Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Sep 20 2011, 11:02 AM
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Sep 14 2011, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 32,171
Re: Mercedes Lackey
I'm re-reading the Urban Elves aka Elves on the Road books and wanted to know if anyone knows of a recommended reading order/chronological order list?
I've already reread the Elizabethan ones, and...
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Forum: Café Archives
Oct 3 2010, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,376
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Forum: Café Archives
Sep 14 2010, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,243
Re: Anyone having trouble accessing AMCF?
Is definitely the home internet ;) Turns out someone left there compy on overnight on a download heave web page and ate up all our downloads.
Dial-up speeds to end of month
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Forum: Café Archives
Sep 9 2010, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,243
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Forum: Café Archives
Sep 8 2010, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,243
Re: Anyone having trouble accessing AMCF?
Ok, connected now, but still veeeerrrrryyyy slow - took hours for any page with more than 10 posts on it to load last night!
Not having the same trouble with any other pages I tried.
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Forum: Café Archives
Sep 8 2010, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,243
Anyone having trouble accessing AMCF?
Is AMCF down?
Or is it just my internet connection?
Was having major trouble with getting thread pages to load last night, but this morning I can't connect to the server!
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Sep 8 2010, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 25
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Re: Aussiecon 4 (Worldcon) photos
Actually, my cheeks are usually that red too, and even more so if I have anything containing sulphites or nitrates, but I was pale through my entire sinus infection - except the night of the...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Sep 8 2010, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,723
Re: Aussiecon 4 (Worldcon) photos
Thanks for the great photos, Jube!
No photos from me, I only have the iPhone for a camera, and the photos I took really aren't worth posting.
It was a mega busy weekend, and I was ill for the...
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 26 2010, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 10,481
Re: Aussie gathers including Worldcon....
When I planned my leave a year ago, I did not know at the time that Joss Whedon would be in Melbourne to give a talk for the Melbourne Writer's Festival (tonight), or when I volunteered for Can't...
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 24 2010, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 10,481
Re: Aussie gathers including Worldcon....
Someone suggested I try a costume hire place and hire a wig. Actually, think there may be a kids one near the fabric shop I want to visit. Considering kids hats fit me better than adults, maybe a...
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 24 2010, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 10,481
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 24 2010, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 10,481
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 24 2010, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 10,481
Re: Aussie gathers including Worldcon....
There's a very expensive but droolworthy dress fabric shop not far from where I live, as well as a cheapy one that often gets in interesting stuff ;) I'm hoping to get in to them first thing Monday....
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 23 2010, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 10,481
Re: Aussie gathers including Worldcon....
Sorry if my previous post came across a bit "short", I think that was the moment exhaustion hit me last night.
I'm still hunting the op shops for my costume for the Nightmare Ball. I know exactly...
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 23 2010, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 10,481
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 22 2010, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 10,481
Re: Aussie gathers including Worldcon....
I will probably be wearing a variety of Jinx (http://www.jinx.com/member/kesal) t-shirts, or Firefly/Serenity t-shirts. I will also be knitting or spinning most of the time ;)
I may be found at...
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 14 2010, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 10,481
Re: Aussie gathers including Worldcon....
On the Thursday I'm going to be working at the rego desk in the morning, then have a launch for a book I helped edit in the afternoon. I'm likely to be working the rego desk most of the days leading...
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Forum: Events Board
Jul 28 2010, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,231
Re: Worldcon in Australia
:) At the moment, the weather doesn't know what it's doing.
It's been icy cold in the morning, and highs of around 13-16C in the afternoon, whether it's raining or dry.
1st September is the...
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Forum: Events Board
May 31 2010, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,231
Re: Worldcon in Australia
They are all good, and Jennifer is fun to talk to ;) She recently moved to New Zealand, so Aussiecon and/or Supanova are good chances to catch up with her in Australia.
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Forum: Events Board
May 30 2010, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,231
Re: Worldcon in Australia
Supanova is a completely different kind of con, I don't think they are really comparable! However, I do think it's a good idea to start out on smaller cons if possible. A little less...
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Forum: Book Collector's Meeting Room
May 26 2010, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 12,528
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Forum: Elizabeth Kerner
May 25 2010, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 12,559
Re: That's book 1 done!
Oh, wonderful!
I originally had to get the first trilogy ordered in, they weren't available anywhere in Melbourne when I first bought them. I now see at least one book out of the three in most...
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Forum: Events Board
May 23 2010, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,231
Re: Worldcon in Australia
There's a Coles at Southern Cross Station, too.
Jube, not a problem - I gave those timelines for the Great Ocean Road because last time I went it took more than an hour just to get through...
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Forum: Events Board
May 23 2010, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,231
Re: Worldcon in Australia
Sure is ;) I usually share with a friend - it doesn't look like much, but two people will struggle to finish it! Usually get it with a hot choc or iced choc or coffee each.
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Forum: Events Board
May 22 2010, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,231
Re: Worldcon in Australia
Oh there's plenty of corner store places around, from independent groceries to seven-elevens, that sort of thing.
I have a few days off before, so depending on my rego desk duties, maybe those of...
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Forum: Events Board
May 22 2010, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,231
Re: Worldcon in Australia
The convention is right on the edge of the CBD. It's a short tram ride to one of the chain grocery stores (we call them supermarkets), which has a chemist and newsagent next door. You're about a 15...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
May 3 2010, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 6,623
Views: 458,212
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Forum: Events Board
May 3 2010, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 9,231
Re: Worldcon in Australia
I've volunteered to help out on the rego desk ;) I'll be helping out for a couple of days before the con too - I'm also staying at one of the hotels on the other side of the river (near the station)....
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Apr 9 2010, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,561
Re: Man discovers long-lost brother
Oh wow. My mum was adopted, and while we now know her mother's family, and her brother who was also adopted out, we haven't been able to find out much about her father except a name. And I have...
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Forum: Events Board
Mar 22 2010, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 6,262
Re: 2010 Conventions
Yup, I'm definitely going - I've had my membership since the week they went on sale, but now I even have a room booked.
I had originally thought since it would be cheaper to get a taxi home, I'd...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Mar 12 2010, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 15,078
Views: 1,022,431
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Forum: Events Board
Feb 12 2010, 05:17 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,959
Re: Continuum 6 Melbourne, February 2010
2 weeks to go! Program items are up, and we're still looking for a few people to fill panel spots. If you are in Melbourne that weekend, and think you can talk on one of our topics, please let us...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Feb 4 2010, 12:53 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,080
Re: Mike Shepherd: the Kris Longknife books
This is one of my favourite series currently ;) My bookseller knows to let me know when they are coming in.
(And I'm currently reading the ARC of the latest Honor Harrington book, Mission of Honor.)
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Feb 2 2010, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 9,663
Views: 654,428
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 31 2010, 03:23 AM
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Replies: 9,663
Views: 654,428
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 29 2010, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 9,663
Views: 654,428
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 29 2010, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 6,623
Views: 458,212
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 29 2010, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 15,078
Views: 1,022,431
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 28 2010, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 15,078
Views: 1,022,431
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 27 2010, 04:18 AM
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Replies: 6,623
Views: 458,212
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 27 2010, 04:17 AM
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Replies: 9,663
Views: 654,428
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 27 2010, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 15,078
Views: 1,022,431
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 26 2010, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 9,663
Views: 654,428
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 26 2010, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 15,078
Views: 1,022,431
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 26 2010, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 6,623
Views: 458,212
Re: The Last Letter - Word Game
It was a day for young yobboes. When will they learn that wearing the flag does not prove you are patriotic? Often they end up dragging it on the ground, which is terribly disrespectful.
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Forum: Events Board
Jan 25 2010, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,959
Continuum 6 Melbourne, February 2010
Just one month to go until Continuum 6 (http://www.continuum.org.au), in Melbourne, Australia February 26-28 2010.
Our guests are Kim Westwood (http://www.kimwestwood.com/) and Mark Pesce...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 25 2010, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 15,078
Views: 1,022,431
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 25 2010, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 6,623
Views: 458,212
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 25 2010, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 9,663
Views: 654,428
Re: Change a letter
I sometimes think I'd rather be strung up than go to the dentist...particularly when I was working as a dental nurse.
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