Amazed this thread is still active. If you want a book about the early days of Sci-Fi and the people who made it happen, "Astounding" by Alec Nevala-Lee delves into the pulp magazine and its authors, going in-depth into their lives, warts and all. It's both good and bad to find out the titans of early Sci-Fi were a bunch of nerds.
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Q1(29) Third place.
Amazed this thread is still active.
It does lurch back to life every so often.
Speaking if which! Happy 4th of July and/or Thursday, as appropriate.
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. ~ H.G. Wells
If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain
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It does lurch back to life every so often.
It's been so quiet I had to comment somewhere. The word lurch is the prompt.
Grab the granny gear and lurch forward slowly inch by inch.
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Only 16 posts to go to the 5000th entry, who will it be?
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Only 16 posts to go to the 5000th entry, who will it be?
Probably not me, but I'll help work toward it. 
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. ~ H.G. Wells
If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain
R, SF, SHM, SHM, SHM, F, R, HM, SHM, R, HM, R, F, SHM, SHM, SHM, SF, SHM, 1st Place (Q2 V38)
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A truly noble endeavor.
All hail the Lazarus thread.
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Semi x1
SHM x5
HM x9
R - lots!
"Lose not the faith," the old man said. "The yung'uns may not respect the traditions, but in time they will come to learn the importance of whence we came."
"No," said the other. "You are alone now. The rest have passed. Shinier, brighter things. New traditions. The flame dies with you."
"I can't accept it. They will return. You will see."
"Please, come with us. There is still time."
"But 5,000--"
"--Was a dream, nothing more."
"No!" said the old man. "They will come. It will be."
(Happy Holidays all!)
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Semi x1
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R - lots!
Happy Holidays!
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. ~ H.G. Wells
If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain
R, SF, SHM, SHM, SHM, F, R, HM, SHM, R, HM, R, F, SHM, SHM, SHM, SF, SHM, 1st Place (Q2 V38)
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Happy Holidays!
V34: R,HM,R
V35: HM,R,R,HM
V36: R,HM,HM,SHM
V37: HM,SF,SHM,SHM
V38: (P)F, SHM, F, F
V39: SHM, SHM, HM, SHM
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Merry Christmas, all!
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. ~ H.G. Wells
If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain
R, SF, SHM, SHM, SHM, F, R, HM, SHM, R, HM, R, F, SHM, SHM, SHM, SF, SHM, 1st Place (Q2 V38)
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Merry Christmas, all!
I concur.
May everyone share with loved ones while they are still around.
Write on every day of your life, even if it's just a little it adds up in the long run.
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Here's to keeping this thread alive!
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, I just noticed this thread has surpassed the one million views threshold.
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wotf015 , I just noticed this thread has surpassed the one million views threshold.
And we're 6 posts away from 5k!
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. ~ H.G. Wells
If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain
R, SF, SHM, SHM, SHM, F, R, HM, SHM, R, HM, R, F, SHM, SHM, SHM, SF, SHM, 1st Place (Q2 V38)
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No, it's FIVE!
From Wikipedia:
Five is the third prime number. Because it can be written as 221 + 1, five is classified as a Fermat prime; therefore a regular polygon with 5 sides (a regular pentagon) is constructible with compass and unmarked straightedge. Five is the third Sophie Germain prime, the first safe prime, the third Catalan number, and the third Mersenne prime exponent. Five is the first Wilson prime and the third factorial prime, also an alternating factorial. Five is the first good prime. It is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n − 1. It is also the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes. Five is a congruent number.
I totally know what all of that means. Frankly I was disappointed to learn five has no imaginary part. But knowing it is the first "good prime" is certainly important to me.
It's also the first digit in the coveted post 5,000 - coming soon to a thread near you!!
Edit: Just a thought. Does anyone know or is in touch with Tina Gowers? It would be really cool if the original starter of the thread were to honor us with post 5,000.
Finalist x2
Semi x1
SHM x5
HM x9
R - lots!
Why don't escaped convicts make good writers?
. . . Because they never finish their sentences.
Finalist x2
Semi x1
SHM x5
HM x9
R - lots!
Why don't escaped convicts make good writers?
. . . Because they never finish their sentences.
That is awful, sir.
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. ~ H.G. Wells
If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain
R, SF, SHM, SHM, SHM, F, R, HM, SHM, R, HM, R, F, SHM, SHM, SHM, SF, SHM, 1st Place (Q2 V38)
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Wow... picking random pages of this thread is like opening a time capsule!
V37Q1: HM
V37Q2: HM
V37Q3: R
V37Q4: ?
Wow... picking random pages of this thread is like opening a time capsule!
I can absolutely believe that.
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. ~ H.G. Wells
If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain
R, SF, SHM, SHM, SHM, F, R, HM, SHM, R, HM, R, F, SHM, SHM, SHM, SF, SHM, 1st Place (Q2 V38)
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Oh My God Did I Do It?
V34: R,HM,R
V35: HM,R,R,HM
V36: R,HM,HM,SHM
V37: HM,SF,SHM,SHM
V38: (P)F, SHM, F, F
V39: SHM, SHM, HM, SHM
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Oh My God Did I Do It?
wotf042 
Winner of the first to 5,000
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Wow. It's been like 8 months since anyone posted anything. Keeping this thread alive...
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Hey Sean, I saw your interview where you specifically said you did this, and you did!
Re-read your story the other day. Forgot how artistically written it is. Most excellent.
Career:
1x Win
2x NW-F
2x S-F
9x S-HM
11x HM
7x R
Hey Sean, I saw your interview where you specifically said you did this, and you did!
Re-read your story the other day. Forgot how artistically written it is. Most excellent.
Just bought Sean's anthology. Supporting each other is vital to friendship and to survival on the long road of writing.
I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
Wow... picking random pages of this thread is like opening a time capsule!
Yeah, I'm part of the time capsule; something like 15 years of it.
I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
Just scrolled the first 15 pages. They are full of winners that didn't know fate would shine on their careers.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
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Just scrolled the first 15 pages. They are full of winners that didn't know fate would shine on their careers.
That's my favorite thing about this thread!
V34: R,HM,R
V35: HM,R,R,HM
V36: R,HM,HM,SHM
V37: HM,SF,SHM,SHM
V38: (P)F, SHM, F, F
V39: SHM, SHM, HM, SHM
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Just scrolled the first 15 pages. They are full of winners that didn't know fate would shine on their careers.
That's my favorite thing about this thread!
As a new(er) forumite, I keep seeing this thread and wondering... why is it still alive? But having looked at it, I see why. It's a tradition! It is encouraging to see posts with signatures saying, R, HM, SHM, SF, F, Winner!
...although, even more interesting is the fact that their honours are very rarely in that order.
Just scrolled the first 15 pages. They are full of winners that didn't know fate would shine on their careers.
Fate? All I remember was years and years of HARD WORK. 
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Hey Sean, I saw your interview where you specifically said you did this, and you did!
Re-read your story the other day. Forgot how artistically written it is. Most excellent.
Just bought Sean's anthology. Supporting each other is vital to friendship and to survival on the long road of writing.
Thanks, Corbin!
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