Subject: Re: It must have been incredible to meet her.
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Posted on: 2012-09-14 04:02:00 UTC
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.
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*
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!
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!
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?)
... 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
I'll get cracking, then. ...After I read up a bit, that is.
Well, then, Let's be about it!
... 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
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.
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
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?)
... 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
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.
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'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
[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]
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
... what the heck sort of song has a line like 'The sun's getting in my eyes'?
hS
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.
Although, seriously - that's any better?
hS
I don't usually look up translations of Rammstein songs. Some of them are frankly too NSFB for me when translated.
Sonne. Rammstein. (Don't judge me, German music is cool!)
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
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...
And I have a tendency to make obscure jokes about it.
hS
...kind of. I do history a bit as well, but I tend more towards the military variety.
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.
Always wanted one of these! Thanks a heap!
Excuse me as I attempt to hug you to death.
Move over! I want to hug him too~ (And yes I am whining.)
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 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.
In my family it has become a rite of passage when you are able to curse multilingually.
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."
That somehow fits. I'm not quite sure how, concerning her books are usually quite concise when it comes to detail, but it fits.
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.
I can imagine! That really must have been a wonderful experience.
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.)
a Battle Brother, hmm?
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?
I am in fact a machine spirit embodied into this shell for a multitude of physical activities.
Blessings of the Omnissiah upon you, noble Machine-Spirit! Please accept this gift of consecrated engine oil.
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!
Things have been busy around here, but it's always good to see old new faces!
...Says the the month-old newblette. -big grin-
It's the thought that counts.