jan 09 - 18:47
QFT.umbreo wrote:I didn't say he was GOOD, just improving.
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
12 Jan 09 - 01:29
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Quite effing true, I guess?
Gah, everyone despises Paolini, he's alright now.
Hell, didn't you say you hadn't even read him, Umbreo?
Quite effing true, I guess?
Gah, everyone despises Paolini, he's alright now.
Hell, didn't you say you hadn't even read him, Umbreo?
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Mwamba Higher Spirit
12 Jan 09 - 02:01
Means 'quoted for truth.'
I remember when I thought for a time it meant 'quit flooping 'ecking talking.' It was a little embarassing to discover later I didn't have to get annoyed at people who used that acronym for what I thought apparantly no reason. :-/
I remember when I thought for a time it meant 'quit flooping 'ecking talking.' It was a little embarassing to discover later I didn't have to get annoyed at people who used that acronym for what I thought apparantly no reason. :-/
流口水的婊子和猴子的笨儿子。
Dansariki Higher Spirit
12 Jan 09 - 20:45
Oh.
:D
That's why I look up stuff before I get too angry.
:D
That's why I look up stuff before I get too angry.
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~Benjamin Franklin
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~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
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Umbreo Utukku
13 Jan 09 - 06:04
Have now, Dansariki. That was, what, weeks ago? Haven't yet read Brisingr, though.Dansariki wrote:Hell, didn't you say you hadn't even read him, Umbreo?
When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
nathanielandbartimaeus Marid
13 Jan 09 - 17:01
That's the best of the lot. I thought after all the disparaging comments made here about the author & his books, you wouldn't dream of reading it. Good thing you did though. Better to rely on your opinion than that of others.
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
13 Jan 09 - 22:46
Amen.
Knowledge is Power, Power Corrupts, and Corruption Destroys.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
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Umbreo Utukku
13 Jan 09 - 23:20
I just thought - "What the hell?" and read it anyway. Yes, even after I concluded not to. But it's not so bad, I guess. Pretty good actually for a sixteen year old.
When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
13 Jan 09 - 23:45
He was 20 by the time it was published..
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Umbreo Utukku
13 Jan 09 - 23:47
He was around 16 when he wrote it, no?
When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
14 Jan 09 - 00:24
Started writing it then, maybe. Took him ages to finish writing it though; they just played up the age thing for sympathy votes from critics..
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
14 Jan 09 - 00:40
Not really, it's said he started in at fifteen.
Even considering time to write and make, then publish, he was probably 18 or so when it was actually done and edited.
Hmm... maybe 19.
Editing takes awhile.
Even considering time to write and make, then publish, he was probably 18 or so when it was actually done and edited.
Hmm... maybe 19.
Editing takes awhile.
Knowledge is Power, Power Corrupts, and Corruption Destroys.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
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Umbreo Utukku
14 Jan 09 - 07:19
Still, fair effort for a teenager, wouldn't you say?
When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
Dansariki Higher Spirit
14 Jan 09 - 23:24
Mmhmm.
Unless I worked incredibly hard (not likely, seeing as how I'm so lazy), I wouldn't be able to turn out anything comparable.
Though I would still avoid such a Tolkien-esque landscape.
I'd do that much.
Unless I worked incredibly hard (not likely, seeing as how I'm so lazy), I wouldn't be able to turn out anything comparable.
Though I would still avoid such a Tolkien-esque landscape.
I'd do that much.
Knowledge is Power, Power Corrupts, and Corruption Destroys.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
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Apollo Marid
15 Jan 09 - 03:11
You could do a distopian novel! Those are always fun. Although, most dystopian concepts have already been novelized, so you'd have to pick a vague dystopian author (i.e, not Orwell/Aldous H.) to Paolinigerize from and hope no one will take notice.
Mwamba Higher Spirit
15 Jan 09 - 03:14
Or just set the novel in Mwambaland. Then there won't have to be 'Paolinigerizm,' for I'm sure such divinity would be inspirational to even the most bland of settings.
流口水的婊子和猴子的笨儿子。
Dansariki Higher Spirit
15 Jan 09 - 22:39
Oh I think I could do a fairly original dystopian.
The problem would be thinking of a new way to kill most of everyone, what happens after that's easier.
The problem would be thinking of a new way to kill most of everyone, what happens after that's easier.
Knowledge is Power, Power Corrupts, and Corruption Destroys.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
CaffeineRiot.com
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
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15 Jan 09 - 23:03
Nuke it from orbit!Dansariki wrote:Oh I think I could do a fairly original dystopian.
The problem would be thinking of a new way to kill most of everyone, what happens after that's easier.
It's the only way to be sure.
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
16 Jan 09 - 01:12
haha.
I do happen to like Halo's Glassing concept, rather appropriately apocalyptic.
Course, it doesn't have to be totally effed up.
Could just be a worldwide EMP.
Maybe... idk fifteen, twenty high altitude nukes, out goes the li-ights!
I do happen to like Halo's Glassing concept, rather appropriately apocalyptic.
Course, it doesn't have to be totally effed up.
Could just be a worldwide EMP.
Maybe... idk fifteen, twenty high altitude nukes, out goes the li-ights!
Knowledge is Power, Power Corrupts, and Corruption Destroys.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
CaffeineRiot.com
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers
CaffeineRiot.com
Umbreo Utukku
18 Jan 09 - 23:01
By the way, the "Hundred Acre Wood's" taken, Dansariki.
When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.