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Old 03-28-2018, 07:12 AM   #16
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I love the ending to that episode, but criticize it for neglecting the fact that the entire area was contaminated with radiation and that radiation sickness would've eventually killed him. Stepping on his glasses was the least of his worries.
True. Poor guy couldn't win. Immediate obliteration would have been a kinder fate.
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I love the ending to that episode, but criticize it for neglecting the fact that the entire area was contaminated with radiation and that radiation sickness would've eventually killed him. Stepping on his glasses was the least of his worries.
And there's no way a pumpkin could be turned into a coach for Cinderella either!

Jeeze man, The Twilight Zone was never intended to be hard science fiction.
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Another favorite episode of mine was To Serve Man. I saw it after I had read Damon Knight's short story.
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Just stuck me that the thread title is quite amusing.

So what do the rest of Americans do with Audio books? Eat them instead of listening to them???

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Another favorite episode of mine was To Serve Man. I saw it after I had read Damon Knight's short story.
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That was a delicious episode
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That was a delicious episode
I liked it so much I bought the cookbook.
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These posts about eating unexpected "substances" and deliciousness remind me of Eve Merriam's lip-smacking "How to Eat a Poem".
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Just stuck me that the thread title is quite amusing.

So what do the rest of Americans do with Audio books? Eat them instead of listening to them???

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Maybe that's why so many cozies have titles like "Death by Chocolate"
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My husband and I have pretty much the same taste in books. I read on my Kindle exclusively, my husband listens to audio books exclusively. Now the wonderful thing is a lot of the time he has to wait months longer to get the audio version. So MUAHAHAHAHA I get to torment him.
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My husband and I have pretty much the same taste in books. I read on my Kindle exclusively, my husband listens to audio books exclusively. Now the wonderful thing is a lot of the time he has to wait months longer to get the audio version. So MUAHAHAHAHA I get to torment him.
Really? My experience has been that the audiobooks and the e-books are released on the same date.
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Really? My experience has been that the audiobooks and the e-books are released on the same date.
For major authors, ie Stephen King yes but for more indy authors like Frank Tayell, James N. Cook.

I should add getting the audiobooks stocked by a library is so much slower ie Candice Fox.

Audiobooks can be very expensive.
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For major authors, ie Stephen King yes but for more indy authors like Frank Tayell, James N. Cook.

I should add getting the audiobooks stocked by a library is so much slower ie Candice Fox.

Audiobooks can be very expensive.
With my Audible credits costing around £4.60 each and most big name, new ebook releases costing £9.99 plus, I find it cheaper to listen.

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With my Audible credits costing around £4.60 each and most big name, new ebook releases costing £9.99 plus, I find it cheaper to listen.

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I hate buying the same book twice, add that we read 2 to 4 books each a week. The cost soon adds up
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