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#4476 |
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aka Skwirrel
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Roughly 900 miles SW of Hell
Posts: 7,652
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*hot glues bra to chandelier, fills with green dye, egg whites, and sneezing powder*
Eh, it was something to do.
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#4477 |
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writing
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: At the portal to the Pacific
Posts: 15,799
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#4478 |
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writing
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: At the portal to the Pacific
Posts: 15,799
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
Posts: 38,255
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You too?
'Course with me, it's a story idea, not a practical application.
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Today is your last day.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
Posts: 7,069
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Bos & Ted, you know, don't you, that in Larry Niven's Known Space universe, violations of the law, such as tax evasion, get citizens sentenced to the organ banks? Essentially, the demand for transplantable organs is such that the sentence for any crime is death - by being carved up and your organs harvested by the nearest handy autodoc.
Nice world, huh? |
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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I confess I've never read Niven, though I have always meant to do so. One of those writers who is on my "to be read... someday" list.
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Today is your last day.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
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Bos, you should. Ringworld is probably one to start with, or maybe Protector. The Man-Kzin Wars anthologies are also pretty good and really base you in the culture of Known Space.
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
Posts: 38,255
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Ringworld is the reason I want to read him.
It's just a case of too many authors, too little time. I need to get paid to read, somehow.
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Today is your last day.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
Posts: 7,069
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Become an editor for one of the Big Six or a print magazine?
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Inconsequential. Also: short.
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Las Vegas
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*walks in, looks around, shrugs and curls up for a nap*
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One cow, two cows, three...
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 31,874
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#4487 |
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
Posts: 38,255
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You've settled in nicely here.
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Writing for the brand
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 8,825
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There you are. Looks like you're flying around again purty good.
How bout a little target practice?
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
Posts: 38,255
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Speaking of, what was that other thing you were today? After Rainbow Brite??
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#4492 |
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Grand Pooba Unto Thyself
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Browntown, WI--the land of cheese!
Posts: 6,523
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*comes in, goes to the corner, curls up into a ball and sucks his thumb*
My friends are telling me to go apply to work at their call center. I'm thinking I should. I will, however, get some writing done tonight because I've been looking forward to it all day. It's nice to be able to come home and do something I enjoy.
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One cow, two cows, three...
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Texas
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What came after was much better than what was before it... *stabs bos with a spork* |
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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Do tell.
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
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One cow, two cows, three...
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 31,874
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um, er...I meant apply for the job. |
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Grand Pooba Unto Thyself
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Browntown, WI--the land of cheese!
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Yeah, and the new changes that are supposed to come might not. They keep saying that changes are going to be made, but those changes keep getting delayed. We'll see.
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One cow, two cows, three...
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 31,874
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It was a long night of getting scmooed, not sure I can remember the order of which the horrors occurred.
hmm...there was a demented Easter bunny, a disturbing chick, a my lil pony , Barney (barf), and I think you caught the rest from there. AC needs more pie. Never jab a mod cat with a stick at three in the morning. :/
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word-slinger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Not Really Here
Posts: 38,255
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