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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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 Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 05:17:08
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Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
In my part of the world (Florida), all the chain bookstores do carry Forgotten Realms novels, including mine. So I guess it is a regional difference.
I don't recall noting this bit before... I'm on the Space Coast; whereabouts in Florida are you?
I failed to note any FR books in the one bookstore I wandered into while in Ireland; it was in a tourist-y area in Dublin. |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 05:22:44
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 14:16:20
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Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
I'm in Plant City.
Hmm, a couple hours due west, mostly. I had no idea any authors were that close.  |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 14:59:16
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I don't recall noting this bit before... I'm on the Space Coast; whereabouts in Florida are you?
You mean Cape Canaveral? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 21:33:26
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I don't recall noting this bit before... I'm on the Space Coast; whereabouts in Florida are you?
You mean Cape Canaveral?
Yup. I'm south of there. The whole area is called the Space Coast. South of us is the Treasure Coast.
I can watch shuttle and rocket launches from my yard. I haven't done so from this house, but I've done it at other places I've lived around here. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2008 : 23:40:21
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Yup. I'm south of there. The whole area is called the Space Coast. South of us is the Treasure Coast.
I can watch shuttle and rocket launches from my yard. I haven't done so from this house, but I've done it at other places I've lived around here.
That's neat! And I'd bet there's plenty of great wildlife there, too. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 23 Sep 2008 : 00:13:20
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Yup. I'm south of there. The whole area is called the Space Coast. South of us is the Treasure Coast.
I can watch shuttle and rocket launches from my yard. I haven't done so from this house, but I've done it at other places I've lived around here.
That's neat! And I'd bet there's plenty of great wildlife there, too.
Indeed... If you love mosquitos. I don't, but they love me... 
There is a lot of wildlife, though. I've seen a lot of different kinds of bugs, birds, snakes, lizards... We have a lot of armadillos, too, but their natural state seems to be dead on the side of the road. And gators, of course. I've seen mostly small ones (only a foot or two long), but I have seen some larger ones. And there was a very large one I saw out at the Cape, back when I was a kid. It's really wild out there, because NASA only clears out exactly what they need, and leave the rest utterly wild -- going out there, you can see how easy it was for the Seminoles to disappear when the US Army came looking for them. Anyway, my dad guesstimated that this particularly gator was at least 15 feet long... When the gator suddenly started swimming towards us at a pretty good speed, we got the heck out of dodge, hopped in the car, and got out of the area. 
I saw this gator last year. It's a mama gator, maybe 6 feet long or so. Her babies were nearby, but I didn't get them in the pic.
And that's all the derailing of this thread I'm going to do.  |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 23 Sep 2008 : 16:23:32
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Wow, thanks for the picture! When I was in Florida this past August, I saw ALLIGATORS, myself (for the first time!).
OK, I'm not going to derail the thread anymore, either. I just love talking about this stuff. |
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Kamuraki
Seeker
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2008 : 21:54:26
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Here's sort of a silly Halloween related one for you Richard, since we are approaching that wonderful holiday. Well perhaps it's also a disguised attempt to ruin the mental image Szass Tam for you (and everyone :P). Is Szass Tam's true master plot, to gather the most undead ever in the history of all the planes together in order to do the largest recreation of Michael Jackson's, "Thriller" video, with him playing the role of Michael?
HA! Now the next time you picture the archlich, it will be him in a red leather suit, dancing with zombies! Takes the edge off his menace, doesn't it? ;) |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2008 : 22:17:18
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| I'm not sure that associating Szass with Michael Jackson makes him less scary. For a lot of people, it could have the opposite effect. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2008 : 23:21:58
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Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
I'm not sure that associating Szass with Michael Jackson makes him less scary. For a lot of people, it could have the opposite effect.
Indeed. Michael Jackson is far more scary than Szass Tam! 
Besides, everyone knows that Szass Tam is a big fan of line dancing and country music. |
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Kamuraki
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 07 Oct 2008 : 03:20:01
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| Touché, but mark my words, the next time you read about him, the mental image of him in that suit is going to pop involuntarily into your brain. But in a more serious question, are we going to see any undead aphorisms in the next book? For example, from Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams, "We have a saying. Life is wasted on the living" |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 07 Oct 2008 : 04:00:58
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| Aphorisms? That's not for the writer to say. People will have to read it and decide for themselves if any of the dialogue is particularly memorable or quotable. |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2008 : 02:31:59
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I've started blogging. I don't promise to say anything brilliant, but if you'd like to check it out from time to time, you can find it at:
league.squarespace.com |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2008 : 17:08:12
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Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
I've started blogging. I don't promise to say anything brilliant, but if you'd like to check it out from time to time, you can find it at:
league.squarespace.com
Do an entry on manatees and other Tampa Bay wildlife. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2008 : 16:17:05
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| I have a short story in the anthology Catopolis, edited by Janet Deaver-Pack and Martin H. Greenberg and newly released by DAW Books. It's a book of fantasy stories about cats in urban environments. So if that sounds like your kind of thing, or if you just like my stuff, you might want to check it out. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2008 : 16:41:41
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Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
I have a short story in the anthology Catopolis, edited by Janet Deaver-Pack and Martin H. Greenberg and newly released by DAW Books. It's a book of fantasy stories about cats in urban environments.
I love cats, so that does sound like just my thing. Thanks for the heads-up. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 10 Dec 2008 : 21:33:02
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I'm now on Facebook. So if any of you are into that kind of thing and want to add me to your Friends list, please do.
I've mentioned my blog (at richardleebyers.com) before. It's now featuring the serialized tale of my three recent eye surgeries, so if that's something that might interest you, have a look. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 10 Dec 2008 : 22:56:58
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Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
I have a short story in the anthology Catopolis, edited by Janet Deaver-Pack and Martin H. Greenberg and newly released by DAW Books. It's a book of fantasy stories about cats in urban environments. So if that sounds like your kind of thing, or if you just like my stuff, you might want to check it out.
I'll be picking up a copy of this book today, since it's just been released here.
I'll happily admit that I'm a sucker when it comes to cat-based fiction... and will likely devour these tales in less than a day.
I just hope it doesn't give Sibelius [my Russian-blue] any ideas.  |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2008 : 13:27:04
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| I have a story in the new anthology Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, edited by Mercedes Lackey and published by DAW Books. If you like Valdemar or like my stuff, I hope you'll check it out. |
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 19 Dec 2008 : 20:43:41
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Well met!
These question seems not to have been asked (except, perhaps, on the spoiler scrolls): how is Xingax's name pronounced and where are the syllable breaks? Who was Xingax's divine grandparent or whatever it was that caused him to be an atrophal scion? Inquiring sages of obscure lore want to know!
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I have a mouth, but I am in a library and must not scream.
Feed the poor and stroke your ego, too: http://www.freerice.com/index.php.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 19 Dec 2008 : 21:44:54
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Hi, Jamallo.
It's Zing-ax. all vowels short, slight accent on the first syllable.
I have to confess, I didn't figure out Xingax's actual family tree. It wasn't relevant to the story, so I didn't bother. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Feb 2009 : 04:49:24
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I finally got around to reading my copy of this anthology and good story, good story indeed. I forgot that you had a story in this anthology until I opened the cover and saw your name. Pretty nice to see you write a tale for Valdemar.
Any plans for maybe another? :) I know, you can't answer that. Grin.
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I have a story in the new anthology Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, edited by Mercedes Lackey and published by DAW Books. If you like Valdemar or like my stuff, I hope you'll check it out.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 02 Feb 2009 : 14:21:46
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| Actually, Kuje, I believe I can answer that one. If all goes, well, I should have a story in the next Valdemar anthology as well. That'll make four I've done altogether. |
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starcream
Acolyte
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Posted - 03 Feb 2009 : 12:57:13
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Excuse me, I have a question,When did Ryld and Pharaun met for the first time?As student or As teacher?
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 03 Feb 2009 : 13:48:57
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 03 Feb 2009 : 16:46:37
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Oh cool beans! Hmmm. I'll have to drag out my other anthologies and reread them. Didn't recall you had stories in them. :)
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Actually, Kuje, I believe I can answer that one. If all goes, well, I should have a story in the next Valdemar anthology as well. That'll make four I've done altogether.
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Oriac
Acolyte
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Posted - 04 Feb 2009 : 04:49:46
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Richard, at the end of Dissolution it seems like Gromph is actually afraid of the possibility that Pharaun might try and use his new found fame to gain the status of Archmage. "Pharaun may strike for the Robes of the Archmage" is the quote I'm referring to.
My question is...
If Pharaun was to battle Gromph in an actual spell duel would he get his arse kicked? Would he hold his ground for a while?
Considering that it seems he grew a lot in power from the first book(being mopped on the floor by a Mind Flayer), to the magnificent mage he was in the sixth (pretty much creaming Inthracis the Ultroloth), do you think that if he had survived the ending of the Resurrection could he have come back to claim the Robes? I'd like an estimate of what you think would happen if he tried before the second book and after the sixth, with his two respective experience levels.
And thank you if you decide to answer, I love all your work. |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 04 Feb 2009 : 05:32:10
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Oriac, it all depends on who writes it.. If I wrote it, Pharaun would win. But by doing something clever, not by outgunning Gromph in terms of raw power. I doubt he's got that much mojo even in Book Six.
Glad you like my stuff. Thanks for taking the time to tell me so. |
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Oriac
Acolyte
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Posted - 04 Feb 2009 : 14:46:28
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| Richard that is exactly what I was thinking, about him winning by outwitting his opponent. It irks me that he had to die in such a simple, whimpy way. As Goodman Malark would say, he deserved a better death. |
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