Time Scout by Robert Asprin and Linda Evans

(7:06:51 PM) You have just entered room "BCC Chat." QueenSidhe (7:06:54 PM): Hiya Zor Z0rPr1me (7:07:04 PM): Hello Z0rPr1me (7:07:49 PM): whats up? (7:09:46 PM) KWM01 has entered the room. KWM01 (7:09:49 PM): hi guys Z0rPr1me (7:09:53 PM): hi Kelvin QueenSidhe (7:09:59 PM): Hiya Kelvin. QueenSidhe (7:10:03 PM): Nothing up much. QueenSidhe (7:10:07 PM): Majorly slacking at work. QueenSidhe (7:10:22 PM): I went on a puzzle posting spree on one of the boards I visit this week. Z0rPr1me (7:10:30 PM): heh KWM01 (7:10:44 PM): i just made it back in time. think I broke some laws of physics QueenSidhe (7:10:46 PM): Drove the moderator of that board a little crazy. lol QueenSidhe (7:10:50 PM): lol Z0rPr1me (7:10:52 PM): LOL KWM01 (7:11:33 PM): so how far did everyone get? Z0rPr1me (7:11:42 PM): near the end QueenSidhe (7:11:43 PM): So what do you guys think? Will we be reading the sequel to this one too? Z0rPr1me (7:11:56 PM): I'm interested QueenSidhe (7:12:03 PM): I skipped around. Officially on page 120 or somewhere around there. QueenSidhe (7:12:05 PM): Cool. :) KWM01 (7:12:07 PM): my vote is in favor of it Z0rPr1me (7:12:14 PM): Only 20 pages left to read.... couldn't finish today... damn QueenSidhe (7:12:15 PM): Do we also want to do some noms too? KWM01 (7:12:31 PM): sure QueenSidhe (7:13:03 PM): Okies. QueenSidhe (7:13:10 PM): What did you think of Margo? Z0rPr1me (7:13:18 PM): heh (7:14:00 PM) Abib Julian has entered the room. Z0rPr1me (7:14:03 PM): little annoying girl.... couldn't stand her.... but she is interesting enough Z0rPr1me (7:14:11 PM): kept me reading in some part of the books KWM01 (7:14:17 PM): well, I've read the others so i have a different view of her Z0rPr1me (7:14:19 PM): I prefered Malcolm character QueenSidhe (7:14:29 PM): Ah. QueenSidhe (7:14:35 PM): I like Malcolm too. :) QueenSidhe (7:14:51 PM): See, Kelvin, Zor agrees with me! She is annoying Abib Julian (7:15:02 PM): hello Z0rPr1me (7:15:03 PM): this book reminded me of Doomsday book... but it is soooo MUCH better Z0rPr1me (7:15:14 PM): 'lo Abibjulian QueenSidhe (7:15:22 PM): You just want to slap her. Kit wasn't being mean. Just trying to tell you the horrors of time scouting KWM01 (7:15:24 PM): I didn't disagree, just wanted to know why:-) QueenSidhe (7:15:25 PM): Hiya David. KWM01 (7:15:34 PM): hi david Z0rPr1me (7:15:43 PM): I would have slap her too... QueenSidhe (7:16:01 PM): And to show that time scouting isn't really a woman's profession. QueenSidhe (7:16:15 PM): Although do-able. I'd think guiding would be better. Abib Julian (7:16:49 PM): i am just going to lurk for a while QueenSidhe (7:17:04 PM): Okay. :) KWM01 (7:17:06 PM): safer but there is something about being the first person to explore something Z0rPr1me (7:17:07 PM): I'm wondering what the sequel is about... Z0rPr1me (7:17:34 PM): Time scouting looks to be a very tough job IMO... QueenSidhe (7:17:40 PM): well, when something small can get you killed or tortured or jailed... KWM01 (7:17:40 PM): you know that con man the one that tried to trick Margo? Z0rPr1me (7:17:45 PM): need to study way too much IMO lol QueenSidhe (7:17:49 PM): yup QueenSidhe (7:17:56 PM): what about skeeter? KWM01 (7:18:06 PM): he gets reformed in the second book QueenSidhe (7:18:09 PM): ohhh. QueenSidhe (7:18:11 PM): cool. Z0rPr1me (7:18:12 PM): hehe QueenSidhe (7:18:18 PM): what is the order of those books? KWM01 (7:18:54 PM): Timescout, wagers of sin, ripping time, house that jack built QueenSidhe (7:19:15 PM): hmm. okay. I might have all except wagers of sin. KWM01 (7:19:31 PM): I'll e-mail it to you QueenSidhe (7:19:39 PM): Back to the jail/torture thing.... QueenSidhe (7:19:46 PM): baen ebook or scanned? KWM01 (7:19:52 PM): scanned KWM01 (7:20:01 PM): but proofed Z0rPr1me (7:20:20 PM): wagers of sin, evans wrote it or only Asprin? KWM01 (7:20:35 PM): don't remember QueenSidhe (7:20:54 PM): If you really, truely believed that those people were witches/demons, would you really attack/capture/rape them? (Now, deep in your heart, you really think they are witches, like in Buffy.) Z0rPr1me (7:21:21 PM): capture them, yes. Rape them, no KWM01 (7:22:03 PM): don't know, it's hard to think in those terms QueenSidhe (7:22:07 PM): Capture even though they weren't hurting you? QueenSidhe (7:22:22 PM): Like how Margo and those K guys were captured. Z0rPr1me (7:22:38 PM): they were flying... scary for those peeps in that year... KWM01 (7:22:45 PM): yes, because they fear them QueenSidhe (7:22:52 PM): Hmmm. (7:23:04 PM) Abib Julian has left the room. KWM01 (7:23:11 PM): and because they had the power to QueenSidhe (7:23:44 PM): But if you could beat them, wouldn't they be less scarey? You're stronger than they are. QueenSidhe (7:24:00 PM): Of course, with that thinking, you would probably beat and torture them since YOU have the power. Z0rPr1me (7:24:06 PM): fear of magic.... KWM01 (7:24:11 PM): no because it's magic and you never know what it can do Z0rPr1me (7:24:18 PM): might be stronger but you can still fear them Z0rPr1me (7:24:35 PM): me and kelvin have the same brain model prolly Z0rPr1me (7:24:37 PM): LOL KWM01 (7:24:42 PM): echo.. echo..echo QueenSidhe (7:24:54 PM): lol KWM01 (7:25:28 PM): maybe it's a guy thing:-) Z0rPr1me (7:25:33 PM): lol KWM01 (7:25:51 PM): ugg, me no like, me hit :-D QueenSidhe (7:25:52 PM): All that agressive male horomones? :) KWM01 (7:25:57 PM): lol Z0rPr1me (7:26:05 PM): rofl Z0rPr1me (7:26:50 PM): when a scout goes in a unknown gate... how he knows when the gate will reopen? Z0rPr1me (7:26:56 PM): they tell in this book ? Z0rPr1me (7:27:06 PM): cuz I don't recall reading about it KWM01 (7:27:26 PM): they observe the timing before jumping Z0rPr1me (7:27:34 PM): oh QueenSidhe (7:27:48 PM): Yeah. And I'd think they'd need to check if it's stable. KWM01 (7:27:54 PM): yup QueenSidhe (7:28:00 PM): Would suck if it's unstable and after you jump in, it never reopens. Z0rPr1me (7:28:01 PM): me dumb Z0rPr1me (7:28:15 PM): thought they were going right in.... heh KWM01 (7:28:25 PM): just unobservent:-) QueenSidhe (7:28:57 PM): It depends on where it opens. QueenSidhe (7:29:07 PM): I doubt they waited very long for that bermuda triangle one QueenSidhe (7:29:25 PM): had to go save the people that fell through when it opened KWM01 (7:29:42 PM): yup QueenSidhe (7:29:43 PM): Although, how they knew it was safe to go in and no problems of shadowing.... QueenSidhe (7:29:59 PM): Do they ever explain how the gates first appeared? KWM01 (7:30:21 PM): yeah but I don't remember in which book QueenSidhe (7:30:49 PM): k. QueenSidhe (7:30:57 PM): That would be interesting to learn KWM01 (7:30:59 PM): there was an accident with an experimental space station QueenSidhe (7:31:19 PM): because of the experiment? KWM01 (7:31:56 PM): yeah, the station crashed to earth and where the pieces fell.. KWM01 (7:32:03 PM): gates opened Z0rPr1me (7:32:13 PM): interesting KWM01 (7:32:52 PM): pieces all over the world QueenSidhe (7:33:31 PM): cool. QueenSidhe (7:33:46 PM): I'd like to read that explaination KWM01 (7:33:49 PM): which gate would you use? QueenSidhe (7:34:20 PM): I don't think I'd ever go through a gate. Z0rPr1me (7:34:47 PM): why? QueenSidhe (7:34:53 PM): Also, is it possible to go uptime instead of down? Do the gates ever go that way? (Beyond the current present and into the future.) Z0rPr1me (7:35:01 PM): Rome one looks interesting... QueenSidhe (7:35:05 PM): I think living in the station would be more interesting. Z0rPr1me (7:35:14 PM): but I think I would go uptime.... QueenSidhe (7:35:31 PM): Hehehe. That's why I asked about the uptime ones. :) Z0rPr1me (7:35:33 PM): downtime is good but uptime has to be more fun! KWM01 (7:35:37 PM): none of the gates seem to do that Z0rPr1me (7:36:17 PM): didn't Kit said he should retire uptime at one place... thought there was gate to go uptime.... but those might be scary for shadowing... KWM01 (7:36:30 PM): besides, the uptimers would probable keep you out as savages:-) QueenSidhe (7:36:32 PM): No, I think those go to the present QueenSidhe (7:36:36 PM): lol QueenSidhe (7:36:45 PM): The station is in 1910. Z0rPr1me (7:37:30 PM): quick parenthese..... Laughing corpse is next one in Anita series ? and we gonna read it ? KWM01 (7:37:37 PM): yeah, space/time is week in that spot KWM01 (7:37:42 PM): weak QueenSidhe (7:38:55 PM): Yes, Laughing Corpse is next. KWM01 (7:39:00 PM): ok QueenSidhe (7:39:01 PM): I'll update the reading list soon. :) QueenSidhe (7:39:56 PM): And maybe the webpage this weekend. QueenSidhe (7:39:58 PM): maybe.... Z0rPr1me (7:40:01 PM): hehe QueenSidhe (7:40:01 PM): lol KWM01 (7:40:11 PM): laaaazzzyy:-) QueenSidhe (7:40:18 PM): But everything should be moved to baensidhe.net/SFFD/ now QueenSidhe (7:40:21 PM): Yup! Z0rPr1me (7:40:36 PM): reading list... I would prefer reading the fall of hyperion first... if thats ok with you all. KWM01 (7:40:54 PM): ok with me QueenSidhe (7:41:09 PM): okay. KWM01 (7:41:22 PM): reason? Z0rPr1me (7:41:32 PM): already got that one... :) QueenSidhe (7:41:35 PM): lol KWM01 (7:41:37 PM): lol QueenSidhe (7:41:44 PM): I bought Hyperion this weekend! Z0rPr1me (7:41:47 PM): so I can start this weekend!! whee.... QueenSidhe (7:41:51 PM): So now I can actually try and finish it Z0rPr1me (7:41:59 PM): heh KWM01 (7:42:04 PM): lol Z0rPr1me (7:42:27 PM): Hamilton books gonna take 1-2 weeks to get here... Z0rPr1me (7:42:41 PM): 3 weeks for scout sequel Z0rPr1me (7:42:49 PM): 2 more reasons!! Z0rPr1me (7:42:50 PM): :) KWM01 (7:42:55 PM): can email it to you too QueenSidhe (7:43:00 PM): well, if Kelvin emails us the scout books, we can read that after hyperion Z0rPr1me (7:43:11 PM): oh... that would be faster! QueenSidhe (7:43:12 PM): and we'll have to see about nominations QueenSidhe (7:43:33 PM): might want to insert nominations between the sequels if we can get to the books KWM01 (7:43:44 PM): k Z0rPr1me (7:43:49 PM): you peeps like the open chat ?... gave me more time to read... but its not intense... QueenSidhe (7:44:03 PM): it works Z0rPr1me (7:44:04 PM): :) again slow reader here QueenSidhe (7:44:14 PM): Not the more time to read bit though QueenSidhe (7:44:33 PM): I don't start until a day or two before. :P QueenSidhe (7:44:43 PM): dinner time. be back in 10 minutes or so. KWM01 (7:44:46 PM): me too Z0rPr1me (7:44:53 PM): heh KWM01 (7:44:58 PM): the day or too thing KWM01 (7:45:02 PM): two Z0rPr1me (7:45:13 PM): well I started time scout in 2002.... lol KWM01 (7:45:19 PM): lol Z0rPr1me (7:45:30 PM): just pick it up again last weekend... Z0rPr1me (7:45:46 PM): tried to read it sunday afternoon... but fell asleep and slept 2 hours rofl Z0rPr1me (7:45:55 PM): I guess i was tired.... KWM01 (7:46:08 PM): the second book is much more fun Z0rPr1me (7:46:38 PM): this one... I can't tell if asprin wrote something... its no close to Phule writing style IMO Z0rPr1me (7:46:44 PM): "not KWM01 (7:46:57 PM): dueling con games, vengeful gladiators, anient porn smuglers KWM01 (7:47:10 PM): ancient Z0rPr1me (7:47:17 PM): anient porn smuglers woohooo KWM01 (7:48:01 PM): porn art:-) Z0rPr1me (7:48:13 PM): hehe KWM01 (7:49:02 PM): venus statues, phalic symbol, ... so don't get too excited there:-) Z0rPr1me (7:49:11 PM): lol Z0rPr1me (7:49:51 PM): the series ended or they still writing books? KWM01 (7:50:11 PM): don't THINK it's over KWM01 (7:50:36 PM): but don't know of a sequel some Z0rPr1me (7:50:47 PM): k KWM01 (7:51:15 PM): so what other charectors did you like? Z0rPr1me (7:52:00 PM): Malcolm first... Kit I liked but he looked dumb a little bit to me. Z0rPr1me (7:52:11 PM): maybe I too hard on him but he didn't impress me6 KWM01 (7:52:22 PM): I liked the shop keeper were Margo got outfitted Z0rPr1me (7:52:36 PM): Sven looked interesting but we didn't see him much... Z0rPr1me (7:52:54 PM): liked it when Malcom kick him hard... funny the scene with Kit hihi KWM01 (7:52:56 PM): Kit doesn't look too good until the third book Z0rPr1me (7:53:06 PM): Connie... KWM01 (7:53:13 PM): yeah Z0rPr1me (7:53:15 PM): Connie was interesting.... crazy girl Z0rPr1me (7:53:54 PM): Another good scene Z0rPr1me (7:54:21 PM): when that gate opened and those strange bird came in... lol that was funny KWM01 (7:54:28 PM): yup Z0rPr1me (7:54:41 PM): and interesting... but I would have like them to explain more the gates.... in this first book Z0rPr1me (7:54:53 PM): well I guess I'll have to read others books to know lol KWM01 (7:55:32 PM): that's what they hope for:-) Z0rPr1me (7:55:41 PM): hehehe KWM01 (7:56:09 PM): lot of good scenes in this book but they don't mesh entirely KWM01 (7:56:41 PM): not enough explaining of allthose questions I think Z0rPr1me (7:56:55 PM): yeah... QueenSidhe (7:57:01 PM): back! Z0rPr1me (7:57:03 PM): but they went for a story... Z0rPr1me (7:57:05 PM): welcome back KWM01 (7:57:14 PM): wb Z0rPr1me (7:57:24 PM): if they had explained everything..... we would have a 1000 pages book KWM01 (7:57:30 PM): and no enough charector background KWM01 (7:58:16 PM): wanted to know the histery of some of those charactors Z0rPr1me (7:58:35 PM): yeah... they do more background in future books ? QueenSidhe (7:58:44 PM): Do they ever go into the char history? KWM01 (7:58:46 PM): some not all QueenSidhe (7:58:52 PM): Or at least a bit more info? Z0rPr1me (7:58:55 PM): if they planned to do lots of books, then its normal they dont tell everything in the first book KWM01 (7:59:35 PM): like we find out why Skeeter is screwed up inthe second Z0rPr1me (7:59:54 PM): k... but we didnt see him a lot in the first book Z0rPr1me (8:00:05 PM): kind of surprise that the second book is about him Z0rPr1me (8:00:16 PM): would have prefered a book about malcolm! :) QueenSidhe (8:00:21 PM): Well, what would you base a sequel on? KWM01 (8:00:23 PM): yeah but he's really fun QueenSidhe (8:00:37 PM): Don't they do more with Malcolm later? KWM01 (8:01:14 PM): yes, he and margo are part of a secondary plot in the second KWM01 (8:01:41 PM): and part of the main plot in the third and fourth QueenSidhe (8:02:18 PM): K. QueenSidhe (8:02:28 PM): It'll be interesting to see if she grows up. Z0rPr1me (8:02:33 PM): lol KWM01 (8:02:33 PM): you also learn a lot more about the downsiders in the second QueenSidhe (8:02:42 PM): And how much time has passed between the books? KWM01 (8:03:05 PM): I think a year in the send KWM01 (8:03:10 PM): second KWM01 (8:03:47 PM): don't remember for the others QueenSidhe (8:04:23 PM): Well, we'll see. :D KWM01 (8:04:30 PM): lol KWM01 (8:05:33 PM): okay vickie, since you wouldn't go down a gate, which BUSINESS would you open on the station QueenSidhe (8:06:03 PM): Hmm. QueenSidhe (8:06:29 PM): Maybe making movies or some kind of media. KWM01 (8:06:40 PM): remember you can import fromthe gate too Z0rPr1me (8:06:48 PM): hehe QueenSidhe (8:06:49 PM): Why doesn't the station have it's one live news stuff? Even if it is only station wide. QueenSidhe (8:07:12 PM): although, gossip does spread fast enough you'd probably beat the news station KWM01 (8:07:15 PM): it does inthe second book QueenSidhe (8:07:26 PM): ah. lol KWM01 (8:07:53 PM): though the gossip is still faster:-) KWM01 (8:08:05 PM): and more interesting QueenSidhe (8:09:02 PM): hehehe QueenSidhe (8:09:13 PM): playing telephone and watch it change? QueenSidhe (8:09:28 PM): I wonder if Goldie ever finds out the scam Kit played on her..... KWM01 (8:09:48 PM): yup, in the second QueenSidhe (8:10:06 PM): heheheh KWM01 (8:10:11 PM): and she dreads another encounter Z0rPr1me (8:10:52 PM): Kit played a scam on her... must be in the last 20 pages... or did I read again just too fast KWM01 (8:11:10 PM): last twenty QueenSidhe (8:11:24 PM): rofl Z0rPr1me (8:11:29 PM): heh KWM01 (8:11:34 PM): vickie's skippinngg again QueenSidhe (8:11:42 PM): Get her back for pool game? QueenSidhe (8:11:47 PM): I said that at the start. :) Z0rPr1me (8:12:27 PM): heh KWM01 (8:12:31 PM): he wins one in the next book, won't tell you how though KWM01 (8:12:36 PM): :-) Z0rPr1me (8:12:39 PM): well... gtg sleep... KWM01 (8:12:47 PM): nite zor Z0rPr1me (8:12:48 PM): ttyl and see ya all on the board (8:13:06 PM) Z0rPr1me has left the room.

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