lol. the moon is a harsh mistress was my first heinlein. and stranger in a strange land was my second. i was weirded out by both of them. and that's coming from me (the not-very-easily-weirded-out)(siena, in case you hadn't figured that out yet). his social theories are interesting (from what i remember - it was a few years ago), but his ideas about relationships annoyed me and struck me as pretty sexist. or at least overly hormonal.
you're writing a fantasy novel?? that's exciting. what's it about? and don't use stupid fantasy names. it really annoys me when people feel like they have to give characters weird names because they happen to be in a fantasy stories. of course, i don't really read fantasy (because of that and other pet peeves) so feel free to disregard this advice. if you have to use unusual names, make sure they have some significance besides just being weird. like use the names of obscure goddesses or something. my mom always looks through baby books to find names for characters, i'm sure you could do that in this case.
i can't wait for the next installment of goat girl and friends :) you have no idea how excited that makes me. and natalie macmaster? so cool. did i tell you i met her at the phili folk festival when i was 7 or 8 or so? (i'm sure i have)
and, lastly, in relation to the topic of your previous post and thread of comments, a math teacher at my high school and husband of my first violin teacher, paul pelli, was the creator (discoverer? writer? what would you call this?) of a mathematical theory about dimensions, called "pelli's triangle". if i can remember it, i'll explain it the next time we're in the same room because triangles are sort of visual. in a non-typed sort of way.
return to where? aren't you going to scotland this coming semester? when are you leaving? and, more importantly, when are you coming back?
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Date: 2004-08-04 12:41 pm (UTC)you're writing a fantasy novel?? that's exciting. what's it about? and don't use stupid fantasy names. it really annoys me when people feel like they have to give characters weird names because they happen to be in a fantasy stories. of course, i don't really read fantasy (because of that and other pet peeves) so feel free to disregard this advice. if you have to use unusual names, make sure they have some significance besides just being weird. like use the names of obscure goddesses or something. my mom always looks through baby books to find names for characters, i'm sure you could do that in this case.
i can't wait for the next installment of goat girl and friends :) you have no idea how excited that makes me. and natalie macmaster? so cool. did i tell you i met her at the phili folk festival when i was 7 or 8 or so? (i'm sure i have)
and, lastly, in relation to the topic of your previous post and thread of comments, a math teacher at my high school and husband of my first violin teacher, paul pelli, was the creator (discoverer? writer? what would you call this?) of a mathematical theory about dimensions, called "pelli's triangle". if i can remember it, i'll explain it the next time we're in the same room because triangles are sort of visual. in a non-typed sort of way.
return to where? aren't you going to scotland this coming semester? when are you leaving? and, more importantly, when are you coming back?
~siena