Preq/Seq nicknames

Illogical Banana · Post by **Illogical Banana** » 02 May 2008 23:49

I'm fond of Waterworms of Dune.

HoosierDaddy · Post by **HoosierDaddy** » 03 May 2008 19:09

How about "The Bulimic Jihad"

:puke

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 03 May 2008 19:42

Gyros of Dung series:

Pail of Dung
Jes' sick of Dung
I rollin' in Dung
Later on Dung

(Edit: Maybe Letotard of Dung for the last?)

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 04 May 2008 04:41

I've used Dung: House Atrocious before, but can't remember where I first saw it.

Got nuttin' for the others at the moment.

(Some variant of "How's...?" for the House books, maybe?)

chanilover · Post by **chanilover** » 04 May 2008 17:09

House Atrocious. I like that.

Ampoliros · Post by **Ampoliros** » 05 May 2008 11:24

Big Mech Motocross Attack! (Machine crusade)
Battle of Competence

House Hackonandon
Saga of the 7 Dunes: House Corrino

btw has anyone here read or discussed somewhere how much of So7S is a rip off of all the "space operas" KJA has worked on or read?

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 05 May 2008 19:16

Ampoliros wrote:Big Mech Motocross Attack! (Machine crusade)
Battle of Competence

Weirdly amusing.

House Hackonandon

Yeah! That'll do!

Saga of the 7 Dunes: House Corrino

Mmm...mebst?

How about Dung: Who's Cornholin'?

btw has anyone here read or discussed somewhere how much of So7S is a rip off of all the "space operas" KJA has worked on or read?

From what little I know of the "Sag...uh!", I think KJamesA has "borrowed" more than a few ideas from Dan Simmons' Hyperion universe.

Green Priests, flying trees in space, a gas giant with a breathable atmosphere, space barbarians on the edges of civilization...I'm sure there would be more if I actually read the books.

I'm sure you could probably find sources for most of his other "original" ideas if you look hard enough. His Ildrian (sp?) aliens seemed like humans in ET-drag with funny names at best. ... Feh!

Worst of all, though, is the shiteful writing in which all of the above is conveyed.

orald · Post by **orald** » 05 May 2008 21:17

Dung: House Colon. But it doesn't rhime well.

Maybe replacing "crusade" with "charade", but I'm half reeling here from lack of sleep to come up with something for the first part of it.

A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 06 May 2008 11:01

SandChigger wrote: From what little I know of the "Sag...uh!", I think KJamesA has "borrowed" more than a few ideas from Dan Simmons' Hyperion universe.

Green Priests, flying trees in space, a gas giant with a breathable atmosphere, space barbarians on the edges of civilization...I'm sure there would be more if I actually read the books.

I'm sure you could probably find sources for most of his other "original" ideas if you look hard enough. His Ildrian (sp?) aliens seemed like humans in ET-drag with funny names at best. ... Feh!

Worst of all, though, is the shiteful writing in which all of the above is conveyed.

Those Hyperion books any good? I've had one on my shelf for months but keep finding things I think are more important to read.

Post by **Omphalos** » 06 May 2008 11:45

orald wrote:Dung: House Colon. But it doesn't rhime well.

Yea, but it does sum it up nicely, doesnt it?

orald wrote:Maybe replacing "crusade" with "charade", but I'm half reeling here from lack of sleep to come up with something for the first part of it.

Nice!

orald · Post by **orald** » 06 May 2008 12:10

Problem is, same as with me trying to make nice sounding riddles, that my mind doesn't really work in english in the most basic level, so it's harder for me to rhime or think of pretty ways to hint at something.

But then again, I suck at making those in Hebrew too.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 06 May 2008 12:22

A Thing of Eternity wrote:Those Hyperion books any good? I've had one on my shelf for months but keep finding things I think are more important to read.

That's kinda funny. I bought all four in paperback and they languished in the bedside book pile for over a year or more, IIRC.

Of course, I was pissed off at Simmons for the piece of shit that Olympos turned out to be. (I REALLY enjoyed the first book of that duology, Ilium, btw.)

Anyway...any good? Well, let's just say they completely rehabilitated Simmons in my mind and restored him to Can Do No Wrong (Well, Probably) status.

Tleilax Master B · Post by **Tleilax Master B** » 06 May 2008 12:53

SandChigger wrote:
A Thing of Eternity wrote:Those Hyperion books any good? I've had one on my shelf for months but keep finding things I think are more important to read.
That's kinda funny. I bought all four in paperback and they languished in the bedside book pile for over a year or more, IIRC.

Of course, I was pissed off at Simmons for the piece of shit that Olympos turned out to be. (I REALLY enjoyed the first book of that duology, Ilium, btw.)

Anyway...any good? Well, let's just say they completely rehabilitated Simmons in my mind and restored him to Can Do No Wrong (Well, Probably) status.

I agree with Chigga; I really loved Hyperion.