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clash_bowley
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I've posted!
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My games are and have always been rife with such. Romance is a big tool in my toolbox.
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The conflict in this story was internal. Both Giselle and Mal had to discover what each other was about beyond their preconceptions, as well as to change themselves internally to adjust to this new gravity. There were plenty of twists, and obstacles…
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I enjoyed the romance. It was awkward but sweet, initially talking past one another but slowly coming into alignment. I liked both Mal and Giselle who were both deeper than they needed to be to toe the plot lines.
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It's not the kind of book that deals with uncomfortable facts. It's a cozy fantasy. People don't read this kind of book to confront reality.
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I rather liked this book. It was very much what I expected, and it didn't disappoint me. The characters were engaging, the setting was interesting, and the situation worth my interest. The writing was solid, and didn't leave me confused or bore me. …
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Finished it a couple days ago...
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I'm cool with cute and I have Kindle Unlimited! I'm in!
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I couldn't deal with it, and stopped reading very quickly. Not something I had any interest in, in any way.
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Thomas Mofolo wrote a novel called 'Chaka' - https://www.amazon.com/Chaka-Thomas-Mofolo/dp/1478607157['Chaka'](https://www.amazon.com/Chaka-Thomas-Mofolo/dp/1478607157 - about the rise and fall of the Zulu back in the 1920s which was, IIRC, partly i…
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I'll give it a week then!
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Then I won't rush things! ;)
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(Quote) Today or tomorrow, if everyone is ready.
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(Quote) I will - I'm sorry I couldn't participate more! I was really looking forward to it!
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I will not be participating. Real life and gaming have conspired to keep me from reading this! It's not that I didn't like it - I was not able to even get started! I should be fine in February, but January was a bitch!
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(Quote) The all male environment I was talking about was here. This book club. Because we are all male, by chance, we lack a female viewpoint to say what they might think.
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I will be featuring in in my next campaign. It won't be a Virus, but by design.
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The native characters in this story were from a non-technological society that had no access to technology for centuries. The Company people seemed to have trouble not thinking in terms of computers and communication. It was definitely Science Ficti…
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It's a novel, not a scientific paper, @BarnerCobblewood! I definitely caught the Dune parallels, with the Prana Bindu training being bio-feedback based, and the Virus changing ones body like the poison/drug that is Melange.
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I found it fascinating. And not magical, and not a polemic conceit.
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I found the cultures, and their interaction believable. I am interested in the way the totally male-oriented viewpoint here might differ from a female-oriented viewpoint.
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I agree - the world was very earth-like, with only specifics different. And the Virus.
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@RichardAbbott - here's one who totally agrees with you! I found it fascinating and enjoyed it so much, I immediately read Spear, which is her take on the Peredur/Parsifal legend, which I also found excellent. I also did not feel that the female-fem…
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I am almost done with it. Should be finished today or tomorrow.
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Knighthood was not considered nobility until the High Medieval - around the time of Chretien. As time went on, it got more and more elaborate, with different orders of Chivalry, and most nobles were knighted as a matter of course.
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(Quote) Lancelot was written specifically for - and at the request of - Marie of Champagne, so most definitely!
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(Quote) His patroness, Marie of Champagne, was a daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine...
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(Quote) I assure you there were! This was the age of Eleanor of Aquitaine, for example.
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In the modern mind, we think in terms of cause and effect, where the non-modern mind thinks in terms of ritual and result. The world is pervasively magical, and invoking that magic is no more wondrous than lighting a fire with sparks. Indeed, lighti…