rebecca j's comments
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rebecca j's comments from the SciFi and Fantasy Book Club group.
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When younger, I read on the school bus every day on the way home - My brothers would have to tell me when it was our stop!
A lot of the newer Pern books explain more about how the different crises pushed Pern society to an agrarian world - and explains why the colonists coped so well with it. Personally, I read The White Dragon first out of the Pern series. It was much more complex than Dragonflight, and so I was hooked before I ever read the first two books. Compared to the later storylines, Dragonflight has a much simpler adventure, but the things it introduces help you understand the later books better. It's definitely not one of my favorite books in the set, but still enjoyable. I have 17 Pern books in my shelves, and I enjoyed them all.
As someone who has lived all my life in Missouri, yes I would be intimidated by the fast talking! People in the south talk slowly, but we don't necessarily think slowly - it's just perceived that way! I had ghetto kids in my classroom in St. Louis who thought my southern accent made me "country" (a derogatory word to them) It's all a matter of perspective. And yes, when you meet a vehicle on the little roads around here, you usually wave even if you don't know who they are.
On Amber Benson as an author - I bought her book at WalMart because I liked the cover and the blurb - and didn't realize who the author was until my daughter said "She looks like Tara!" Then I read the blurb about the author and realized it was Tara! The book was excellent, and it was more special to me when I found out who the author was. I've been a Buffy fan since season 1, and my oldest daughter has all the seasons on DVD. My 14 yr. old and I had a Buffy-thon last year just so she would know what her sister and I were talking about!
I carry a book with me whenever I leave home because I hate waiting with nothing to do. I've read a lot of books while waiting on my Mom to finish chemo sessions!Many people in the USA take our free libraries for granted and never stop to think about all the people who never have that open access to a whole world of ideas. You want to change a country? Set up free libraries that everyone can use and don't censor the ideas!
I can't recall when I first read sci-fi/fantasy. Most of the adults in my family were avid readers, and my Dad and his brothers all read sci-fi, so we had a lot of it around the house. My Dad's rule about books was, if you're able to read it, you may. So I read whatever I found that appealed to me. I was particularly fond of Tom Corbett stories and Have Space Suit, Will Travel.I read as many YA Heinlein as I could find. A teacher forced me to read LOTR in 7th grade as punishment for chewing gum in her class. (She had already tried to get me to read it and I didn't) I was hooked on Tolkien from then on. I started reading Andre Norton books around that time too, and I still have a larger collection of sci-fi than the local library. I was 17 when Star Wars appeared, and I was surprised to find that many other people liked the genre. I thought only geeks read sci-fi!
The Shadow of Albion by Andre Norton
I like that as Harry progresses the lines between black and white get more gray - making choices of "Do I live with a touch of evil to protect someone else, or do I protect myself to their cost?" kind of questions. As he progresses he also sees how power has affected others, and starts to wonder how it is affecting him. And above all, he retains his basic humanity, has his faults and failings, but continues to try to make good choices.Besides the books are well-written, and entertaining as hell!
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