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Mar 9, 2010 21:07
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Stephen King and Neil Gaiman do it whenever they write a foreword or afterword - it's usually where they were when they wrote it and when it was finished. King occasionally does it for his novels. No idea why, maybe they want people to know that they have enough money not to have write a 600 page novel at their kitchen table?
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Mar 11, 2010 00:26
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therattle posted:Sorry, you used "then" twice there. One point for me! Nope, just the once. False challenge!! Point to me and my go. On the other hand, this may count as a deviation and so we both lose. Sandi Toksvig takes the round.
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Mar 15, 2010 21:54
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Fox_Spy posted:I'm trying to remember a book series I read when I was a kid, so, late 80s to early 90s I think. The main character was in the military or something similar and had two right hands I think it was. Since he lost his left hand in bottle and all they had to give him to replace was a right hand. At one point in a book I think that got replaced with a chicken foot or something. Sorry this is vague but it's been 15-20 years. I know it's definitely sci-fi and the main character went from planet to planet. I remember the author made a point of mentioning that he could shake his own hand since he two right hands. I want to go back and reread some of these books, but I can't remember the name of the series or the author. Although I suspect I'm going to find that they haven't held up so well over time. Harry Harrison's Bill, The Galactic Hero series
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May 14, 2010 17:30
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A lot of writers from that time did it. I believe it's so that the reader will take it as though it's a memoir and anyone reading it at the time would know who the characters are and how scandalous their involvement in the story would be. If you don't like it, think of them as Mr X, Ms Y and so on. From E/N.
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Aug 15, 2010 23:49
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