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(...) I've only read a couple of full-length novels that were originally published as short stories or novellas. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card) comes immediately to mind (and I've recently discovered a copy of the original novella at the local (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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BUSH: "We will not negotiate with terrorists." Is (URL) this> a coincidence, or is it the start of a slippery slope? (URL) When> she was caught just over 1 year ago: "She is said to have carried out work on germs that cause botulism poisoning and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) This admin (not moderator, we don't have moderators at LUGNET) appreciates your concern and thanks you for your flexibility and willingness to work within the system. However (1) the decision to request a cancel rests with *you*, not the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) re-education? oh, i see...anyone who disagrees with the homosexual agenda is "uneducated". nice retort. i think i've heard that one before in elementary school: "if you don't play my game, then you're stupid!". perhaps you need more exposur to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If a moderator thinks that that message *was* too graphic, you hereby have my request to cancel it. Kevin (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Interesting that you don't bother to address either of the two major points in my post, Lee (that heterosexuals frequently broadcast their sexual orientation by referring to the gender of their partners, and that sexual orientation is about (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Read them, liked them. The very notion of being Sleepless is a pretty amazing idea. Thought the third book got a bit weak compared to the first, though. (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If I recall correctly, Blood Music was indeed a short story first, and then was lengthened to a novel after the short story's success. I've only read the short version, but I wouldn't doubt that the second half of the novel was bland. ~Kevoh (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If it's genetic SF you want, give the Beggars trilogy (Beggars in Spain, Beggars and Choosers, and Beggars Ride) by Nancy Kress a read. Not only are they a very good read but they are also very pertinant to the issues that started this whole (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I didn't say it would be logical for newcomers to assume that; just that they might (notice the word "could"). (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Those, in fact (along with Darwin's Children) were what I was thinking of as well. I just finished Blood Music and I have to say while I found the science very interesting, I sort of didn't like the ending of the story. The whole last half of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I love Greg Bear, also good are Darwin's Radio and Blood Music. (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But isn't there a huge distinction here? Say, for instance, I said the following in the .storage group: "I was digging through my big bin of bricks last night, but the noise was really annoying my SO, because she was trying to sleep. I really (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The bottom line is: we don't know!! We can speculate all we want to, but we just don't have any facts to go by. (...) Because we can't think of one doesn't mean there isn't one. Nature is generally smarter than we are :) (...) But there is no (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But I've seen a Brickfilm of the Iron Chef show, and doesn't the Extreme Team subtheme have a water skiing set? I'd imagine that those into those topics would love to see discussions on those themes as they relate to those LEGO creations, and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There were German internment camps also. The numbers were much smaller, so they have got less exposure. (...) Except most of the "enemy combatant detainees" are not citizens. And those who are citizens should certainly have the constitution (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Alfred Speredelozzi wrote: <snip> (...) Did you sass that hoopy Alfred? He's a really cool frood who knows where his towel is... Dave K (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh man, we're really gonna need a towel. (...) Don't Panic! :p -Alfred (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Just a quick aside, pretty much anything has implications in some religion or other. Lego altogether is an affront to the Amish I'm sure, since they don't even believe in using such technical marvels as buttons, let alone plastics and the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Okay, so that works on an individual celular level, with cells that have evolved specifically to do this. Do you really think something as tied to the core psychology of self as sexual orientation would be post-natally programmable at the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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