Literature Network Veterans' Club

[NikolaiI]

Scher that's such a nice thing to say.

I have been noticing a lot of really cool people joined in '07. . .

[Scheherazade]

Scher that's such a nice thing to say.

Oh, no! Came up with fun ideas and been nice! I am turning soft in my old age!

Had always hoped to be curmudgeonly.

[NikolaiI]

Fun ideas are contagious ;p

Have you ever read the sequels to to Ender's Game? And/or the first one?

[Scheherazade]

Fun ideas are contagious ;p

Phew! It is a relief that I caught it from someone else. Knew it wasn't in me!

Have you ever read the sequels to to Ender's Game? And/or the first one?

No, I haven't read any of them but, wait for it, watched the movie!!11!11!1!

[NikolaiI]

*gasp* oh Nooooooooo!!

The books (especially the sequels) are really amazing, but the movie failed to do them justice in about a hundred ways. Having said that, I don't know what it would be like to watch the movie first, so to just state it positively, the books are very nice. :-) I would say perhaps, similar in quality to the Foundation series by Asimov. The first one sets the stage, but the three sequels, Children of the Mind onward, have more breadth and scope.

Phew! It is a relief that I caught it from someone else. Knew it wasn't in me!

You're reminding me of Calvin and Hobbes for some reason right now. .

[Scheherazade]

Why did you ask about Ender's Game?

[JBI]

I joined the forum as a young upstart looking to make his first major research trip to Italy. Almost a decade later I'm doing manuscript research in China. Big change, though none of it benefits anybody. If anything, it just isolated me from the forum more, as most posters do not discuss Chinese literature. I should have stuck with Italian and French I guess.

[Logos]

Another "oldbie" here, lol, my oh my, what a long and crazy trip it's been, no I'm not a hippie But it's been an honour and privilege to be a part of this website for over 10 years. It's been through a lot of changes! I'm usually busy in the back-end, cleaning up the little dramas and messes that make us human. But I've met some wonderful people, and hope to be a part of it for another 10 years.

[PeterL]

I haven't been around all that long, only 9.5 years.
I am guilty of a few thousand posts, but my blog has 184 posts and has had considerably more than 200,000 page views.
I have no idea how many books I have read, but I have written two and published one, and I am working on another one. In another 9.5 years I may manage to sell 10,000 copies.

[NikolaiI]

Why did you ask about Ender's Game?

No reason. There's a character named Jane that is basically an entity/consciousness that appeared out of the vast network of computers and the faster-than-light connection between them called ansible. . . I was going to tease you with a speculation that you might be someone like that. . . but I thought better of it

[Virgil]

Do I count as a veteran?

By popular demand...



- Banned more people than I care to acknowledge


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Yeah, I bet I was close a few times...lol. And I gained the same ten pounds.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your parent. I also lost a parent during my time here. And gained a son, if people remember.

[kiki1982]

I guess I'm also an oldie, then

I came on here because I was looking for a book club or a place to discuss stuff.

I discovered a wealth of English lit I never knew I could read. Fell in love with Victorian lit.

Got obsessed with Jane Eyre and de-obsessed again.

Lost my maternal grandmother and grandfather during my time on here.

Cut my hair to half the length (though didn't donate it, should have done).

Changed my job twice. I think I've found the one I like now (apart from housewifery which I love above all; gives me time to read and the house looks nice; sadly it's not to be).

Received infraction points which I'm still miffed about because I didn't see it coming. Lost a bit of interest after that but now I'm back.

Unfortunately never met any members from on here, because I'm too much out of the way I guess.

Moved twice since I joined, once out of the country, and bought a house there, which we are now thoroughly bored with.

On average I read about 10 books every year, so I must have read about 70. Shameful really.

Have been diagnosed with keratoconus (bulging cornea which results in conic eyes). Looks bad but it doesn't always become that bad. So my hubby bought me a Kindle for Christmas so I can increase text size. I finished the book I was reading for a whole friggin' year in two weeks flat.
Though I miss the book cover and my bookmarks that brought me into the mood. So I now put one with my Kindle.

Became interested in buying arts and antiques. Antique furniture being much better and cheaper than Ikea stuff in some cases.

Started to learn Russian and Latin. Gave up the latter because it interfered with the former. And then gave up the former because I had no time due to becoming a translator.

Said goodbye to our beautiful cat Emma due to a road accident, nursed her son his highness George whom we kept after her death through a broken back leg and her daughter Prunelle through a broken pelvis and paralysed tail.

Built our own library, now painted emerald green.. Should still increase shelf space under the windowsill.

[NikolaiI]

Do I count as a veteran?



Yeah, I bet I was close a few times...lol. And I gained the same ten pounds.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your parent. I also lost a parent during my time here. And gained a son, if people remember.

You're like the Veteran, dear Virgil. :-)

[Scheherazade]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your parent. I also lost a parent during my time here.

Sorry for your loss, Virgil.

Your son must be so grown up by now!


Kiki> So glad to see that you are not the one to carry grudges!

[kiki1982]

Yes, Virgil, you're legendary .

Who, me??! Bearing grudges!? Never!