ARG... can't wait any longer

[db_pr]

I'm 11 and I buy my books on A bookshop named Borders and on another one named CastleBooks on Puerto Rico.

From,

db_pr

"Lone Power, I accept your gift!
But take my gift of equal worth:
I take Death with me, out of time,
and make of it a path, a birth!"
"Let the teeth come! As they tear me,
they tear your ancient hate for aye--
so rage, proud Power! Fail again,
and see my blood teach death to die!"

[Birdhead]

Not sigs, just avatars, and you're right, it's peculiar. I suppose becasue they're quite generic, and also they interest the people who read these books, becasue Nita was an amateur astronomer, so... Plus we know DD's interested in astronomy to some extent.
T

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[Agent M]

She is? I didn't know that. It seems like I don't know very much.

Evil will always lose.- Miep Gies

[Birdhead]

I think so... can't remember where I read that, though. Her blog often mentions astronomical "events" and things she finds interesting that a lot of other people wouldn't know about. I mean, I don't think she's an observer or anything (except special things like partial eclipses) but I think, (emphasise think) she's quite interested. Certainly she displays a pretty good grounding in fact for most/all of the astronomy mentioned in the books (as far as I can tell. I'm far from expert. Our resident Physics Geeks seem to think it's pretty good, though) and there really is an unusual amount of astronomy... but hey, I really don't know.
Ka Kite
Tui

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[Agent M]

Well it makes sense if she is cuz there's a lot of Astronomy in the series.

Evil will always lose.- Miep Gies

[Diane Duane]

Originally posted by Birdhead:
I think so... can't remember where I read that, though. Her blog often mentions astronomical "events" and things she finds interesting that a lot of other people wouldn't know about. I mean, I don't think she's an observer or anything (except special things like partial eclipses) but I think, (emphasise think) she's quite interested.

I've been profoundly interested in astronomy ever since our family's lawyer gave me a subscription to Sky and Telescope when I was eight. (And when I think about it, probably my entire career as a writer, and all the really important things that've happened to me in my life, could be said to hinge on that one act.)

Every month I read New Scientist and S&T and Scientific
American and various other magazines and publications that deal with astronomy either primarily or tangentially. They're good sources of story ideas, but more importantly (for me at least) they keep me informed about what's going on outside this little atmospherically-picket-fenced place that we think of as the world. That's the rest of the world, all that stuff Out There, and it's important to know what's going on in it...or what went on centuries or millennia ago...not just because it might happen to us eventually. But to know.

Or so I think.

-- DD

[Birdhead]

You're not alone.
T

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[Agent M]

Cool. That doesn't surprise me, there's a lot of science in your books DD, which is good, it makes them all the more convincing and good.

Evil will always lose.- Miep Gies

[Fox]

[Agent M]

Like always, pretty much anything and nothing.

Evil will always lose.- Miep Gies

[Fox]

[Birdhead]

Yay!
And I guess we do talk a lot, but we're not usually on at the same time. Sometimes, but not often.... anyway, I'm sure you can do fine. It's a pretty dumb competition anyway....
T

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[Civi]

I too find Astronomy Extremely interesting. After all, I've wanted to be an Astronaut since the 2nd grade. It was a picture of what a moon base might look like 20 years from then that got me hooked. I guess that was what really got me into Science Fiction and Fantasy. Up to that point it had been Mystery, Mystery, Mystery. This all shows why I like The Young Wizard series so much. It takes Fantasy, Wizards, and combines it with science fiction such as Entropy, other planets, white and black holes. How much better can it get?

-IV-
Ipha

[Agent M]

It's not dumb, just pointless. I just try to beat Birdhead at posts because I am competitive, and it would be really fun to beat her and rub it in her face (just kidding, really) Also normally me and Birdhead aren't normally on at the same time unless she's on at my 6 or 7 o' clock, but yeah we talk a lot, so what?

Evil will always lose.- Miep Gies

[Birdhead]

OK, pointless then... and you're right, it's fun. But you'll never have a chance to rub it in my face, will you?
T

Tuibird in Aotearoa
Conservationist, Scientist, and proud of both!
Chocolate lover extraordinaire...
Ahahahaha, ahahahahaha, ahahahaha...
My mission: Bringing Maori to the world!
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