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| Re: books for a 9 year old boy? [message #33830 is a reply to message #30037 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 11:17 |
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 Honey_Bee
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If his mother is worried about the implied sex in The Blue Sword then I'd advise to steer clear of Anne McCaffrey for a while. The sex in Dragon Drums is a little more than implied and on the off chance the 9 year old enjoys the books and wants to continue, I'd say he's definitely not old enough for the rest of the Pern books. (FYI, for those who are not wholly familiar with Pern, I was at Dragon*Con this weekend and there is an entire panel dedicated to the mating habits of dragons and their human riders in those books...hilarious but not recommended for a 9 year old).
I would definitely recommend The Lightning Thief and that series by Rick Riorden, especially if he has already read and enjoyed Harry Potter. It's almost the same story but with Greek mythology instead of magic.
If you want to get out of the fantasy realm, try Holes or My Side of the Mountain. I read My Side of the Mountain so many times the pages started to fall out. Hatchet was good too.
What about Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book? I'm only half way through it but so far it seems like it might appeal to him. Or Watership Down or Where the Red Fern Grows?
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - The Lorax
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| Forum: Pollyanna's Booklist |
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| Topic: Sept.-Oct. 2010 What Are You Reading? |
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| Re: Sept.-Oct. 2010 What Are You Reading? [message #33831 is a reply to message #33790 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 12:59 |
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Angelia
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I really must read this (Winter's Bone), since I live where it is set. It just seems so dark, I haven't been able to yet.
Great used-book site: http://www.Betterworldbooks.com
Free shipping in the US-$3.95 worldwide: Plus, you are funding literacy causes around the world.
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| Forum: Blog Post Discussion |
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| Topic: A medium-slow Sunday |
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| Re: A medium-slow Sunday [message #33820 is a reply to message #33803 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 01:00 |
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Diane in MN
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| Robin wrote on Mon, 06 September 2010 09:51 |
First frost mid September! Golly. I'm so glad I live in soft southern England. Treacherous though it is. 
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I think Maine's first frost comes in September, doesn't it? Although maybe a little later if you are on the coast. I'll have to ask my brother.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Topic: Major Beeaurgh |
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| Re: Major Beeaurgh [message #33821 is a reply to message #33816 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 01:35 |
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Diane in MN
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I’m booked in for my first implant in a fortnight. You’re so much better now, said dentist from R’lyeh brightly, I don’t think we even need to sedate you!
Some chairside manner! Does extended dentistry remind you of a major road project--long-term serious unpleasant disruption, accompanied by a grinning know-it-all telling you that you'll just love it once it's done? Sympathy, anyway--a sore jaw is no fun.
It’s illegal to go to bed before midnight, isn’t it?
I hope not. That's what I was aiming for, but I haven't quite made it. I have some Muscle coming tomorrow to beat back the encroaching forest and clean out the fence line, and they will probably be here by 8:30. Aaargh.
That’s not just rain thumping down out there, it’s grey goo
This is the first I've heard of grey goo, but the concept made me think of Ice-Nine in Cat's Cradle. The self-replicating agent of doom has been in the zeitgeist for a while. Come to think of it, you could probably put my encroaching forest in that category . . .
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: Major Beeaurgh [message #33822 is a reply to message #33818 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 08:11 |
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Robin
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Eh? I have two hellhounds, Darkness and Chaos. That's all. That's *enough.*
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| Re: Major Beeaurgh [message #33823 is a reply to message #33821 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 08:13 |
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Robin
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8:30 a.m., good gods. 8:30 a.m. *does not exist.*
Ice-9! Yes! Books due for a reread--it was one of the Big Books of my life as a teen (which life needed all the help it could get).
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| Re: Major Beeaurgh [message #33835 is a reply to message #33816 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 16:21 |
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stormgoddess
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Wait...I must be missing something. Why did the killer labrador stop mid-charge? E-collar?
What is wrong with the dogs and dog owners in your neck of the woods, anyway? Is there a maniacally aggressive 'dog-zero' creating a traumatically-inspired ripple effect somewhere in your town? It can't be just a coincidence or a general condition of dog walking-if I encounter one seriously hostile dog in a month, off-leash or on, I'm surprised and dismayed. During my week's vacation in Maine, we met dozens of dogs-not an unfriendly one in the bunch. Granted, people are probably not likely to bring a difficult dog with them on vacation, but still...Hampshire is starting to sound like an deceptively lovely canine war zone. Kitty Commandos! Terrier-guards along the fences! Lab rockets! Yeesh...
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| Re: Major Beeaurgh [message #33837 is a reply to message #33816 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 17:13 |
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AJLR
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I favour the hellmouth explanation. Or Borgmouth anyway.
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I think it's worse than the Borg - I reckon that Species 8472 have managed to get through to this universe again - specifically to Hampshire - from their 'fluidic space'. Anyone got a spare bio-neutraliser to lend Robin?
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Other indications that the world as we know it is coming to an end include that we were chased by a cat this afternoon:
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It wasn't really a cat. Species 8472 is morphogenetic and they're after you!
[Updated on: Tue, 07 September 2010 17:13]
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| Topic: All Bells All the Time |
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| Re: All Bells All the Time [message #33819 is a reply to message #33800 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 00:52 |
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Diane in MN
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| Robin wrote on Mon, 06 September 2010 09:37 |
We had to change the previous generations' nicknames, but Hazel always knew.
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They know their names, and their frequently-used nicknames, but I think that a dog can also tell from body language and tone of voice when you are talking to him/her rather than any other dog in the house. And if the dog in question has a suspicious nature, it's likely to figure out when you're talking about it*, too, even if no names are being used.
Cats probably do this as well, assuming they care whether or not you are talking to them.
* English could really use a gender-neutral personal pronoun, you know? The slash option is awkward, and "it" makes critters sound like furniture.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: All Bells All the Time [message #33828 is a reply to message #33819 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 10:03 |
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| Diane in MN wrote on Tue, 07 September 2010 00:52 |
Cats probably do this as well, assuming they care whether or not you are talking to them.
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Kippy notices if I'm talking to her. Whether she cares...it's hard to tell sometimes. But she usually comes if I call, and definitely responds to my voice. Or a look, if she's hoping I'll pet her. (Frequently a yes.)
Other times she will sit in the living room and yell for me. Wait, I thought that was my job...
Muahahahaha!
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| Re: All Bells All the Time [message #33829 is a reply to message #33819 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 10:29 |
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Maren
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| Diane in MN wrote on Tue, 07 September 2010 00:52 |
* English could really use a gender-neutral personal pronoun, you know? The slash option is awkward, and "it" makes critters sound like furniture.
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There are several that people have tried to invent, but zie (he/she), zir (his/her), and zem (him/her) are the ones that I actually see being used online. I think the trend has been prompted as much by the fact that one can't always know someone's gender online as by any sort of equality concerns.
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| Re: All Bells All the Time [message #33832 is a reply to message #33828 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 14:15 |
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Fake Frenchie
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| jmeadows wrote on Tue, 07 September 2010 16:03 |
Other times she will sit in the living room and yell for me. Wait, I thought that was my job...
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Ferrets do that too? My cat does this all the time. Mostly when I'm upstairs working or sleeping.
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| Re: All Bells All the Time [message #33833 is a reply to message #33819 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 15:41 |
Aaron
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| Diane in MN wrote on Mon, 06 September 2010 21:52 |
English could really use a gender-neutral personal pronoun, you know? The slash option is awkward, and "it" makes critters sound like furniture.
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Where does appropriate use of "it" stop? We seem to be conflating two problems here. One is the gender issue and one is the pets-as-people versus pets-as-things issue. Do people with pet rocks* have trouble with the use of "it"? Do people with copies of the Venus de Milo?
*I am assuming here that rocks are without gender, substitute other hermaphroditic or neuter pets at will.
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| Re: All Bells All the Time [message #33839 is a reply to message #33832 ] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 17:30 |
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| Fake Frenchie wrote on Tue, 07 September 2010 14:15 |
| jmeadows wrote on Tue, 07 September 2010 16:03 |
Other times she will sit in the living room and yell for me. Wait, I thought that was my job...
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Ferrets do that too? My cat does this all the time. Mostly when I'm upstairs working or sleeping.
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Kippy is a cat. :) The ferrets ignore my existence unless a) they want to play, or b) they want a treat. Occasionally they will tolerate a snuggle, depending on whether they feel bad or are just a submissive ferret to begin with.
Muahahahaha!
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