The New Hobbit Hole

[JenB]

A stroke... well, that would explain it. I didn't want to think that my childhood favorite had just gone nuts, so thanks for the info.

[2Jedismom]

I agree, ecurbh, nice picture!

What picture of ecurb's are you referring to? I didn't see a picture!!

[HairOfTheDog]

Good morning! - The picture is at 8949!

[2Jedismom]

Jen, did you see my post #8,841? If so, did I miss your reply?

[ecurbh]

Here's a link in case you can't get it to show up.

[Corin Stormhands]

You mean there is more than one way to avoid work?

Let's see...

- going for another cup of coffee
- checking in with a co-worker
- checking "just in case" you have new posts/freepmail
- going to the restroom
- making plans for lunch...

Get with the program Kevin!

[2Jedismom]

I saw it...how did I miss that???

I feel like I've experienced a tesseract.

[JenB]

Yes, my answer is at... 8892 or therabouts.

[JenB]

make that 8922-ish. Sorry.

[Corin Stormhands]

Check this out.

More croissants for everyone!

[2Jedismom]

Great! Now I see your post...right there above the picture ecurb posted that I missed. I do believe I've been in a tesseract! LOL

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I still want to find Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude

Visit this bookseller's page and scroll down to the listing for the Retief books... it's listed, although it's been sold already. (Google is wonderful!) Also, that title is listed on this Laumer bibliography.

I like Zelazny's Amber series greatly. Haven't read any of the rest of his stuff.

Yeah, that's what I get from most people when I mention Zelazny (sigh). If I may recommend some of his other stuff... his early short stories were more science fictional, most especially look for the collection The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories. That one has four of his best science fictional short stories, including the title story and A Rose for Ecclesiastes, both of which won Hugo awards. His novels were more fantasy-oriented, although early on especially many of them had science-fictional underpinnings. For serious, read Lord of Light, my favorite and probably his best novel; for fun, read Doorways in the Sand, a very silly romp.

Anyway, your Rose is a Heinlein fan? Good for her.

Yup, she'll tell you she grew up reading him, and that's why she has the political leanings she has today. She agrees with you on his work though... likes the early stuff, doesn't care as much for the later stuff.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Check this out.

(sigh) As Paul Harvey would say, "It is not one world."

[Overtaxed]

Check this out

Hopefully before his first date!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I do believe I've been in a tesseract!

Hmm... have you experienced any "lost time"? Were there strange lights over your house last night?

cue "X-Files" music...

The Truth Is Out There! ;)

[JenB]

There is such a thing as a tesseract, you know....

[2Jedismom]

LOL! I had a caricature done where I'm sitting on the the Enterprise, flying through space...

[2Jedismom]

That's what I understand, but I don't know much about it. Isn't it some kind of theory?

[JenB]

Sorry - that was a literary reference to A Wrinkle in Time (Madeline L'Engle).

[2Jedismom]

Now here's a disclaimer...I am now going to proceed to talk out of the top of my head, so therefore nothing I say should be taken as fact.

I loved "A Wrinkle in Time" when I was a kid! One my favorites, one I read the cover off of! LOL And that's what I meant when I said I felt like I'd been in a tesseract. But it seems to me (here goes the talking out of top of head) that there truly is some theory about this being possible...and that the book was loosely based on the theory.

I have been known to not know what I'm talking about in the past...