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Flash by L.E. Modesitt Jr. Apparently it's a sequel to a book called Archform: Beauty, which I picked up after reading Flash. Pretty good book, although it's kind of weird, (like loving a robot?), but I thought it was good enough to get any other books related to it. Starting on Hell Hath No Fury by David Weber and Linda Evans, which is a sequel to Hell's Gate, which I kind of liked, kind of didn't.

Darkness Descending - Harry Turtledove A World War 2 alternate reality where technology is replaced by magic and fictional creatures. For example, bombs are replaced by 'eggs' which are sorcerous energy compacted into a small ball. Dragons are the planes, albeit, they aren't the intelligent beings that are depicted in most series such as Anne McCaffrey's books, or Hell's Gate, or basically anything else. They're stupid creatures that are forced to work for humans by torture with iron rods that they beat with them in specific orders that give them instructions. Nuclear power is replaced by sorcerous energy that is created through multiple ways: Life force, which, by the average sorcerous can be extracted through their own life. You can, however, also steal it out of other creatures by killing them. An example is the Kaunians, which are the Jews in this series. Other ways aren't really explained, as I believe life force is the main way to power spells, as well as weapons, such as guns, (called 'sticks', which shoot energy beams). The Algarvians, (combination of Soviets & Germans, in my opnion), are hungry for war, and start a war with Unkerlant, (?), which is the biggest world power besides Algarve. Algarve has been slowly conquering the other states of the world, or forcing them to become vassals, but targeting Unkerlant is draining their resources. Algarve's climate is mild, and Unkerlant's is a freezing wastehole, so you can see some obvious problems in Algarve trying to conquer them. Also, Algarve's clothing is mere kilts, and that's their required uniform, so they're naturally freezing their butts of while the Unkerlant soldiers are wearing actual pants and generally heavier clothing. The part I'd like to say most would be the Kaunians, but that would wreck most of the book, I think.

The Dolphin's Bell by Anne McCaffrey. A Gift of Dragons by Anne McCaffrey. At first, didn't really like Bell, but it turned good in the end. Gift of Dragons was really mixed. It's four short(er) stories put into one book. The one I liked most didn't even mention a single dragon through-out the entire story, so I thought that was weird. The other two were good, but the last one I really hated because of how McCaffrey treated her later in the series, and now I can't stand her, (some girl named Aramina who can hear dragons, is trying to avoid capture from bandits whom would use that ability to avoid the Riders).

Thank you, But seriously, folks...the name really can't be more than a REFERENCE to Snow White...right..? Why? Why shouldn't an RPG be based around Grimm-style fairy tales? Would MotB be any less brilliant if Safiya was a Fairy Godmother? Would it gut the story if in a coffee shop? I do dislike this idea that what makes a good story or setting is that it takes place in a fortress made out of a thousand skulls, or on a plane crafted from billions of years of pretension, in a parliament made of a hundred-thousand objections to the split infinitive. It's not - it's what is done with it. What's cool about is the content of the conversation, not that it takes place where it does. What's cool about Kreia is her character, not that she can make lightsabres float. [/rant] Because a Grimm-styled story would be an entire cliche in itself, as the stories by them are the originals. "takes place in a fortress made out of a thousand skulls" No, but it's a nice little tidbit in the story, innit?

Rereading Masterharper of Pern. Alector's Choice, Darknesses, and Scepters by L.E. Modesitt Jr. I liked Soarer's Choice, so I thought I might as well pick up on the rest of the series.

The Dolphins of Pern - Tells how the dolphins came to be on Pern, and how they were made to be more intelligent than the human predecessors, and how their relations with humans were re-established after their decline for thousands of years. Dragon Harper - About a kid, named Kindan, who recently had a watchweyr, (nocturnal version of a dragon), but gave it up to a girl whom is his friend, (), and goes to the Harper Hall, (essentially the culture, skill, and learning center of all of Pern). Unfortunately, a quarter of Pern's people are wiped out by the end due to a pandemic plague. Dragon's Kin - Same kid as last time, (Kindan), except before the plague, and Harper Hall. He's in a mining camp, (Camp Natalon), and how most of his family, as well as his father's watchweyr, (different than his), were killed in the mines. After that, he is fostered by Master Zist, (of the Harper Hall), whom takes him as his personal apprentice. Unfortunately, he is saddled with the problems of the mine, whom now has no watchweyr, (who are extremely adept in seeing stale air, where explosions might take place, as they see heat rather than actual shapes. A fire is like the sun right in their face to them, so they know where heat is), and since his father had one, they force him to end his apprenticeship so he may Impress, (the bonding of a human and dragon/watchwher/fire-lizard) one. Whoa, that was a little more indepth, Although, I've already read all these, by Anne McCaffrey. I just got today Darkness, Alector's Choice, and Scepters by L.E. Modesitt, (Jr.), because I absolutely loved his Soarer's Choice, as they had a completely unique, and very strange, set of magic, combined with modern weapons. (edit) Also, I loved the Wheel of Fortune.

Well, hey, it's not my fault older engines are, (evidently!), better.

Thank you, But seriously, folks...the name really can't be more than a REFERENCE to Snow White...right..?

I'll go with C for 10,000...because I need a new computer for this going-to-be-a-pile-of-crap-game. And I don't mean the gameplay. I love the gameplay. But the first two games barely run on my computer, even though games with better graphics, (like Left 4 Dead), run very smoothly.

I actually looked up Vioette Szabo on Wikipedia after they said it was based on her. You must've been pretty good to have a game based on you sixty years later after your heroic death.

Left 4 Dead Team Fortress 2 Baldur's Gate 2 - Improved Anvil (friggan' impossible...) Donkey Kong Country 3 on an emulator Terranigma on an emulator

That, too, was my first book read of the series, (Masterharper of Pern, ). Perhaps you should try On Dragonwings. At first, I thought it was going to be a historial reciting, but it's the actual story on how humans came to Pern, how they bioengineer-ed the original dragons, how they got larger over time, etc. It's actually quite interesting. Perhaps you should give it a read.

On Dragonwings, by Anne McCaffrey - Part of the Dragonriders of Pern series. I haven't read much of the series, but what I have, it's much more, ah, medieval...than this. This is a whole lot of Sci-Fi I didn't know existed in this series.

I think it needs more questions to get some of the harder ones...I tried Bartimaeus three times, but it never got it. But each time, in the correction thingy, it had Bartimaeus has as a likely canidate. (edit) I did Jarlaxle, and it got it, though. (edit) Can't seem to put his picture here...automatically goes to the genie fellow, lol (edit) Woops, seems to have fixed itself, lol (edit) I did Sarevok...and he got it on his first try?!?!?!? (edit) Got Firkraag, too, :D Creepy.

Team Fortess 2 - FYI, I am a spy BK:N&B but I suck at it...so...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky Doesn't really run all that well on my computer, was only able to start it on another that I no longer have access to. Planescape: Torment Doesn't run on my computer. Whenever I cast a spell, or somebody else does, the game crashes. Tales of the Sword Coast Well, I never actually even STARTED this game, lol. Mainly because I don't have it, XD. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts I suck at it. I simply and utterly suck at it. My driving skills are the saddest you will ever see. etc. etc. etc.

I beat the sea battle on my first try, somehow. I thought I'd be absolutely horrid at it. I didn't play the land battle, because my game crashed when I was trying to load it, and I didn't feel like waiting another hour to try and get to it, again.

I hope that was a joke.

Nothing he doesn't deserve.

Hey, I'll take it. Anything is better than 4E.

Marley & Me. Watched it because it was a dog movie...and I love dogs...but now I regret it, because it has effectively shown what will happen to my dog in the near-future,

One night, I was in bed, reading my book, and I heard some strange noise...it sounded like a giant mechanical machine moving its way across the city. It had a really strange sound when it moved, and I've never heard anything like it. And then, the second I look at the window, it stopped. I have absolutely no idea what it was, but none of my family members heard it, so who knows. Still, was very strange, and I went to bed right after incase I was getting hysterical or something, XD. Aaannddd...my Grandma in Duluth, Minnesota, said she saw some strange flying object, (at first she said she thought it was child's toy), flying across the lake by her Mother's cabin, where she was staying at the moment. She said it was round, and was very weird looking.

If he told her his password, isn't that his fault? Hmm. Every time I get hacked in a game now, I'm going to call that police, and get them arrested.

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. AudioSurf.

The Riddle - Gigi D'Agostino