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Oh.. well there are a lot of people who only want happy endings in books, but you know I am not like that. I loved The Dark Tower, and it did not have a happy ending. Someday, when you are bored, see if you can find The Gunslinger.
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orald wrote:Oh, kidnapped "him"=Jake. It could be understood either way.

And either way, I'm not reading Stephen King. And that's it, my neighboor already tried to make me read it. :?
If you are into dark and/or urban fantasy mixed with SF, then the first three of the Dark Tower books really are right up your alley, orald. The first one is amazing. Two and three are not as strong, but worth the effort to read. Here is a review I did of the first one that you may want to take a look at.
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Nice review Omphalos, I had not read any SK for more than 15 years until I recently picked up a second-hand copy of the Green Mile, which was also published episodically. I found it a nice read, it felt like one of his early books. As you say in your review, he really went off the rails, stylistically and otherwise for a good few years.
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Omphalos wrote:If you are into dark and/or urban fantasy mixed with SF
Well, I'm not, but my neighboor doesn't understand how I can't be for some reason.
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I've got a special smiley for here (thanks to Otheym, its author).
It is a french one, but you will understand it very easily :
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KJA ? Keep Just Away?
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Oh yes, it's hilarious! :lol:

No, wait, I don't speak French. :roll:
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I don't speak French either, but I think it says: Invoke the Amtal.. or something like that. I couldn't get Babelfish to translate "sinvoque".
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C'est J'invoque (= je + invoque), ma petite. ;)
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OH.. It's a J! No wonder I couldn't get it translated :P Thank you my dear. My brain told me it was an S, but now I can see the J.
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And I still can't see the meaning...Unlike US citizens, we don't get French as a the default second language in school.
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French isn't the default second language in the US either. It translates to "I call upon the Amtal" according to babelfish.
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We have a default second language? He must be referring to ebonics.
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Or Hispanglish?

SÍMON! :roll:


At my high school in BFE Ohio they offered French as the second/foreign language for the college preparatory course. A few years after I graduated, they switched to Spanish...which makes more sense in practical terms, considering the changes in US demographics. (If not historically or culturally.) I studied Latin on my own, though...and lots of others.... ;)
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I never had the polyglot bug. I was forced into Latin and took it through college, where they also had a four year foreign language requirement (no matter what your experience or undergrad achievements with them). I can barely master English and its my fucking mother tongue.
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I speak and work in french 99% of the time... The only occasion i can practice my writing in english is on the internet, but mainly Jacurutu... :D

See, Dune gives you wonderful experiences... :P
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I've discussed it with Mandy on chat, seems I'm out of touch with the languages students choose to learn when they have to, mainly because I don't get to talk to many young people.

Or as Mandy put it, 30 years ago it was truer about French(and probably Latin, but that's a half-dead language). Mandy is old, so are the rest of you. :P
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Grrr!


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I can speak bad american :twisted:

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Robspierre wrote:I can speak bad american :twisted:

Rob
Well, I can immitate chimp calls, does that count? :twisted:
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orald wrote:
Robspierre wrote:I can speak bad american :twisted:

Rob
Well, I can immitate chimp calls, does that count? :twisted:
Only if you're stuck in the jungle one night and looking for a good time?

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You should know, buddy. :wink:
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Yeah, I'm a sucker for...well...just about anything JUICY. :D


(I've been in a mood for TexMex here lately...but something CaRibBean might do as well. If you follow my meaning. :twisted: )



(I always double the R instead of the B. :oops: )
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SandChigger wrote:(I always double the R instead of the B. :oops: )
I didn't get the meaning of the former, but yea, I always do the same with the R.
Silly language. :x
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I think I'll try to remember it like this from now on:

The Caribbean: ribbed for your pleasure! :D
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I emphethize the "bean" part in my mind so I know to double the B.
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