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We call 'em "snake-birds" because when they're in the water about all you see is their necks and heads, which look like a snake rearing up out of the water.
Hey, maybe Nessie is a great big cormorant! |
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Part of the pleasure reading science fiction is to be introduced to new things like "decanting drugs" and "cryocap" and learn by continue to read what they mean. Its part of the world building and your experience learning the new world. I just bought Richard Morgans Black Man in paperback and will soon read it. It sounded interesting when he talked about the book at a science fiction convention where he was guest of honor.
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The common cormorant (or shag) Lays eggs inside a paper bag, You follow the idea, no doubt? It's to keep the lightning out. But what these unobservant birds Have never thought of, is that herds Of wandering bears might come with buns And steal the bags to hold the crumbs. -- Christopher Isherwood |
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"Codices," yes. I did know that. Perhaps my brain is getting old.
I read sf partly because I love learning new words, or seeing words I know used in new ways. (Though I don't mean calling a scroll a codex!) |
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Did the author confuse a "Rolodex" with a Codex?
This reminds me of a controversy that stemmed around the use of several hyphens in the movie title: The 40-Year-Old Virgin Alot of people thought there were too many hyphens in the title. If you remove the first hyphen, it means there are 40 year-old virgins remove the second hyphen it it makes it seem like 40 years there is an old virgin. I wonder if they had to hire an entire english department to get the title right, because I remember reading some of the letters written in Roger Ebert column about the title and it was pretty funny. |
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Someone who has read Black Man answered to my questions:
dorsal implies running along the top, back or spine of a ship, station or structure - like the dorsal fin of a fish that runs along its spine - the opposite is ventral decanting means pouring out into another vessel - in context the "decanting drugs" are used when one is "poured out" of a cryocap; presumably in order to prevent shock. In context the word "cormorant" is used as a code word; you'll understand later in the book as I do think it is more fully explained. |
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I did in fact answer you too, AL, in post #29 on the previous page .
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Your answers were pretty much dictionary like. Except A cormorant is a sea bird I found most of them myself. I didn't have to be smart..goggle helped me but it didn't help me much in reading the book. Thanks anyway! |
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I agree with you entirely that Eddings' books are simple, unsophisticated stories in which the "good guys" always win. Sometimes it's just nice to read stories like that when you don't feel like anything too "heavy". I read lots of more "serious" stuff too, but Eddings is nice when I want to relax with a pleasant story. The Belgariad (or at least the last three books in the series) has recently been released as a MobiPocket eBook, which is what prompted me to re-read it. |
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