Member: Busifer

Sorry to hear you can't make the meet-up this year. I was looking forward to meeting you both again, but I well understand the pressures of budgets - enjoy your holiday in the sun!

posted by reading_fox at 6:32 am (EST) on Jun 16, 2009

Hello Busifer, thought I'd start off replying to your comment here as it looks as though it would be a spoiler on the GD ASFA discussion. I don't know if you've read Fionavar but GGK's world view seems to be that there are many reflections of the perfect world and that lives are a reflection of that world. Therefore it would be logical that there are echoes in his stories. In ASFA Lisseut sings a lullaby to Blaise that mentions Fionavar and I'm sure that
Fionavar is mentioned in his other books as well (I'd need to reread to tell you which characters and in what context). So having recurring themes, such as the single combat, sacrifice and family for example feels natural to me.

posted by calm at 4:35 am (EST) on Jun 10, 2009

Pella: I have a quick question. I'm cataloging an old "Snipp, Snapp, Snurr" book by Maj Lindman. I need to know: were they originally written in Swedish and then translated? I want to fill in the "Original language" blank.

I bought the book because of wonderful memories I have of reading Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and Flicka, Dicka, Ricka books when I was 7 or 8 years old - 50 years ago!

Thanks for any help you can give me. Mary Lou

posted by MerryMary at 12:28 am (EST) on Jun 9, 2009

Pella: I've been looking at your most recent additions. Pop-up sharks and dictators. You certainly lead an interesting life!! I'll bet your son likes the sharks. Mary Lou

posted by MerryMary at 12:54 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2009

Condolences to you, Pella, for the loss of your friend.

Many hugs and thoughts and so on.

K

posted by Severn at 12:00 am (EST) on Mar 10, 2009

"At lot of water has run under the bridges since those books were written and I think part of my liking for them is based on actually remembering the atmosphere, attitudes and places (I've been or lived at most of the places that figure in the books) now lost to time"

That makes perfect sense to me.

How true to life were they? Especially the heavy handed policing? What's perhaps a littel scary is that the former epitome of policing in england (that's held in high esteem in the books) these days seems to be moving ever closer to the situations they describe!

posted by reading_fox at 6:13 am (EST) on Feb 13, 2009

Oh -- that explains it. Well from what I've gleaned, we're both gonna like it!

posted by stellarexplorer at 10:26 am (EST) on Feb 12, 2009

That makes sense - thanks.

We have saints days in the UK too, but very few people would know all of them, and apart from the national St. days (ie George, Patrick etc) nobody except vicars writing sermons takes any notice or celebrates in any way.

posted by reading_fox at 10:15 am (EST) on Feb 12, 2009

I'm still working through Martin Beck's investigations. There is a concept that's come up a few times without being explained.

Named days. It seems to be specific days of the year (every day?) are given names 16th November I think was Elizabeth

????

Are these saint's days? or historically related? Do most / many people share there names with these days? Do you? Are there male names too? Does one celebrate "your" day? - there seems to be something of importance attached to them in the books. What about people who don't have a name day?

Differences in culture! What makes the world interesting.

posted by reading_fox at 8:56 am (EST) on Feb 12, 2009

Funny -- I just got Maps of Time the other day too -- I added it a week ago!

posted by stellarexplorer at 1:50 am (EST) on Feb 12, 2009

They seem to use a different translator for each of the books so far, so I'm not too surprised that the difference in voice was from the translator rather than the authors. I'm certainly enjoying the later ones a lot more.

posted by reading_fox at 5:40 am (EST) on Feb 3, 2009

From Chpter 1 of Roseanna - typing errors are all mine.

They found the corpse on the either of July just after three o'clock in the afternoon. It was fairly well intact and couldn't have been lying in the water very long.
Actually, it was mere cgance that they found the body at all. And finding it so quikly should have aided the police investigation.
Below the locks a Borenshult there is a breakwater which proctecs the entrance to the lake from the eaast wind. When the canal opened for traffic that spring, the channel had begun to clog up. The boats had a hard time manoeuvering and their proppellers churned up thick clodsa of yelloish mud fromthe bottom. It wasn't hard to see that something had to be done. As early as May, the Canal Copman requisitioned a dresging machine from the Civil Engineering Board. The papers were passed from one perplexed civil servant to another and finally remitted to the Swedish National Shiopping and Nabigation Adminsitration. The shipping and Navigation Asministration thought that the work shoul be donw by ons f the Civil Engineering Board's bucket dredging machines. But the Civil Engineering Board found that the Shipping and Navigation Administration had control over bucket dresging machines and in desperation made an appeal to the Habour Commission in Norrkoping, which immediatelt returned the papers to the SHipping and Navigation Administraion, which remitted them to the Civil Engineering Board, at which point someone picked ip a telephone and dialled an enginerr who knew all about bucket dredging machines.

see, it's dry. I'd also be interested to know if the original uses Examination when interview would be more usual. Whenever you manage to find your copies.

posted by reading_fox at 5:24 pm (EST) on Jan 30, 2009

How long have you had a blog for? I just skimmed a few posts, will have to go back and read in more detail!

Martin beck's translators. It looks like the editions I have use a different translator for each book. The Man who Went up in Smoke was much better and the third is also better. Sparse or taut prose I'm fine with, but Roseanna was just dry. If we manage to meet up again I might remember to bring it with me and then you can have a look. Or I could post a couple of paragraghs when I get home.

I'll finish the third one and then take a break to read something different brfore resuming with the series.

posted by reading_fox at 5:06 am (EST) on Jan 30, 2009

Hey, I was hoping that you might be able to, once again, give me some help with Swedish. One of Mr. Sandburg's books has the inscription "Till Carl Sandburg, Fran Bakstugan". Is this correct? (no typos from the source) and does it need some non-English characters. If it does, could you please send it and I will copy it to his comments. Thank You

KCGordon

posted by CarlSandburgLibrary at 1:24 pm (EST) on Jan 5, 2009

May you have a joyous, uplifting and delight filled 2009 - Happy New Year in return.

posted by JannyWurts at 12:27 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2008

Hi Busifer,

Do you know the old joke about IBM?

Q. What is the difference between Jurasic Park and IBM?
A. One is a fun park filled with pre-historic dinosaus and the other one is a Steven Spielberg movie.

old...but still quite cute

They are a unique culture. i work with people who haven't worked there for 10 years plus and still consider themselves IBMers.

Regards

Dave the Aussie

posted by DavidHWebb at 8:19 pm (EST) on Dec 22, 2008

Merry Christmas, Busifer.

I hope it's a lovely season for you - always respect and appreciate the things you have to say at GD.

~hugs~

K

posted by Severn at 4:54 pm (EST) on Dec 22, 2008

"I saw that people doing EXACTLY the same job as me but lived in the US got twice the pay I get."

Yes but that means they have to live in the US and so deserve some additional compensation! How about the rest of their package - healthcare, holidays etc etc. I used to work for a firm with a US headquarters, and we were all always enraged at their salary packages. But those who actually went to work there discovered life wasn't quite as rosy. Personally I decided the 20+ days holiday we got was worth more than twice the salary but 10 days holiday they started with over there.

posted by reading_fox at 6:57 am (EST) on Dec 8, 2008

Would you be okay with providing me your mailing address for the purposes of holiday card greetings? :D

posted by Morphidae at 3:54 pm (EST) on Dec 2, 2008

*waves* :)

Just wanted to let you know that I always look forward to your advice, your opinion, what you have to say... It's always a joy to read you!

Tess

posted by Delirium9 at 6:29 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2008

I did like a lot of the ideas or a least the exploration of them, now and then the characters did things that seemed strange to me considering the information that we had been given up to that point. Chances are I won't get to The Confusion until after the new year, since I want to knock my TBR pile down a little by reading some fast books before it is built back up at Christmas. Hero of Ages being one I will get one way or another.

posted by readafew at 4:16 pm (EST) on Oct 27, 2008

Hey Busifer, you asked me to give you my opinion about Quicksilver. I have my review up if you want a little more info, but overall I found it interesting but not great. I expect to read the rest of them. I found the first part to be a little dull, the second to be exciting and funny and the 3rd to be fairly interesting. Overall I will be very selective of who I would recommend this book to.

posted by readafew at 3:59 pm (EST) on Oct 27, 2008

If you can find Serpent's Reach also by CJC it's a worthy companion to 40000. the same basic premise - an AZI seeded world, but with different consequences. I wouldn't necessarily say less disturbing though! One of the very few times CJC has covered the same idea twice.

posted by reading_fox at 4:17 am (EST) on Oct 3, 2008

Sorry to hear about your biking troubles. Hope you are ok! Loose gravel is horrendous. Take it easy for a few days until the road rash recovers.

posted by reading_fox at 6:05 am (EST) on Aug 29, 2008

Just Real Life(TM), nothing perticular a concatenation of small things, and a long weekend. I read a lot more threads than I ever get around to posting in. No problems about the birthday thread - surprised though - I don't usually post in any of the birthday threads, but I did like Clam's photo.

posted by reading_fox at 5:25 am (EST) on Aug 26, 2008

QUOTE: "...a friend over here once said "why don't you..."

A pox upon their house!!!! LOL

posted by MtnSk8tr at 12:07 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2008

Thanks for the idea (on Sheji) of adding maps. We have a wonderful collection of topographic ones, including the Canadian Rockies, that I never would have thought to catalog. I did start adding programs from special events.

Adding these guarantees I will NEVER be done cataloging!

posted by MtnSk8tr at 11:57 am (EST) on Aug 22, 2008

Thanks for the tip about reading_fox's b-day, but I cannot help but notice he is NOT posting in his own birthday thread. I wonder if he has birthday 'issues!'
:oS

posted by clamairy at 11:20 am (EST) on Aug 22, 2008

*Waves back!*

Yeah, I've been away for quite a while! I really miss the place. For one, RL has kept me busy. Girls have been distracting me, too. But hey, they sure make life fun (most of the time). ;-) Also, work has been a little busy. We had the release of "Breaking Dawn" the other night and had a huge Vampire Prom party. It was a blast! And yes, I am busy RPGing; DMing to be exact. We've only had one session (the second one is this Sunday), but I've been doing loads of planning. The first one was pretty fun, but I think this next one will be a lot more fun. It's a fun group; we have so much fun together anyway that I don't feel a lot of pressure to entertain them.

The London gathering looked fun! And yes! it would be so cool to get together sometime. If you're ever in the States we'll *have* to make something work. I'd love for you to visit this wacky place; I'd like to hear your take on it. We'd absolutely have to attend a service at the mega church up the road from me; that'd be interesting, eh?

posted by dodger at 5:10 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2008

There's an article today on Tor.com's blog about Cherryh and the Atevi books.

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_...

posted by fleela at 11:28 am (EST) on Aug 7, 2008

Thanks,
This is exactly the sort of help that I needed. I'm going to paste in the proper spellings and, as you said, this should take care of the combining.

posted by KCGordon at 8:32 am (EST) on Aug 7, 2008

Hey, I am working on the Carl Sandburg library project and am having trouble with a few of his Swedish language books. I was able to find some of them in the Malmo Stadsbibliotek, however some of them I had to enter manually. My Swedish is nonexistant. Could you please look over the books by Albert Engstrom and make sure that they at least make sense. The catalog that I am using has some misspellings in the English titles, so its possible that there are some in the Swedish ones as well. Thank you for any help that you can give.

posted by KCGordon at 3:01 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2008

Oh good. Have a good time, and "see" you when you return!

posted by stellarexplorer at 2:41 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2008

Haven't seen you around lately -- Please don't be a stranger! Everything OK?

posted by stellarexplorer at 1:30 am (EST) on Jul 26, 2008

Have fun and be sure to list your new books...in English please! ;) Did you know that we share "Den Siste Mohikanen"? I love it...

posted by TheaMak at 7:57 pm (EST) on Jul 3, 2008

Busifer! Still here, kinda.. ;) Just got back from New York, (went to oodles of used book stores!) and so I've been out of the loop. But this happens every summer. Have you seen my latest additions? I bought LOTS of books in NY. But, how are you??

posted by TheaMak at 8:55 pm (EST) on Jul 2, 2008

It was nice of you anyway. By the way - I've been meaning to say - I keep forgetting English isn't your first language. It doesn't seem that way. You speak it a heck of a lot better than a lot of English people I know!

posted by Booksloth at 2:49 pm (EST) on Jun 25, 2008

I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate your calm, reasoning voice in the GD discussions. Maybe it's because I agree with you almost all the time - you just say it so much better than I ever could! I love your enjoyment of Star Trek TNG, it makes me feel like we share something fun and wonderful across the world together with that. And I'm always very happy to read your posts - more often than not, you give me something to think about. Thank you Pella. :-)

posted by katylit at 11:08 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2008

When I signed in today, you were listed among the "interesting members" on the home page. Richly deserved, I'm sure!

Elizabeth

posted by ejj1955 at 4:41 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2008

Good match! You kinda hate to see it end on a shootout, but they can't exactly keep playing all night either.

posted by dodger at 5:25 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2008

Indeed I am! Awaiting extra time now. Wow! What's with all the extra time matches lately? Good stuff though!

posted by dodger at 4:37 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2008

Oh yeah! Russia definitely out played 'em. Good win! I've always liked the Dutch team though, and van Nistelrooy is one of my all-time favorite players, so at least he was a bit of a hero ... even if it was short lived.

So yeah, the 'Home' page ... not a huge fan. It's okay, but I hate that there's no tab to take me straight to my profile page because I still like it best. Oh well, I have it set as my browser's home page, so I can always get there by clicking on my browser's home button.

posted by dodger at 9:03 pm (EST) on Jun 21, 2008

WOW! I just got to watch the Netherlands v Russia on--not some obscure cable channel--but on regular network television! No really! Here. In the US! I wasn't happy with the outcome, but at least I got to see it.

posted by dodger at 5:16 pm (EST) on Jun 21, 2008

Looks like there's a shopping centre (?) just across the road behind you, and another not all that far away to the west. And a zoo not all that far away, and I think I saw where Skansen is (saw Nordiska Museet and Wasa in 1982, eminently memorable in the right way! :D ). Now wouldn't it be grat if one of those shopping-centre-thingies housed the bookshop of our dreams ...

posted by hfglen at 4:36 pm (EST) on Jun 3, 2008

It's the local sports club. They play soccer on it in winter and cricket in summer. It's also used for dog training, among other things.

posted by hfglen at 10:42 am (EST) on Jun 3, 2008

http://bp2.blogger.com/_BhG0PJy1d78/SA-Y...

Crazy!

posted by fleela at 7:51 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2008

*waves eagerly*

How the hell are ya? Long time no "see", eh?

I was just complaining to clammy that I've been more busy than I like to be. I like to take a rather non-American approach and be the least busy possible. ;-)

How are things "over there"? I feel quite out of the LT loop these days. I simply must make more time for my family!

posted by dodger at 3:52 am (EST) on Apr 18, 2008

Sneaky!

I just got your postcard from Italy! Thank you!

posted by fleela at 2:00 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2008

Oooooh! I can't wait to check that out. Thanks!

posted by fleela at 8:56 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

Hey Bus! I clicked the friend link but you know, I have no idea what that means in LT. lol Have I joined a secret club? Yea! :)

posted by TheaMak at 7:14 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

lol please do, I am unkown to her.

posted by Aelith at 5:06 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

She is very talented. I wander what she would think of 'Torturing the Phaidi' , the best fix I know of while waiting for the real thing.

posted by Aelith at 9:51 am (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

Busi-ji is it not time to invite TheaMak to Shejidan?

posted by Aelith at 7:44 pm (EST) on Apr 6, 2008

Hee he. I appreciate your respect for me "either way", but I do hope you enjoyed my little prank. Wow, there is no way I could have delivered that in person; I would have cracked up laughing before I even got started. ;-)

posted by dodger at 5:48 am (EST) on Apr 3, 2008

http://cartophilia.com/blog/images/Subwa... - New York City Subway

"animated GIF starts with a blank subway map and draws each line in the sequence in which it was built"

posted by fleela at 8:04 am (EST) on Mar 27, 2008

Happy birthday! What does that make you now, eighteen? Or was this the big 2-0? ;-)

posted by dodger at 4:16 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2008

No I didn't look at the whole thing, just the Js. Now I'll have to go back! LOL

posted by clamairy at 6:06 pm (EST) on Mar 23, 2008

Oh, head right to the entries for the letter J.
;o)

posted by clamairy at 4:59 pm (EST) on Mar 23, 2008

Yeah, once long a go, I arranged my library by the Dewey system--it didn't last long!

Anyway, I check the store's computer tonight, surprisingly we have a fair number of books on typography in stock. Most are in the graphic design section, but a couple are in our calligraphy section. Books on fonts are in computers.

posted by dodger at 2:39 am (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

Fantastic! I love strange questions! ;-)

If we had any in stock (now you've got me wondering if we do), they would be with graphic design (traditional graphic design, not computer) books.

posted by dodger at 3:02 pm (EST) on Mar 20, 2008

*waves*

posted by dodger at 3:37 pm (EST) on Mar 19, 2008

Busifer: I'd like to hear more of your thoughts about the tag clouds. I did just click through on the first half dozen names on that thread to see what you might be referring to, and I agree that none of those were very similar in scope or even intent. There are people who tag with a specific box number and people who tag according to when they read the title.

What else have you noted?

Jill

posted by jillmwo at 6:57 pm (EST) on Mar 15, 2008

Hi, Busifer!

I'm thrilled to have people wanting to join in the conversation... now just where we should hold the conversation, I'm not quite sure ;)

posted by moiraji at 11:41 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2008

Yes, you are right. It would be easier. Perhaps we should consult with Moiraji. I'll send her a PM.

posted by stellarexplorer at 8:05 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2008

A RL conversation among the three of us...THAT would be something!! One day, perhaps!

Still, no reason not to jump in and comment. We'd love to know any thoughts you might wish to share!

posted by stellarexplorer at 11:23 am (EST) on Mar 14, 2008

Yep, English is easier. A lot. ^^ I just wish I were even a little better in Swedish, så that I could also work as a Swedish translator - it'd make the job hunting easier. (Heh. Now I'm getting all mixed up. "Så..." XD)

Hey, I was going to ask... would you have any Swedish book recommendations? It's been a while since I read a book in Swedish, and I was thinking I should try it once again. (And even though fantasy & scifi seem to be taking over my LT, I read... pretty much anything.)

posted by tuuli at 8:28 am (EST) on Mar 10, 2008

Hej! Roligt att träffas här! Jag gick och läste lite det där... Swedish blog of yours (vad kallar man blog på svenska?) Det var intresssant, och också mycket bra övning. Jag lärde mig några ny ord där. ;) ...jag borde läsa mera på svenska. Kanske då skulle det vara lättare att skriva svenska, också... det borde inte vara så här svårt. xD Engelska försöker to force its way here all the time. Som du ser.

posted by tuuli at 5:59 am (EST) on Mar 9, 2008

Hello Busifer!

I had a long off time from Shejidan, so I didn't know you. So good to meet yet another Shejidanee here, and you an experienced LTer, it seems. Me's a total newbie.
I love the idea of weaving a Shejidan net. :)

Vetch

posted by Vetch at 3:39 am (EST) on Mar 9, 2008

Busifer-ji, I see we are already friends here, thank goodness! I thought so, but my memory is not intact.

posted by kokipy at 8:07 pm (EST) on Mar 8, 2008

Howdy Pella -

I visited your library after reading your commments in HH and I was happy to see that you are from Sweden.

Both of my mother's parents came from Sweden to the United States (Indiana) early in the 20th century. I don't know, but I guess that they wanted to leave Sweden behind and just become Americans, so, well, not much of my own Swedish heritage was passed on to my generation.

I remember smorgasbords every Christmas and I remember Glogg (which I have tried to recreate after all these years ... my Swedish aunt used to start soaking the linen bag of cardemon seeds and other things in July, just to be ready for Jul). I remember standing around a piano and singing songs with the whole extended family. I remember a short Swedish prayer: "God vas sigmun matin amends" (well, obviously I don't remember how to spell the darn thing ... but it was the only Swedish phrase passed on to me in my whole life (I think it meant "god bless our food .... amen")).

Oh, I remember (and still light up every Yuletime) a little angelabra (spell?) .... a small brass thingie with four candles, whose heat spin a small propellor that make three angels go around from which are dangling three rods that strike small bells. What is it, anyhow, about that gadget that makes you smile once a year?

I put strings of Swedish flags on my yule tree and I have a straw yulebok hanging from the rearview mirror of my Japanese car. I have a plate with a young Swedish couple and some Swedish words that I have no idea what they mean (it belonged to my parents ... both now deceased).

A few years ago, while I was still a productive member of society (I am now retired and like to think of myself as a non-productive bum), a coworker who was born in Sweden recommended that I read Moberg's Emigrant series (I had asked him how I might reconnect with my Swedish roots). I really enjoyed reading all four novels.

Right now, I'm reading Mohberg's History of the Swedish People (I'm on volume two right now) and I'm finding them informative, even though I'm not sure how much he stuck to facts versus how much he was using his Swedish intuition.

Next up for me is (Norway's ... may lightening not strike me dead!) Kristen Lavransdatter (which some other friends have recommended, saying that it goes beyond seemingly huge national barriers into the realm of Universal Experience - besides, Sweden and Norway were under the same Union back then (I think)).

So, anyhow, I ask you: have you read any of the above books? What are your feelings regarding them? Are there some other books that you would recommend for someone (me) trying to reconnect to their Swedish roots? Mohberg's history ends around the mid 1500s; is there some book that would give me insights intomore recent Swedish history or culture? Or, should I just pack up my bike and go to Sweden and ride around for a year or three?

Anyhow, thanks to replying to my thread at HH (I'm not clear what you meant by the word "shadow") and it's great to finally "meet" another Swede!

Douglas

"In the end, only kindness matters."

posted by doogiewray at 9:24 pm (EST) on Feb 28, 2008

En sak som är rolig är att man återupptäcker böcker man
inte läst på länge...:)

"Vi kanske ses på Gröna Draken?!"
Det hoppas jag, det vore kul! :)

"Tonen kan vara lite fånig ibland men speciellt bokdiskussionerna
brukar vara intressanta :-)"
Åh? Jag har inte mer än hunnit registrera mig, så det ser jag
fram emot...:)

posted by Humla at 3:03 am (EST) on Feb 27, 2008

Någon mer från Sverige som upptäckt Terry Pratchett...
Underbart!!
Lycka till med alal kartorna!

/Ankie

posted by Humla at 3:33 am (EST) on Feb 25, 2008

Guess what! You (& 4 others) are listed on the LT home/introductory page -- at least right this minute. You are famous!

posted by MtnSk8tr at 3:33 am (EST) on Feb 24, 2008

I don't think I want to travel to the locations on this transit map.

posted by fleela at 7:53 am (EST) on Feb 18, 2008

Busifer-ji,

Thanks for the LT help. I didn't really understand "combine-separate", and never would have known to do it with the foreign language editions. Now, thanks to your kindness, I do -- and Czech CYTEEN 1: BETRAYAL & Polish TRIPOINT are combined. Thanks for doing Czech FOREIGNER #1. Next project: "combine" the German climbing book we were given.

There is a little story behind the foreign language CJC's:

Approximately 3 years ago while helping Carolyn & Jane move from their 1st Spokane apt, I noticed a large grocery bag loaded with translated works. Yes, you guessed it: CYTEEN, TRIPOINT, & FOREIGNER #1. They had been given to Carolyn by the publisher, but she had no use for them. The local library had declined them, so Carolyn was going to simply throw them away. I scooped the bag up, & told Carolyn that I was certain someone, somewhere, sometime would want them.

I then offered the translations *free* on Shejidan, stipulating only that the person pay postage. No takers.

Later, "Marek" joined Shejidan. It turned out he was the translater for Czech FOREIGNER #1! I surprised him with a Czech copy of *his* transalation, as well as CYTEEN -- both inscribed to him. Marek was totally blown away as it turned out he didn't have a single signed CJC in *any* language. I was then SO glad I hadn't let Carolyn throw the translations away -- and she was also, as Marek was thrilled.

Don't tell anyone ;), but I'm surprising Kel Julian with all 3 translations -- inscribed, of course -- when we meet at RadCon this weekend. I think Kel-J might actually be able to read them, as he speaks 6-7 languages.

Busifer-ji, by any chance, do *you* read Polish or Czech? ;) LOL

posted by MtnSk8tr at 9:02 pm (EST) on Feb 12, 2008

*waves from across The Pond*

posted by dodger at 5:33 am (EST) on Feb 12, 2008

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/blog/?p=25...

I thought this was funny!

posted by fleela at 12:50 pm (EST) on Feb 8, 2008

They're both excused -- no one is required to read English books (I can't read Swedish books!); it just struck me as a difference between you.

It's funny hearing your childhood learning method, because, even as a native English speaker, all through my teen years, I read with a dictionary by my side. I would look up any unfamiliar word to improve my vocabulary. I still do this in fact. I am a journaler who saves past writings, so I still can find lists with titles like "Words I didn't know at age 15" and the like. It helped in life, but especially on college entrance exams! :)

posted by stellarexplorer at 10:36 am (EST) on Jan 29, 2008

The two of them have far fewer in English than you do.

posted by stellarexplorer at 10:11 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2008

Oh! I should have realized it was something like that. I guess you are the family archivist!

posted by stellarexplorer at 10:07 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2008

Hi -- I'm wondering -- what does your tag "tommy" mean?

posted by stellarexplorer at 2:17 am (EST) on Jan 28, 2008

Yes, I've tried not to say very much about Cyteen II : Regeneration. I pretty much excused myself from the Cyteen I discussion. I know way too much & was afraid if I participated, whatever I did -- or didn't - say would give some of II's story away.

That being said, II is a WONDERFUL book. It's hard for me to judge, because I'm understandably biased -- but Carolyn may have done it again. If she got another Hugo I would cry with joy.

posted by MtnSk8tr at 6:04 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2007