i enjoyed reading these books so much the first time and the second time that i decided to purchase hardback copies. when sonny made his first trip north i bought paperback copies for him but this is such an excellent scifi, fantasy, alternate history that i decided to go first class.
the first book in the series,in the balance, cost about $20 from abebooks but the price declined with subsequent editions. the last book, striking the balance, only cost $1. shipping charges, however, were pretty steep on the striking the balance.
fuck me, after an incredibly beautiful and dry august-september the weather has taken a nasty turn. me and the roo got drenched going for her morning walk. an old man would have to be pretty fucking tough to go camping in this weather. or not be the sharpest knife in the drawer.
i love you sons of bitches
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Those are nice looking dust-jackets, but I'm in favour of Kindle to save the forests...and rain to keep the vegetation lush!
I'm still tough enough but did break camp a day early, but not cuz of the rain. My post in the morning will explain.
Helen said it rained like hell here but it didn't rain much where I was at just fifteen miles away.
Never have gotten into reading much Scifi. Been on a kick of reading westerns lately.
Fucking rain....
gb - they're used. blame the guy who bought them new for depleting the forests. i just read 2 of them on my e reader but i'll read them again on real paper.
bill - you might like in the balance. world war 2 going full steam then the aliens arrive and things liven up. it's been pissing rain here all day.
By far my favorite SciFi author is Philip K. Dick.
Haven't read these, but on your advice, I'll check 'em out.
So I looked up Philip K. Dick, I guess it takes good drugs to write good Scifi?
Actually he did shitty drugs. Mostly amphetamines. He had no use for psychedelic drugs because he was already so tweaked.
Actually he did shitty drugs. Mostly amphetamines. He had no use for psychedelic drugs because he was already so tweaked.
I've heard some interesting stories about shrooms but have never tried them.
Shittiest drug I ever did was Kayopectate.
thims - i'm pretty sure you'd like the series. i'm reading tilting the balance and one of the main plots is the development of the atomic bomb.
The development of the atomic bomb, ah, read a damn good book about a man that worked on that project, he liked to go to titty clubs. Really, true story.
No shit, his name was RICHARD FEYNMAN, great book.
I don't read much, but alternate history does sound interesting. I always wondered what would happen if Lincoln had let the South break off into it's own country. The history books make him out to be so great, I think he was a bit of a fool (and secretly gay like the president today).
Obama could have shown Lincoln the pleasures of gay sex while high on crack.
Am I the only chick left here? Hmm. Many people have told me I'm just a guy with boobs. Much like ALTF is a girl without them.
BBC really you need to open your comments! You call backing your truck into the information pavilion and throwing a sheet over the back camping?? Also it's incredibly rude! Jesus! Talk about guns some more and remind me what a tough guy you are!
It's a shame she is the only chick left here.
It's a big gazebo where members gather for potlucks and bullshit sessions, stupid.
Have never said I'm a tough guy, but like most there is a line you don't want to cross with me. Helen thinks I'm a marshmallow and Leslie is an idiot.
Ooh, I just noticed the CCR video. Good stuff.
Right. So why is it ok to back your rig in there and spread your shit all over a public space?
I'm the only chick left here because I can handle your shit and gutter vocabulary.
Tell me what line not to cross and I'll cross it, you Dirty Harry wannabe. Lord, you're a funny one! Unintentionally funny, but that still counts.
Right. So why is it ok to back your rig in there and spread your shit all over a public space?
Dear stupid, it's not a public space, it's for members only and the land is owned by the club and all members are welcome to use it as long as they leave it neat when they leave.
There are times I can't camp there because of other functions but any other time I can. And during such functions I can camp anywhere else on the grounds I wish.
Got that, stupid?
She's still a babbling idiot isn't she?
Billy P, did it storm there last night? Stormed all night here, now that I'm done with the Mac & Cheese I guess I'll go to the empty Walfart lot to spread out and fold up my big canvas so I don't have to do it on the wet grass.
Public space or community space for members WHATEVER it's still rude and selfish to back your gas-guzzler in there and set up shop! Just stay the fuck home!
What a fucking idiot, she just doesn't get it, I'm welcome there and the board knows I was there cuz I sent them that picture.
Gotta go now.
tex - i have heard rumors about obama in the bath houses but i wouldn't want to talk about stuff like that on ruby's blog.
it would be up to mr cook to tell us about obama's softer gentler side.
talk about alternate histories, what if the pope and his crew managed to expand north from south america?
It would be funny if Romney, just matter of fact like, showed pictures of Obama and Rahm Emanuel in a Chicago gay bath house together, looking like more than "just friends" during the debate.
(I'll try to curtail that kind of talk in front of Ruby.)
I'd go camping with Obama, but if you don't like him that's fine with me, he can be replaced by someone everyone can really learn to hate, it's not going to get any better south of the boarder.
I see that Calamity Jane has changed her cocksucking profile picture again, maybe during a drinking bout.
Public space or community space for members WHATEVER it's still rude and selfish to back your gas-guzzler in there and set up shop!
Dear stupid, my two thousand dollar gas-guzzler does look pretty unimpressive next to their forty thousand dollar gas-guzzlers.
But what is your fucking point when they're not complaining and like to see me there?
You like? Thanks! George picked it out.
My point is you have bad manners. Also we have very different definitions of "camping".
True, I don't camp at the Hilton.
They don't allow campfires in their fucking parking lots.
The Hilton? Eek. Junkholes. They probably do allow campfires.
I prefer W hotels, or quirky little boutique hotels. For camping? Wilderness. Remote locations. Not a makeshift carport.
So we have a gazebo on 20 acres out in the wilderness, sue us.
We also have 17 shitters spread about the grounds, just prop open a door and enjoy the view.
Or look at yourself in a fucking mirror in N.J.
You make a big deal out of going camping and then you basically park your car somewhere and sleep in it. That's funny!
I was not aware that I own a car, but it's true that I seldom camp in a tent anymore, only once last year as I recall, when Terry and I camped at Hobuck Beach.
At my age I do like a little comfort, like a fucking bed to sleep on.
I'm pretty sure that my pickup bed is not wide enough to accommodate the room that would be required for a bed for the two of us.
And I'm so thankful for that.
I like your flaming red trees. Very pretty.
They're a nice touch, mostly I like the peace and serenity.
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