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(...) One or two people let me know that I'm fantastic, while a select few tell me I'm great, some think I'm okay, and others have the unfounded opinion that I need professional help. Personally, I select All Of The Above. What the--?! "Sproaty"? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) aaahhh...that's what i needed, some utah county insanity (though i have stomach cramps from laughing so much now)....that'll even make up for the lack of news from your refrigerator lately. (...) there IS the lancelot from august (URL) i'm (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey! You like Snarfquest, too? Cool! I wish Larry Elmore would continue working on it. Maybe he'll do another one for Dragon Magazine's 300th issue. How much of the series do you have? (...) <Snipped Etymology of "Camelot"> (...) That is some (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, really. It is fantastic! I especially loved the scenes from the story. Please do more! :-, (...) With only 2 people, it'd be more of a stick than a club, but sure, why not! Who else do you know who would be interested? I can vouch for my (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) African or European? (...) Uff-da! I haven't groaned *that* much since my last trip to Africa (Posh, posh, the traveling life, the traveling life for me...;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) issue. (...) I *loved* Snarfquest, and was bitterly disappointed by the ending. But I can see how such a long-running comic saga could have burned Larry out. Sadly, I gave all my issues of Dragon to my sister... What I really looked forward to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Jason Moulding is a Castle completist that lives in Salt Lake (though I don't know if he still surfs)...I'll see if I can get in contact with him. for now we ought to move this to lugnet.loc.us.ut but i do want to request that anyone else in (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I don't think I ever saw the ending, I'll have to check. A couple years ago, I got about 50-75% of issues 50-160 from one of my mother's coworkers. That was really cool. :) (...) Well, there were some compilation volumes available for Wormy, I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ooooh... Contact info, I need contact info! :-, (...) Order one autographed by the authors! (URL) Some of the more recent comics they've had include Libram X, (...) Aw, nuts, I missed this one! I think my sister has #200... (...) I'm keeping (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) WOTC did buy TSR, and now Hasbro has bought WOTC... Don't know if EGG got re-hired though. (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You know, after seven or eight pints of vodka, it doesn't matter anymore. That swallow ain't carrying no more coconut husks for a while. :-, (...) Heh -- is that "groan" as in "I realize the sudden weight of new knowledge", or "groan" as in (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm.... Can't find anything on that at (URL) ... trying Gary Gygax's rather emotional FAQ at his home page, (URL) ... Nope, no mention of a re-hire. Arg. He does mention, however, that the sale of TSR to WotC was a step in the right (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "yes" ;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Just to change the subject: Sproaticus wrote in message <37E7D2A6.1A88CBD8@io.com>... (...) I just had to comment on your quote... I LOVED Ender's Game and the other books in the series. And I just bought and read "Ender's Shadow", the new one that (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cool. I was sure the 4th book was about all that could be done there, I was thinking Card had pretty much mined out that theme. Does it suffer from the run-on tendency that recent Card works seem to exhibit? It's like, "Orson, get to the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <37E8C910.60366C1E@v...er.net>... <snip> (...) <snip> Run on tendency? Hmmm. I'm not really sure what you mean, but I haven't read very many of his recent books. I have read some of his "Tales of Alvin Maker" books, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I absolutely *LOVED* Card's earlier books. I'd put him on the caliber of early Stephen King. His short stories were especially provoking, if a bit gruesome. He authored an excellent anthology on dread -- as opposed to terror and horror -- which (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I lost my taste for ramen noodles after watching (and more importantly - smelling) ramen noodle wrestling (fill a kiddie pool with packages of ramen noodles, complete with unopened flavor packets, add water, and go for it). (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Was that with or without extra ham? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I know I'm a little late for this conversation, but I wanted to go on record as thinking that Ender's Shadow was actually _better_ than Ender's Game - which is saying a great deal. I highly recommend it. Chris (25 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You might already be aware of this, but I just stumbled across the info while perusing CNN.com: (URL) if it's of any interest to you. Dave! (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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