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by Bester
Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good Books (Scifi)
Replies: 294
Views: 404460

Re: Good Books (Scifi)

Based on this recommendation I bought and read the "Theirs is Not to Reason Why" series. Here is my review of it, for those that care. As far as I can tell the author has only released romance fantasy (you know, the types that involve bare-chested men with 8-packs on the cover) which looke...
by Bester
Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How did you learn about Fel/Sennadar?
Replies: 67
Views: 71433

Re: How did you learn about Fel/Sennadar?

I was actually referred here, myself -- on a bet, of sorts. It was a few chapters before the last of the Pyrosia books were finished, a guy whose story I was editing at the time got into a discussion about it somehow. Think I was complaining about running out of stuff to read, as I'm a rather swift...
by Bester
Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For David Weber Fans
Replies: 23
Views: 28172

Re: For David Weber Fans

What's wrong with wordy?
by Bester
Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: well all things considered
Replies: 50
Views: 51821

Re: well all things considered

First of all, let me say that is nice to have a debate on something as touchy and controversial as abortion without it quickly devolving into Godwin territory. That said, we can quibble more and I don't think that you are going to convince me of anything further, I don't think that I'm going to conv...
by Bester
Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: well all things considered
Replies: 50
Views: 51821

Re: well all things considered

@Seastallion That is the other side of it; does a conceived fetus count as a sentient being so that the termination would count as murder. That is a side I can see to a certain point, though I don't necessarily agree with it. Up to a certain extent (which I personally consider mid-to-late pregnancy)...
by Bester
Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: well all things considered
Replies: 50
Views: 51821

Re: well all things considered

Fel, I agree with the vast majority of you say. Politically, you stated my position almost verbatim. I will say that I somewhat disagree with you on abortion in perspective, if not in law. While I dislike the idea of abortion, I think it is A) not the place of men (of which I of course am one), who ...
by Bester
Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: well all things considered
Replies: 50
Views: 51821

Re: well all things considered

I don't think the group is per se racist. There are overtly racist elements in the group (at a lot of events, you can find racist signs and messages amongst the outlying group), but that doesn't mean all members, or even most, are racist. That said, the group is run by essentially rich, old, white g...
by Bester
Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: well all things considered
Replies: 50
Views: 51821

Re: well all things considered

I guess the way that I look at it is that, while I'm not an Obama fan, I actively disliked Romney and the entire Republican stance for this election cycle. They floundered between their entire campaign stance being "get Obama out of office!" and saying batshit crazy things (legitimate rape...
by Bester
Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Conversation with Eric Flint
Replies: 7
Views: 8564

Re: Conversation with Eric Flint

I don't necessarily agree with that. There is a fine line, but beyond the normal stuff (spelling, incorrect verbs, grammatical errors, etc.) there is a lot that can be done by a good editor to trim up the story without losing anything from it. I don't think cutting chunks or massive changes are in o...
by Bester
Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Conversation with Eric Flint
Replies: 7
Views: 8564

Re: Conversation with Eric Flint

As a quick rule of thumb, a published book should run ~120k words +/- 10%. That's not to say that rule of thumb never has exceptions (I don't know word count, but I know the Weber's Safehold books in general, and the last one in particular, were huge). Something the size of these books would need to...
by Bester
Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mature Message boards
Replies: 107
Views: 113275

Re: Mature Message boards

I just got my twenty, but waiting for the group owner to let me in. <Peers through window, looking for activity>
by Bester
Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: D&D Fans
Replies: 10
Views: 12527

Re: D&D Fans

Wow, I don't know whether to consider that asinine or just...sad.
by Bester
Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:18 pm
Forum: Sennadar Universe
Topic: Sennadar and Pyrosia PDFs?
Replies: 18
Views: 35312

Re: Sennadar and Pyrosia PDFs?

Ah, I didn't see that there were ePubs there.

Thanks!
by Bester
Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:38 pm
Forum: Spirit Walker
Topic: Shadow Walker, chapter 24.
Replies: 52
Views: 83226

Re: Shadow Walker, chapter 24.

Nice, and good luck breaking the WoW addiction chain.
by Bester
Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:28 pm
Forum: Sennadar Universe
Topic: Sennadar and Pyrosia PDFs?
Replies: 18
Views: 35312

Re: Sennadar and Pyrosia PDFs?

Does anyone have or know where I can obtain ePubs of the books, particularly the Sennadar series? I'm thinking about rereading, but would like to read on my eBook Reader...

Thanks,