I shall put them to good use

Subject: I shall put them to good use
Author: Riese
Posted on: 2012-09-15 19:36:00 UTC

I'm kind of mixed about one-shots, honestly. A lot of them are good, and good just being a standalone. But occasionally, they leave me wanting more. It seems like the one book gives me just enough time to really get to know/become invested in the characters, and then BANG, it's over.

It drives me up the wall, especially when it's an author whose work I love. ...Well, I love most of Weber's stuff, but not all of it.

/Grumbles furiously about Out of the Dark and Dei Ex Machina cop-out endings

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Oh...Wow, it's been a bit, then. by Riese on 2012-09-13 17:22:00 UTC Reply

Hello, all!

You may (read: probably don't) remember me; I was around for a little while a year or two ago. Made a few abortive attempts at making Agents, all of whom were - honestly - a bit rubbish, and sort of disappeared.

I was trawling the interwebs the other day, and came across someone mentioning the need for Bleeprin (poor bugger had seen something she could not unsee), and was reminded of you lot. So, I put on my bathrobe, broke out my grandda's pipe, and started re-reading bloody everything. I'm not through yet - not by a long shot - but I think I may try my hand at writing for the PPC once again.

In short: Get your Bleeprin ready, and pray that my computer's Machine-Spirit is willing to let me use spellcheck (Omnissiah knows I used enough holy engine oil to lubricate a battle tank, much less a laptop), because Riese is back in all of his unhinged glory.

Seriously, I love you guys way too much to stay away, and I love writing stuff like this too much to not at least try again. Who knows; maybe I've improved enough to write something decent by now! *Crosses fingers*

Welcome back a-Board! by TheMadHatteress on 2012-09-14 22:48:00 UTC Reply

It seems like a lot of oldbies are making a comeback lately, good to have you back! You won't remember me, since I joined just last March, so let me introduce myself. I'm Hattie, otherwise known as the Hetalian that comes the closest to being sane.
Anyway, have some welcome back cookies!
Hey, hey! by Lily Winterwood on 2012-09-14 06:20:00 UTC Reply

Don't think I've seen you around, but then again I'm also a resurfaced oldbie (four years ago, man, four years ago).
Welcome back!
Addendum by Riese on 2012-09-14 00:24:00 UTC Reply

While this is here, I'll just run off a list of fandoms I'm familiar with. (Yes, there are rather a lot of them, for I read/watch/play far, far too much).

LoTR, Nasuverse (Fate/Stay Night and Tsukihime, mostly), the Dresden Files, Codex of Alera, the Honorverse, Everything Written by Tamora Pirece, Warhammer 40,000, Inheritance, Halo, Mass Effect, Star Wars, Star Trek, and others I can't remember right now.

If anyone's interested in any of these, and needs a partner for a mission, let me know.

(Regulars, question for you: Does Permission expire over long absences, or am I good to go?)

(No expiration date, otherwise we'd have to... by Huinesoron on 2012-09-14 18:48:00 UTC Reply

... tell Jay and Acacia they couldn't write any more...

... but it's a good idea to read up on the current state of the PPC before going anywhere)

... LotR, Dresden, Honorverse, 40K and Star Wars I can match you on. ;)

hS

Oh, Excellent! by Riese on 2012-09-14 20:01:00 UTC Reply

I'll get cracking, then. ...After I read up a bit, that is.

Well, then, Let's be about it!

I've read just enough... by Huinesoron on 2012-09-15 09:06:00 UTC Reply

... to give you a snort of amusement at that. So:

[Snorts]

(Seriously, the Honorverse is my absolute newest fandom - I pulled Torch of Freedom out of the library over summer, and was surprised to find a CD tucked in the back... after a week of boring night shifts, I'm now down as far as Echoes and still speeding through. It's good to read something new...)

hS

Also a fan of the Honorverse by the Irish Samurai on 2012-09-15 13:07:00 UTC Reply

And just in case you don't know about it yet, those CDs are hosted at various places online. After you've finished reading through everything on that CD, you may want to check out this site:

http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/22-MissionofHonorCD/MissionofHonorCD/

Which I believe has at least one more of the main novels than the Torch of Freedom CD, and possibly another short story collection too.

I knew it in general terms. by Huinesoron on 2012-09-15 13:30:00 UTC Reply

Thank you very much for the link, though: it'll save me going hunting by my lonesome.

(These books are making my workplace environment quite surreal - if there were anyone else in on these shifts, they'd be quite baffled by my sudden chuckles and exclamations of "Oh, that's clever." Fun times)

hS

I love it, honestly by Riese on 2012-09-15 16:22:00 UTC Reply

Most of Weber's work is excellent. I would recommend In Fury Born especially; he mixes science fiction with Greek mythology, and does it OH so well. Also, without giving too many spoilers, ....no, wait, never mind. But yeah. Read it.

(How does one do italics on the Board?)

I have a bad habit... by Huinesoron on 2012-09-15 17:25:00 UTC Reply

... of starting in the middle of serieseses...es. Probably because that's what the library system has on hand. Still, it always throws me off at first. It's a testament to the quality of the writing in Torch that I went back to the CD. (Well, that and the fact that I didn't have anything else to read last week...)

(HTML! [i]Italics[/i] [b]Bold[/b] etc, but with instead of [ and ]. It throws a lot of people; don't fret it)

hS

Many thanks. by Riese on 2012-09-15 18:16:00 UTC Reply

Oh, and - brilliant thing about [i]Fury[i] is that it's quite impossible to start mid-series, because there's on;y one book. It isn't Honorverse, but it's excellent. If it tells you anything, I've read it through over ten times, and my entire family's read it at least once.

[Snorts] Yes, you get two of them. by Huinesoron on 2012-09-15 18:22:00 UTC Reply

Consider them a welcome-back present. And to go with them, here's a bag of s or ^s - or even vs in a pinch.

I've always loved the sort of long-series authors who occasionally write standalone books. The other one that springs to mind is David & Leigh Eddings - it takes ages and ages to get through the Belgariad-Mallorean(-BtS-PtS...), but if you want a 'quick' (for high fantasy) fix, Redemption of Althalus is right there on the shelf.

I suppose the same thing could be said for Terry Pratchett - or the Star Wars EU - but those books tend to work by themselves anyway, so it's a bit different. I suppose it's what Christopher Tolkien was trying to do with Children of Hurin, too... but I have a fanatic dislike for Turin, so that one didn't really swing me. :P

hS

I shall put them to good use by Riese on 2012-09-15 19:36:00 UTC Reply

I'm kind of mixed about one-shots, honestly. A lot of them are good, and good just being a standalone. But occasionally, they leave me wanting more. It seems like the one book gives me just enough time to really get to know/become invested in the characters, and then BANG, it's over.

It drives me up the wall, especially when it's an author whose work I love. ...Well, I love most of Weber's stuff, but not all of it.

/Grumbles furiously about Out of the Dark and Dei Ex Machina cop-out endings

Testing by Riese on 2012-09-15 18:18:00 UTC Reply

[i]Alle warten auf das Licht
fürchtet euch fürchtet euch nicht
die Sonne scheint mir aus den Augen
sie wird heut Nacht nicht untergehen
und die Welt zählt laut bis zehn[/i]

Testing again, don't mind me by Riese on 2012-09-15 18:18:00 UTC Reply

Alle warten auf das Licht
fürchtet euch fürchtet euch nicht
die Sonne scheint mir aus den Augen
sie wird heut Nacht nicht untergehen
und die Welt zählt laut bis zehn

... by Huinesoron on 2012-09-15 18:24:00 UTC Reply

... what the heck sort of song has a line like 'The sun's getting in my eyes'?

hS

Re: ... by Ellipsis Flood on 2012-09-15 19:25:00 UTC Reply

You're referring to "die Sonne scheint mir aus den Augen?"

That translates to: The sun shines from my eyes.

And for those who are curious:

Alle warten auf das Licht / everybody's waiting for the light
fürchtet euch fürchtet euch nicht / fear(,) fear not
die Sonne scheint mir aus den Augen / the sun shines from my eyes
sie wird heut Nacht nicht untergehen / it won't set tonight
und die Welt zählt laut bis zehn / and the world loudly counts to ten

These lyrics sound stupid when they're English.

Ah. Cursed prepositions. by Huinesoron on 2012-09-15 21:06:00 UTC Reply

Although, seriously - that's any better?

hS
Of course they do, they're meant to be German! by Riese on 2012-09-15 19:38:00 UTC Reply

I don't usually look up translations of Rammstein songs. Some of them are frankly too NSFB for me when translated.

Er. by Riese on 2012-09-15 18:27:00 UTC Reply

Sonne. Rammstein. (Don't judge me, German music is cool!)

Ah. Germans. by Huinesoron on 2012-09-15 18:32:00 UTC Reply

Of course as everyone knows I'm horribly prejudiced against Germans. Comes from the horrid atrocities they committed on my country back in... mm... sixth century? Seventh, too. Well, basically everything from the fall of Rome to the fall of the Heptarchy (after which, of course, it becomes the fault of the Norwegians).

What?

What do you mean Angle/Saxon/Jute migrants aren't in any way related to modern Germany? What's that got to do with anything?

...

It's still a silly line. Seriously, I can hear a Sue singing it now. "La la la... the sun's getting in my eyes, oh la..."

hS, irreverant

*blinks* by Riese on 2012-09-15 18:51:00 UTC Reply

Uh. Didn't know that. My bad. Also, if the Sue singing it knew most of Rammstein's OTHER songs, I suspect his/her/its brain might combust. They're normally WAAY too Sweetness And Light for metal. Now if it was an Edgy!Sue, maybe...

It's called history. ;) by Huinesoron on 2012-09-15 21:06:00 UTC Reply

And I have a tendency to make obscure jokes about it.

hS

No, no, I got the joke... by Riese on 2012-09-15 21:16:00 UTC Reply

...kind of. I do history a bit as well, but I tend more towards the military variety.

Yay! (nm) by Riese on 2012-09-15 18:19:00 UTC Reply

ARGH. (nm) by Riese on 2012-09-15 18:16:00 UTC Reply

Scoops up the Mini Stormwing Pirece by SingingTheThunder on 2012-09-14 16:05:00 UTC Reply

Ooooh, a fellow Dresden Files fan, as a returning gift have a fashionable duster, complete with Hammerspace pockets.
I also read Tamora Pierce stuff, especially Tortall based.

Ooh! Badarse Longcoat! by Riese on 2012-09-14 20:00:00 UTC Reply

Always wanted one of these! Thanks a heap!

Tamora Pierce, Star Wars, and Inheritence you say? by IntelligentAirhead on 2012-09-14 02:48:00 UTC Reply

Excuse me as I attempt to hug you to death.

Riese met Tamora Pierce? by KittyNoodles on 2012-09-14 04:39:00 UTC Reply

Move over! I want to hug him too~ (And yes I am whining.)

Ha ha, okay by Riese on 2012-09-14 05:22:00 UTC Reply

There are enough hugs to go around. If you're good, I may even read to you a bit...out of my SIGNED Song of the Lioness hardcover omnibus! *grins triumphantly* This sucker ain't even IN PRINT anymore!

I hate and love you so much right now... (nm) by KittyNoodles on 2012-09-14 08:08:00 UTC Reply

I tend to have that effect on people. (nm) by Riese on 2012-09-14 19:33:00 UTC Reply

*Is hugged into unconsciousness* by Riese on 2012-09-14 03:44:00 UTC Reply

I actually had the opportunity to meet Tammy a few years back. She's...a character. I've never heard anyone swear so much before in my life. She's like a combination of Popeye, R. Lee Ermey, and Robin Williams.

She sounds like my kind of person. by IntelligentAirhead on 2012-09-14 03:46:00 UTC Reply

In my family it has become a rite of passage when you are able to curse multilingually.

She's fun by Riese on 2012-09-14 03:53:00 UTC Reply

IIRC, her favorite phrase went something like, "...and I said A THING to him/her. And s/he left. Didn't see much of him/her for a while after that."

It must have been incredible to meet her. by IntelligentAirhead on 2012-09-14 03:59:00 UTC Reply

That somehow fits. I'm not quite sure how, concerning her books are usually quite concise when it comes to detail, but it fits.

Re: It must have been incredible to meet her. by Riese on 2012-09-14 04:02:00 UTC Reply

She was actually one of the instructors in a week-long Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Writing seminar I attended at U Pitt a few years back. Editor of Asimov's (I cannot for the life of me remember her name) was there too. The whole thing was great fun.

That was one way to make me jealous. by IntelligentAirhead on 2012-09-14 04:10:00 UTC Reply

I can imagine! That really must have been a wonderful experience.

It was by Riese on 2012-09-14 04:16:00 UTC Reply

I'm so glad I had the opportunity to go.

(Didn't mean to make you jealous, sorry. Have a well-honeyed croissant in apology.)

Yay! I have a croissant! (nm) by IntelligentAirhead on 2012-09-14 04:29:00 UTC Reply

Hello there. by Isaac Traver on 2012-09-13 23:52:00 UTC Reply

a Battle Brother, hmm?

Re: Hello there. by Riese on 2012-09-14 00:11:00 UTC Reply

Always, Brother. You as well? It'll be good to have a fellow Marine by my side...unless you're one of those treacherous Xenos...You aren't, are you?

Neither by Isaac Traver on 2012-09-14 16:47:00 UTC Reply

I am in fact a machine spirit embodied into this shell for a multitude of physical activities.

Well, then, by Riese on 2012-09-14 19:59:00 UTC Reply

Blessings of the Omnissiah upon you, noble Machine-Spirit! Please accept this gift of consecrated engine oil.

Oh look! by IntelligentAirhead on 2012-09-13 23:15:00 UTC Reply

An old newbie! Well met, my fellow oxymoron. You probably still qualify as a senior boarder in comparison to me if we're going by length of PPC career. Happy to meet you!
Welcome! by Cassie on 2012-09-13 22:14:00 UTC Reply

Things have been busy around here, but it's always good to see old new faces!
Welcome back! by KittyNoodles on 2012-09-13 20:40:00 UTC Reply

...Says the the month-old newblette. -big grin-

Re: Welcome back! by Riese on 2012-09-13 22:15:00 UTC Reply

It's the thought that counts.