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Old 07-08-2011, 11:01 AM   #91
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that was my limit, couldn't hold a laugh IRL, my colleagues even gave me a strange look and all

Xanthe come out of the closet, come on

That remind me of a South Park episode, too bad can't remember it's name... well wait a bit...

... ah here it is:

Trapped in the Closet

Too bad couldn't find a more complete version

Thank God I'm the first one in the office today. I was literally crying. That was effing hilarious.
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Old 07-08-2011, 11:08 AM   #92
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Thank God I'm the first one in the office today. I was literally crying. That was effing hilarious.
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Old 07-08-2011, 11:21 AM   #93
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Nah. Not gonna happen.

I truly just don't get the warm-and-fuzzies over dragons. I read the blurbs about the Novik books, and they look interesting but then I think, "Dragons? Nah." Just like there are no books of the Pern series around here; those dragons on the covers ensure that.

I'm a Katie MacAlister fan, always read her books, but even she couldn't entice me with her Silver Dragons and Light Dragons series.
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Old 07-08-2011, 11:23 AM   #94
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Nah. Not gonna happen.

I truly just don't get the warm-and-fuzzies over dragons. I read the blurbs about the Novik books, and they look interesting but then I think, "Dragons? Nah." Just like there are no books of the Pern series around here; those dragons on the covers ensure that.

I'm a Katie MacAlister fan, always read her books, but even she couldn't entice me with her Silver Dragons and Light Dragons series.
because of the Dragons in that series, she is able to write an incredibly unique alternate history. seriously. and no fuzzies
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Old 07-08-2011, 12:04 PM   #96
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I'm OK with the threat of dragons, but I don't actually want to "see" them or have them be characters (or god forbid have them talk) in the books I read.

There is no refreshing, new twist that an author can come up with for dragons... it's been done.

I have a terrible case of elfinorcaphobia, as well.
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Or a werewolf. Or a zombie. They are all on the march. . . .


Or a dragon?

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Old 07-08-2011, 12:49 PM   #99
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If there's a dragon on the cover or the word 'dragon' in the title, then that book's not getting purchased by me. I haven't thrown a book at the wall if a dragon pops up in the storyline but if a dragon is a primary character then I'm not interested.

I don't hate dragons per se, it's just that I fail to see what is so fascinating about them. To me, it just seems to be an adult transference to dragons of the girlish love-of-horses (I managed to miss that one, too ).
Girls & Horses = Strength & Power in an nonthreatening/gentle form. My husband believes it also symbolizes trust & protection. As for women & horses, well have you ever ridden one? Can you imagine a woman riding a dragon?
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Perhaps I should also mention Sarah Hoyt's "Magical British Empire" series and also her contemporary fantasy novels, starting with Draw One in the Dark.

All well worth a read, IMO.
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Old 07-08-2011, 02:59 PM   #101
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Could not resist bringing this to everyone's attention in this thread.



Or a dragon?

The broadcast will available for download later today.
This outbreak of literary undead and other ghoulish creatures should be all
the more reason to enlist some noble Dragon intervention. Surely there
must be some bard or chronicler of Dragonkind who can rid our bookshelves
of these pesky undead? Especial attention should be given to eradicating
those slick over muscled creatures that have invaded the grocery checkout
lines with their tales of seduction of our innocent woman folk. (They
always go for the bad boys don't they?)

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Old 07-08-2011, 08:20 PM   #102
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Girls & Horses = Strength & Power in an nonthreatening/gentle form. My husband believes it also symbolizes trust & protection. As for women & horses, well have you ever ridden one? Can you imagine a woman riding a dragon?
I've ridden a horse; it wasn't a bonding experience nor was it a traumatic one. Since I can't seriously imagine anyone riding a dragon, the gender of the rider is immaterial.

That whole horse-mania thing to me seems to me to be more of an escape/avoidance mechanism rather than something benign.
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I've ridden a horse; it wasn't a bonding experience nor was it a traumatic one. Since I can't seriously imagine anyone riding a dragon, the gender of the rider is immaterial.

That whole horse-mania thing to me seems to me to be more of an escape/avoidance mechanism rather than something benign.
The riding thing was tongue-in-cheek, Xanthe. However, the power, strength, protective thing is a little more "realistic" for lack of a better word. I can also see escapism, freedom, abandon, self empowerment, etc.
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Heh. While we're supporting underrepresented dragons, I haven't seen anyone mention Jane Yolen's pit dragons yet. Loved loved loved Heart's Blood as a kid. Still loved it the last time I read it.
I actually was going to mention those, but then I blinked or something and the thought ran away. Yes, to Jane Yolen's Pit Dragon series!
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