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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Stupid Fantasy Cliches |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2004, 10:36 pm
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Replies: 37
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| we looked at this kind of stuff briefly in english class cos we're doing postmodernism. fictional universes are our only refuge from the everday world- so why try to undermine their integrity? when i watch a movie/read a book/comic, i dont care that its the same stories and characters over and over.... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Science Fiction Universe |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2004, 10:12 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,006
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Quote: if it's the same as in the UK, most pulishers won't touch a whole book of short stories unless you're an established writer.
as in they literally wont bother reading them or they wont think its financially viable for them to publish them? |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Science Fiction Universe |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2004, 8:49 am
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Replies: 11
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| do any of you guys have any experience trying to get published? (or actually getting published for that matter) I'm doing my end of high school exams at the moment, but as soon as theyre done im gonna try and develop some stories ive done for english class (as well as write new ones), into a set of ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Anime Collections and Anime help |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2004, 12:46 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,576
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ok animefreak help me out. what are some good epic animes? preferably science fiction, but anything is good as long as its EPIC. also im interested in these from reading reviews, what are they like?
Berserk
Rahphexon
Now and then here and there
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Science Fiction Universe |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2004, 9:28 am
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Replies: 11
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| i like it. is this your work? |
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Forum: Kids' Crater Topic: What's the best book ever? |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2004, 8:39 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,481
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| the golden compass by phillip pullman. there are two other books in the trilogy but this is the first and best one. |
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Forum: Kids' Crater Topic: What's your best computer game ever? |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2004, 7:37 am
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Replies: 72
Views: 15,424
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| sonic 1 on the sega genesis was the first video game i ever played, I loved it so much, it was such an awesome game. I also played sonic 3 and that was good but not as good as sonic 1. favourite computer game? i cant decide really...but i'm getting a gamecube very soon so I'll post back here with so... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Telling students about AS |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2004, 8:36 am
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Replies: 11
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| This is a dillema. Agree with the other reply that their query indicates possible interest, and I think that if you do not find some way to engage that interest they might soon start to ignore you. (i assume you dont want this). However, I really think that this decision should be based on a careful... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being alone |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2004, 3:16 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,829
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| is a strong desire for solitude an asperger's trait? I live in quite a small house and the constant presence of my family makes me so frustrated!! I can't relax unless I'm completely alone..which is never...so I never have any opportunities to just relax and collect my thoughts. I don't want to live... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fear of Teenagers |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2004, 8:48 am
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Replies: 25
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| I am at a selective high school (one that u have to pass a test to go to) so the people there are generally quite intelligent. I agree that teenagers can be ignorant, agressive, and have a group mentality, but I don't really hold it against them. I think that beneath all the arrogance, lack of consi... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Role-Playing Games |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2004, 12:07 am
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Replies: 56
Views: 10,133
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| pokemon was a cool game. i really dislike level grinding games like diablo and most mmorpgs, though. my favourite role playing game is deus ex (also my favourite single player game ever), though some consider it more of a rpg/first person shooter hybrid. you play as an nanotech modified agent for a ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Happy childhood :) Or sad childhood :( |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2004, 7:27 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,486
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| for the most part my childhood was quite happy. Even though i never really had any friends at school (though I wasn't actually unpopular, I always had someone to play with at lunchtime) i never really felt different, and I never had any bullying problems. (incidentally my family left Singapore just ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How old do you feel? |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2004, 6:46 am
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Replies: 20
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| do you guys feel your age? I am in the strange transistory period between high school and uni (doing my uni entrance exams at the moment) and am very ambivalent about going to uni next year. I'm doing a bachelor of science (advanced science if i do well enough in my exams) and i love science so i'm ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Learning, reading and/or speaking Japanese? |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2004, 10:09 pm
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Replies: 26
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| When I asked my mum what each individual character meant, she found it hard to translate them back into english, but the overall meaning was clear to her. it's interesting to see holes in translation, when concepts and ideas in one language have no equivalent in another. In japan the teacher will s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Learning, reading and/or speaking Japanese? |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2004, 8:32 am
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Replies: 26
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| i think that being composed entirely of pictograms makes chinese harder- u have to learn a new character (or combination of characters) for every word!! i am doing japanese at high school and hope to continue to learn it at university. are these people native japanese speakers, people who happen to ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: NINTENDO RULES MAN! |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2004, 5:19 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,390
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| Yeah it looks awesome doesn't it? When's your birthday? just checking around the net for a release date aaanndd....can't find one. i think the revolution is scheduled for mid 2006, and they'll probably be releasing the new zelda some time before that, so that its not overshadowed by the release of t... |
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