Dec 28, 2019 · Hay, Guttersnipe! I read through your story a few times, and it seems to read a bit slow for an action story to me. But I did like how you're hinting that the Player of the White pieces is cheating buy causing the Player of the Black pieces to make mistakes, and Quiggley notices the confusing and losing moves being made.

Oct 8, 2000 · I don't really know the "down and dirty" as to why Virginia Hey left Farscape. There was much gossip (and crying :crying:) when she left, but I thought you'd be interested in her own words when asked why she left (I don't know how long ago this was written): WHY DID I LEAVE FARSCAPE? Now to...

Mar 9, 2007 · "If you want to train a longbowman, start with his grandfather," is apparently what Edward III said. If you want to train a crossbowman, give a peasant a crossbow in the morning, let him shoot at some bales of hay for a couple of hours, and by lunchtime you have a crossbowman.

Aug 21, 2010 · The original one in Hay now has a site on the edge of town, and the Festival runs for ten days around the end of May every year. Richard Booth started the idea of a Book Town, back in the 1960s, and declared himself King of Hay, and Hay an independent kingdom between England and Wales, on April Fool's Day 1977.

Jun 2, 2006 · T'other weekend at a charity cosplay event (I went as Katniss Everdeen). She was very nice. Very chatty.We spoke for quite a well about various different things including her business (she has a shop on Etsy), Wiltshire (she lives there), benefits, and …

Jun 7, 2011 · I can think of several who didn't receive the Nobel Prize who would have been worthy winners. Italo Calvino, Vladimir Nabokov, Marcel Proust, Mark Twain, Checkov, W.G. Sebald and Jorge Louis Borges amongst others.

Jan 12, 2020 · I'd say absolutely. Yes it's a bit of a comedy, but it's definitely more Trek than Discovery. The guy wrote it as a fan of the franchise and did a pretty good job of getting it done in a fun way.

Dec 26, 2021 · As an opportunist buyer of used books I will see what turns up at the local used book stores, or what catches my eye in Hay-on-Wye, rather than waiting for any particular publications. Conversations on this site sometimes lead me …

Jan 9, 2023 · There's vast troves of used SF in the bookshops of Hay-on-Wye. Enough for a few days of browsing. Start with the Cinema Bookshop (it's in an old cinema), the basement of Richard Booth's bookshop, the Castle (if it is open) or any one of half a …

Jan 22, 2008 · There's a considerable overlap in the crew who made it, and the look and themes of Outland are very similar. The recent Alien roleplaying game mentions very