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[Mike (the Paladin)]

thanks

[Laurel]

Holding you in my heart, love.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Thanks.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

*hugs*

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Sorry for your loss, Mike.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I'm just amazed. I've lost it a couple of times today already. i need to get it together. I blew up at the TV news a while ago. Luckily I'm home alone so nobody get's hurt. Like I said lots of loss..."

You need to grieve and that is all. We all grieve in different ways and your emotions are what they are. Let them be and you will get to where you need to be and not where you believe people think you should be.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I won another FirstReads giveaway. I'm flabbergasted.

This one's The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black, which I havne't read but I liked the movie...

[Chris , cookie guilt]

See, once you win one, you will win another. Snowball effect. I've won a ton in the last year after nothing for four years.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Apparently. So does this mean I get another before another 4 year dry spell?

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I'm still winning. I won another last Friday.

It seems that as long as you review them in a timely manner, you're not blacklisted. I think a lot of it depends on the publisher. It seemed like once I won an L Ron Hubbard from Galaxy Press, I've been winning half of the Galaxy giveaways I've entered. I've won a couple from Hard Case Crime too.

But it's all random, yanno.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "I'm still winning. I won another last Friday.

It seems that as long as you review them in a timely manner, you're not blacklisted. I think a lot of it depends on the publisher. It seemed like once..."

Ooops. I think I've been blacklisted.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I think I was, back in 2009. I won three that year, I think. But I won the last one a few months before the book was released. Didn't get an early copy. So even though I read it immediately upon receipt, it was a few months after I'd been given the "win". Then I had that 4 year dry spell.

But it's all random, yanno.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "I think I was, back in 2009. I won three that year, I think. But I won the last one a few months before the book was released. Didn't get an early copy. So even though I read it immediately upon re..."

I got the book super late (like 6 mos) and by then lost interest.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

There you go. And the system that generates the random formula only saw that we took several months (or forever) to review a book we'd won.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I don't think the snowball thing works...I won a paperback 4 years ago...nothing since.

[Dawn, Dawnerys, Mother of Modding]

I've only ever won one, and I read and reviewed it right away. Soooo I guess I'm just cursed?

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Hmmm...back to the drawing board..

[Nyssa]

This may be a stupid question, but: Is there a term or sub genre for "Dark Scifi" or does it fall under "Dark Fantasy"? I'm currently reading Polaris 10 Short Stories, and while I wouldn't categorize it specifically as "Horror", it does have elements that lean in that direction.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Great question! IDK.

[Becky]

Me either. I am really bad at categorizing books though. So... this comment was super helpful! :P

[Nyssa]

Becky wrote: "Me either. I am really bad at categorizing books though. So... this comment was super helpful! :P"

:D

[Nyssa]

MrsJoseph wrote: "Great question! IDK."

Thank you for making me feel less stupid! :)

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nyssa wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "Great question! IDK."

Thank you for making me feel less stupid! :)"



:-D

Glad I could help.


I really want to know what others think, too.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Never heard of any difference made in it. Then again by the nature of science fiction if it gets too dark it probably ends up under horror, like Alien or something. I don't know either.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Never heard of any difference made in it. Then again by the nature of science fiction if it gets too dark it probably ends up under horror, like Alien or something. I don't know either."

Truth

[Chris , cookie guilt]

And if you're in the Science Fiction/Fantasy Group, horror elements in a SF story will often result in it being called "fantasy".

Unless it's a substandard copy, and then it will be called SF/Horror.

/smartassity

[Mary]

No one calls John W. Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There? fantasy. And it's the prime example of SF horror.

[Becky]

Mary wrote: "No one calls John W. Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There? fantasy. And it's the prime example of SF horror."

Well, 8 people do: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...

/smartassity (too)

[Nyssa]

I've just sent a message to the author asking for his thoughts. He actually started a Self-Promo thread here, which is how I found the book in the first place.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Mary wrote: "No one calls John W. Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There? fantasy. And it's the prime example of SF horror."

Because it has no elveses or hobbitses, precious.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Yeah, it's sci/fi. On the Beach is dark science fiction but as often happens when a book gets "discovered" and is accepted as "literary" it can't be called sci/fi any more.

But it is.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "Mary wrote: "No one calls John W. Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There? fantasy. And it's the prime example of SF horror."

Because it has no elveses or hobbitses, precious."


rotf!

[Nyssa]

Per the author:

... some stories are indeed scifi and some are indeed horror...

[HomeInMyShoes]

Whenever I get too balled up in categorizing things, I remember Monty Python.

Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?

Reg: F___ off! 'Judean People's Front'. We're the People's Front of Judea! 'Judean People's Front'.

Francis: Wankers.

...

All: Splitters!

[Gerard]

Lmao. The Life of Brian is a classic.

[Laurel]

"You are all individuals"

"We are all individuals"

(view spoiler)["I'm not." (hide spoiler)]

[Jackie]

Game of Thrones news: http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?new...

I wish I was a fly on the wall for that meeting with Martin.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I got a new Nook HD yesterday. Been playing with it and setting up and copying books to it.

So I get a new ereader and so far it reduced my reading. Hmm.

It's way different from my first generation Nook too.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "I got a new Nook HD yesterday. Been playing with it and setting up and copying books to it.

So I get a new ereader and so far it reduced my reading. Hmm.

It's way different from my first generat..."

:-D

I want a new ereader but I can't justify the cost right now.

Especially since I've been reading mostly hardcopies.

[Becky]

Chris wrote: "I got a new Nook HD yesterday. Been playing with it and setting up and copying books to it.

So I get a new ereader and so far it reduced my reading. Hmm.

It's way different from my first generat..."

Good luck with that. I spend the majority of my time with my Nook HD playing Candy Crush or Farm Friends Saga or checking GR.

Reading? What?

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

lol

[Chris , cookie guilt]

YOU CAN DO THAT???

[Chris , cookie guilt]

*Immediately reduces 2014 Challenge from 100 books to 30.*

[Becky]

Chris wrote: "*Immediately reduces 2014 Challenge from 100 books to 30.*"

Sounds about right. LOL

Actually, I do do SOME reading on my NookHD - on the kindle app. LOL

[Chris , cookie guilt]

And I've already got 26 read...

I need to load that Kindle app, so I can check out some of those freebies I've gotten.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "*Immediately reduces 2014 Challenge from 100 books to 30.*"

lol!!!

[Nyssa]

*Shakes Head & Smiles*

[Lee]

I get ADHD on my HD nook too. For me it's hopping online to look something up. Or checking up on goodreads. Or browsing the nook shop for books I don't need - but the shop is so pretty! Thankfully I don't play games anymore - that's a total time killer - but I used to be addicted. I get more reading done on my simple touch nook. Less distractions that way.

[Jackie]

Chris wrote: "I got a new Nook HD yesterday. Been playing with it and setting up and copying books to it.

So I get a new ereader and so far it reduced my reading. Hmm.

It's way different from my first generat..."


Oooo yay! Welcome to Nook HD ownership. The shine does wear off after a few weeks or so. ;)

I was like Becky constantly playing Candy Crush or playing around with apps. Google Play and Kindle are pretty awesome. I have yet to read on either one, but I have plenty of freebies from both. :P

[Laurel]

I think I'm the only human left who hasn't tried Candy Crush...