Praise for Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

[lotek]

Even better, I used it after climbing that ultra high mountain.

[Ampoliros]

Amp, isn't that second picture missing a pair of legs?

This was before Avatar, so no I think it only had 4 legs.

[D Pope]

Even better, I used it after climbing that ultra high mountain.

...I do get inspired by watching sunsets and going through
the mountains—and hiking. In fact, I did two Fourteeners yesterday,
Mt Evans and Mt Bierstadt across a Class 3 ridge, which was miserable
because it was storming, but still an epic and gratifying climb.

Whatta man!

[Freakzilla]

Can we strike 'epic' from the English language please?

[Nekhrun]

Can we strike 'epic' from the English language please?

That's funny. I'll bet he never thought that anyone would actually look up a picture of his EPIC hike. There are roads in Minneapolis with Class 3 potholes that look worse than that hill. Add a storm and traffic to the mix and that's danger.

[Spacing Guild]

I would like to add, just this once, that there is nothing in that image for scale, so we don't really know how big the terrain is. I'm sure we all remember the thing with the Tusken Raider on Mars, only to it end up being a tiny rock formation.

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[lotek]

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Class 3 Scrambling or un-roped climbing. You must use your hands most of the time to hold the terrain or find your route. This may be caused by a combination of steepness and extreme terrain (large rocks or steep snow). Some Class 3 routes are better done with rope.

If you use your hands, how do you hold the dictahike?

Scrambling

I can see that.
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The Bierstadt-Sawtooth ridge requires some Class 3 scrambling, but the ledges across the west face of The Sawtooth are much easier than they appear from the trailhead.

Mountains are epic. Bulls are epic.

[Serkanner]

Merritt at his best:

[lotek]

That is gold.

[SandRider]

freakbanned ?

[Serkanner]

freakbanned ?

Regularly banned. But not for this post but for one where I suggested another member to not read the Atrocities and stick to the originals.

[SandRider]

ah-ha ... did not know that was you ...

congratulations !

[Mr. Teg]

...I do get inspired by watching sunsets and going through
the mountains... In fact, I did two Fourteeners yesterday...epic and gratifying...

Takes me back to Chigger's "Scouting for Boys" thread.

[Bronso]

Old thread, and diverged from the original discussion...

But I just can't resist pointing out that a person using the words of positive critics as proof of the invalidity of the words of negative critics sounds like something Frank Herbert would have used to characterize a character as...shall we say...not very adept?

[lotek]

Old thread, and diverged from the original discussion...

But I just can't resist pointing out that a person using the words of positive critics as proof of the invalidity of the words of negative critics sounds like something Frank Herbert would have used to characterize a character as...shall we say...not very adept?

Fucking hell these bots are good.

[Omphalos]

Old thread, and diverged from the original discussion...

But I just can't resist pointing out that a person using the words of positive critics as proof of the invalidity of the words of negative critics sounds like something Frank Herbert would have used to characterize a character as...shall we say...not very adept?

Fucking hell these bots are good.

[Bronso]

Old thread, and diverged from the original discussion...

But I just can't resist pointing out that a person using the words of positive critics as proof of the invalidity of the words of negative critics sounds like something Frank Herbert would have used to characterize a character as...shall we say...not very adept?

For clarity I should point out that I was harping on the original post. I realized I had to come back and point that out because the original poster is obviously a KJA fan...yet the insult was one with subtlety which required comprehension and thought on the part of the insulted in order to know they were being insulted. I daresay assuming that those two things would go together was a noob mistake, it won't happen again.

[Nekhrun]

Old thread, and diverged from the original discussion...

But I just can't resist pointing out that a person using the words of positive critics as proof of the invalidity of the words of negative critics sounds like something Frank Herbert would have used to characterize a character as...shall we say...not very adept?

For clarity I should point out that I was harping on the original post. I realized I had to come back and point that out because the original poster is obviously a KJA fan...yet the insult was one with subtlety which required comprehension and thought on the part of the insulted in order to know they were being insulted. I daresay assuming that those two things would go together was a noob mistake, it won't happen again.

Not only was he a fan, he directly profits from the hack's work. He's a shill and betrayed his grandfather's legacy for a few bucks.

[Serkanner]

Byron's fighting to be the biggest fuck-up of the entire Herbert partnership.

[lotek]

I'm not sure I understand his answer.

That's a good start, isn't it ?

[Serkanner]

yes it is ...

[D Pope]

I think Byron would be good as a reality show.

[Nekhrun]

I think Byron would be good as a reality show.

Yeah, it would just be him eating cereal in his robe and then going to the bank to cash a check. Every month or so he would check his forum to make sure that none of us came back.

[D Pope]

I think Byron would be good as a reality show.

Yeah, it would just be him eating cereal in his robe and then going to the bank to cash a check. Every month or so he would check his forum to make sure that none of us came back.

That and his self righteous indignation when haters ask him about the mysterious pre-scattering that took place during Leto IIs reign.
... or the happy trips to his monthly author support group.

[Ampoliros]

I think Byron would be good as a reality show.

Yeah, it would just be him eating cereal in his robe and then going to the bank to cash a check. Every month or so he would check his forum to make sure that none of us came back.

That and his self righteous indignation when haters ask him about the mysterious pre-scattering that took place during Leto IIs reign.
... or the happy trips to his monthly author support group.

please don't say "mysterious pre-scattering". Now we can expect another Interquel trilogy...

Winds of Dune.
Throne of Dune.
...
Scat of Dune.