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#89756
12/28/2002 12:02 AM
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stranger
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stranger
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Try also:
"Writing with Precision"
by Jefferson D. Bates
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#89757
12/28/2002 12:43 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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- Louis Lamour.
L'Amour's final book, The Haunted Mesa, is a striking departure from his usual fare. Set in the West, as the others, but it deals with the mystery of the Anasazi, extra-dimensional realities, and a modern adventurer's search for the answers thereof. It's really more of a fantasy/scifi genrewise, almost Bradburyesque really, and I heartily recommend The Haunted Mesa to anyone who is a fantasy/scifi freak or fan. I found it captivating.
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#89758
01/01/2003 4:03 PM
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,071 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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any of Dorothy Sayers detective stories...my favourite is The Nine Tailors.
That was posted earlier in the month - but note the Word-for-the-Day of December 26 just past:
“...It was a pitch–black beast of a night, and I felt as if there was hundreds of eyes watching me…Ever seen those bells? Talk about the heebie-jeebies!…I’m not what you’d call fanciful in a general way but there was something about the bells that gave me the fantods …they look as if they were going to come down on you…”
--Dorothy Sayers, The Nine Tailors, p.249. My copy is an old Harvest/HBJ paperback, c 1962.
So there are people out there who really do use these words! (or, at least, there were)
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#89759
01/01/2003 5:19 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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And, interestingly enough, his son Jeff has followed in the late great's footsteps, and has several novels out.
Well, unfortunately, Jeff is nowhere near as strong a writer as his father, but his Gods and Generals is still a worthy read, especially if you're a US Civil War buff, and the film adaptation with Robert Duvall as General Lee (I'm looking forward to that) is due to be released this March.
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