Here.
no mana, no active magery, no meta _anything_. Retarded tech, obscene copyright laws, obscene US Government, obscene international terrorism problems..
I can't see Doug actually accomplishing anything here, though, but I can see it as a very unpleasant place to visit 'On the way home'.
Who knows, he might end up in the back yard of a certain Mr. Schroek.

naaawWire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

No, not me...
I got an e-mail a couple of days ago from Roehl Sybing. He's looking for a pre-reader for his latest story, a sequal to his earlier work Only Human. I don't have time, but offered to ask here...
If you're interested, please send him an e-mail, at roehlsybing -at- aol -dot- com
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Okay, Bob mentioned he wanted to see this, so I'm posting this here in order to not hijack the Kurumi thread further. ^_^ I had the following MSTie saved on my hard drive. I've checked and I can't find the original source. So it's just as well that I'm posting it, since you probably won't find it without going to the Wayback machine or something, and even then, it's chancy.
This MSTie was written by Mark Sachs.
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In the not-too-distant future...

[We open on the Satellite of Love. Mike is sitting there; before him is a pile of menus from take-out restaurants. He's dialing a phone but having little luck reaching anyone. Propped unobtrusively in one corner of the set is a mirror.]

[Enter Crow.]

CROW: So, Mike, how's the dinner plans?
MIKE: Not so good, Crow. Hardly any of the take-out places will deliver to geosynchronous orbit. And the ones that will are either closed or not taking dinner orders until 6:00 PM. I'm down to this
last one.
CROW: [craning his neck to read it] Hmm? I dunno if I'm up for Japanese. Oh well, I'll be in the load pan bay with Servo if you need me.

[Crow wanders off. Mike dials the number.]

PHONE: Hello, this is the Relief Goddess Office Technical Support Line.
MIKE: Huh? I'm sorry, I wanted Fujishima's Takeout --
PHONE: We will have one of our technical support representatives over to you right away to handle your request. [click]
MIKE: Uh... [stares at phone] Hello? Hello?

[Suddenly there is a whoosh and roar of brilliant special effects, and from the mirror emerges a startlingly beautiful, elaborately dressed brown-haired and big-eyed woman...]

BELLDANDY: Hello?
MIKE: Yaah! Who are you?
BELLDANDY: I am the Goddess Belldandy. You called for the Relief Goddess Office for help. Well, here I am.
MIKE: Goddess?
BELLDANDY: [bowing] At your service. My job is to assist people in dire need, such as yourself. I can grant you one wish.
MIKE: Is this one of those "Twilight Zone" situations where I wish for something and its most awful consequence comes down and destroys me?
BELLDANDY: Of course not! As a Goddess, I cannot lie or trick you.
MIKE: I can wish for anything?
BELLDANDY: Anything your heart desires.
MIKE: All right! Okay, here I go. I wish you would take this satellite back down to Ear --

[Enter Tom and Crow.]

TOM: Hey Mike, we plugged up that leak in the air intake with all of your old socks, but -- Say, who's the new girl?
BELLDANDY: [smiling] Hello!
MIKE: Uh, hi Tom, hi Crow, this is Belldandy. She's... er...
BELLDANDY: [brightly] A goddess.
CROW: You're a goddess?
BELLDANDY: Yes. I work for the Lord, in Technical Support.
TOM: Gee. What's the Lord really like?
BELLDANDY: He's just like Bill Gates.
CROW: Wow.

[Commercial Sign light flashes.]

CROW: Hey, we got commercial sign.
MIKE: Gates willing, we'll be right back.

[**** Commercial Break ****] -Logan
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"Because Science DEMANDS it!!"
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Don't sing me lullabies
I won't close my eyes,
I can't close my eyes
It's true,
I'm doomed
'til dawn
shines through
Got too many things to do
Got friends to see,
I can't miss a thing
It's true,
I'm through
I'm screwed,
unglued
I won't close my eyes, I can't close my eyes,
I never close my eyes
You see, they're always there with funny hair,
Oh, I'm so scared
It happens to me every night
Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me
They always want to take a bite
Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me
And if you think this isn't real
I'll show you wounds that never heal
To them I'm just a happy meal
Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me
Make the coffee black as night
Help me through the night
I know their appetite for me
I'm meat
but I'm sweet
as can be
And if I do too much booze
I begin to snooze
I hear the big old floppy shoes
It's true,
I'm stew,
unchewed
I won't close my eyes, I can't close my eyes,
I never close my eyes
See, they're always there with that funny hair,
Oh, I'm so scared
It happens to me every night
Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me
They always want to take a bite
Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me
And if you think this isn't real
I'll show you wounds that never heal
To them I'm just a happy meal
Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me
It happens to me every night
Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me
They always want to take a bite
Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me
And if you think this isn't real
I'll show you wounds that never heal
To them I'm just a happy meal
Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me
--Alice Cooper, "Can't Sleep, the Clowns Will Eat Me"
Summons killer cannibal clowns? With a preference to attacking the sleeping? A song not to play.

-The Twisted One
Oh good, my dog's found a chainsaw
--Lilo, "Lilo and Stitch"
"If you
wish to converse with me, define your
terms."

--Voltaire

Picture this: Kaname Chidori is the pampered daughter of a wealthy, powerful official in the world government. She attends one of the best private schools in the world, and is the center of the glittering galaxy of its social scene.
Then, one night, as she's out walking along the beach, she sees an advanced military prototype fall from the sky and crash into the sea offshore. The pilot washes up as she watches, badly injured, and she spreads her jacket over him (trying to ignore the firmness of his body and the distinctive small, cross-shaped scar on his cheek) and runs to get help... but when she gets back, he's gone.
Fast forward to a few days later - Kaname is passing out invitations to her upcoming birthday party, and goes to give one to a newly arrived transfer student... before discovering, to her shock, that he has a very familiar scar.
He tears the envelope in half and drops the pieces to the floor, then murmurs in her ear as he brushes past:
"I will kill you."
Stay tuned, folks, for the next episode of
GUNDAM ARBALEST
...
^_^
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

Yes, this is the message you've all been waiting for.
Here it is.
Go, read, enjoy, comment, and so on...


-- Bob
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It's a "magical" land. I think "magical" is ancient Greek for "pain in the butt". -- Bun-Bun, Sluggy Freelance, 11/9/03

Unless something goes horribly wrong, chapter 2 will be released tomorrow. As always, you'll be getting access to it about 12 hours before the FFML.
Just wanted to give you guys fair warning.

-- Bob
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It's a "magical" land. I think "magical" is ancient Greek for "pain in the butt". -- Bun-Bun, Sluggy Freelance, 11/9/03

Poltroon - a craven coward, yellow-belly
- CD had several, but forgot the others while driving
That which does not kill us... has made its last mistake.
SERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
" It's crazy to try to spell out all the mega-nooks and hyper-crannies of a Borg contrivance." - Doug Drexler
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

I just did a search at Books a million for Science Fiction and the first 30 entries were "Harry Potter" related.
I don't see how anyone could mistake a witchcraft fantasy like "Harry Potter" for Science Fiction.
I could see it showing up eventually in the search, but putting it ahead of such writers as Isaac Asimov or Jules Verne is either stupidity or more likely greed.
It did make me curious.
What one story or writer best matches your Definition of Science Fiction?
Science Fiction
For me Jules Vernes stories meet the Classic definition of true Science Fiction.

His "20,000 Leagues under the sea" being one of the better examples.
For me Mary Shelleys "Frankenstien" is a good example of more Fantasy focused Science Fiction.
What are your choices?
howard melton
God Bless

www.fanfiction.net/u/686093/
I particularly like Make A Wish.
Needs some proofing, but it's amusing.--
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel