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Greetings
Posted: 12 Oct 2008 16:40
by Raveem
Hello there.
Many thanks to SandChigger for suggesting this (
viewtopic.php?t=776&start=60&sid=7d722e ... bbcd14ecfe): I was unaware of this little ritual here amongst the cast out.
I am Raveem, and having vented some long maturing frustration at alt.fan.dune, I thought I'd make an appearance here as well. My position is unambiguous, and certainly not even-handed: I think the "Dune" written by Brian Herbert with his committee is some of the worst writing ever to surface. And in the genre of SF, that is no small achievement (see below).
Of course I hope not to dwell too much on this unfortunate but necessary negativity for Dune fans in these times. Conversely, I'm of the opinion that the original Dune is one of the finest examples of world building, comparable only to other solitary works such as Tolkien's Middle-Earth. As I once mentioned on alt.fan.dune, I truly believe that these two (with a very few sparse augmentations) transcend a genre (speculative fiction) which is otherwise virtually defined by immature writing.
Anyway, greetings to all. Hope to enjoy my time here.
Regards,
Raveem.
Posted: 12 Oct 2008 17:12
by Omphalos
Well, Ill be happy to debate the merits of other SF with you. There certainly is some crap out there, but there are also thousands of stories and books that are not.
Welcome though. We do have one thing in common. Guess what that is?
Posted: 12 Oct 2008 17:15
by Tleszer
Welcome to Jacurutu, where the people are classy and no one laughs at poop jokes
I have to disagree on one thing, though. KJA is a writing god. He's so powerful that flowers wilt in his very presence!
Posted: 12 Oct 2008 19:15
by SandChigger
And grass never grows twice on the hiking paths he hath trod! (Actually, I hear the forestry service quite likes him for this, if not at all for his books.)
Welcome, again!
Posted: 12 Oct 2008 22:42
by Rakis
Nice to meet ya
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 02:47
by Laphtiya
Nice to meet you! Hope you have fun here.
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 03:11
by Secher_Nbiw
ug. Welcome amongst the Cast Out.
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 04:48
by Serkanner
Hi and welcome. You will fit in nicely with that attitude
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 12:25
by A Thing of Eternity
Hi Raveem.
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 12:56
by DuneFishUK
Hey up. Sounds sound
on the new guy
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 14:59
by Sole Man
Hello...
...and Welcome to Sole Man's house of insanity.
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 15:38
by Freakzilla
Hi, I'm the Rush Party chairman and I'm damned glad to meet you!
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 15:40
by A Thing of Eternity
Freakzilla wrote:Hi, I'm the Rush Party chairman and I'm damned glad to meet you!
Can I be VP?
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 15:45
by Freakzilla
A Thing of Eternity wrote:Freakzilla wrote:Hi, I'm the Rush Party chairman and I'm damned glad to meet you!
Can I be VP?
You can be Master-at-arms, your main job is nick-names.
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 15:54
by TheDukester
"Hi, Eric Stratton, rush chairman, damn glad to meet you."
"That was Eric Stratton, rush chairman, he was damn glad to meet you."
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 16:27
by A Thing of Eternity
Freakzilla wrote:A Thing of Eternity wrote:Freakzilla wrote:Hi, I'm the Rush Party chairman and I'm damned glad to meet you!
Can I be VP?
You can be Master-at-arms, your main job is nick-names.
Good nuff for me.
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 20:31
by GamePlayer
Yo
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 20:32
by Omphalos
A Thing of Eternity wrote:Freakzilla wrote:A Thing of Eternity wrote:Freakzilla wrote:Hi, I'm the Rush Party chairman and I'm damned glad to meet you!
Can I be VP?
You can be Master-at-arms, your main job is nick-names.
Good nuff for me.
But your nick-name is Flounder.
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 21:44
by trang
Well Met Raveem! Welcome to the Outcast.
Trang
Posted: 14 Oct 2008 11:39
by A Thing of Eternity
Omphalos wrote:A Thing of Eternity wrote:Freakzilla wrote:A Thing of Eternity wrote:Freakzilla wrote:Hi, I'm the Rush Party chairman and I'm damned glad to meet you!
Can I be VP?
You can be Master-at-arms, your main job is nick-names.
Good nuff for me.
But your nick-name is Flounder.
Unacceptable!
Posted: 14 Oct 2008 11:43
by Omphalos
A Thing of Eternity wrote:Omphalos wrote:A Thing of Eternity wrote:Freakzilla wrote:A Thing of Eternity wrote:Freakzilla wrote:Hi, I'm the Rush Party chairman and I'm damned glad to meet you!
Can I be VP?
You can be Master-at-arms, your main job is nick-names.
Good nuff for me.
But your nick-name is Flounder.
Unacceptable!
Lemmie hear you say, "May I have ten-thousand marbles, please?"
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:08
by SandRider
Raveem wrote:Of course I hope not to dwell too much on this unfortunate but necessary negativity for Dune fans in these times. Conversely, I'm of the opinion that the original Dune is one of the finest examples of world building, comparable only to other solitary works such as Tolkien's Middle-Earth. As I once mentioned on alt.fan.dune, I truly believe that these two (with a very few sparse augmentations) transcend a genre (speculative fiction) which is otherwise virtually defined by immature writing.
Hmmm. Shades of the nuduneman ....
Well met, Raveem.