tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57254616124545558832024-03-08T14:42:19.872-06:00Moonlight, Lace, and MayhemSci-Fi Coffer<br>
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Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem
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<br>Sci-Fi CofferCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328970869069471833noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725461612454555883.post-77237098791076876842011-04-06T23:22:00.019-05:002011-04-07T00:28:23.753-05:00Featured Author - Michael Drakich! - Part 1<center><img height="200" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Michael%20Drakich/DSCF08011.jpg" /></center><br />
I’m a professional Realtor by trade, selling for over thirty years now. Divorced eight years, I have three children, a daughter, Brooke, 21 and two sons, Miles, 19 and Erik, 17. At the age of fifty-three, I’m probably a lot older than many writers when they enter the field. But I don’t consider that a hindrance. I’ve always been an avid reader, but it took my divorce to give me the impetus to begin writing. When those times came where my kids were absent, I decided to use the time to try my hand at writing. On Monday, February 20, 2006, at 4:23:53 PM, I sat down and began the process. Choosing science fiction and fantasy as the genres of choice was an easy one. When I was a kid, the local library was only a block from my house. I bet I read every sci-fi and fantasy on its shelves. I grew up at a time when the space race was real and when the movie <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> came out [1969], science fiction went mainstream. It’s an easy genre to fall in love with because its level of escapism is unmatched by any other. I recall when <i>Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope</i> hit the theatres [1977], I saw it eleven times! Even today, I follow what’s up with NASA and all facets of exploring our universe. I find it simply romantic.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">[Please Note: Science Fiction/Fantasy wasn’t just for the theaters at this time, either! There were a couple of groups - Arkham (1970-72), Black Sabbath (1970 – “Behind the Wall of Sleep”), Blue Oyster Cult (several songs from 1976 to 2001) - who wrote music based on science fiction authors, such as H.P. Lovecraft, who moved and inspired them. Bands like Led Zeppelin found inspiration for <i>Led Zeppelin IV</i> from J.R.R. Tolkein’s <i>Lord of the Rings</i> and Iron Maiden based the song, “To Tame a Land” on <i>Dune</i> by Frank Herbert. Of course there are many other works of literature that proved inspiration for music, but that is for another time! :) <br />
References: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.hplovecraft.com/popcult/music.asp%E2%80%9D" target="“_new"> www.hplovecraft.com </a>, <a 10-famous-songs-inspired-by-books”="" book-in-national="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9C" http:="" target="“_new”" www.examiner.com=""> www.examiner.com </a> - in this article, though, the author shows the <i>Piece of Mind</i> album cover but mistakenly refers to the band as Metallica. These are definitely Iron Maiden’s works though!]<br />
</span>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328970869069471833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725461612454555883.post-87460979402734591322011-02-24T00:58:00.012-06:002011-03-08T15:10:05.190-06:00Featured Author Robert G. Pielke - Part 4<center><img src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/cover.jpg" height="250"><br />
<i>A Birth of a New Freedom: The Visitor</i></center><br />
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BLURB: There is a niche of science-fiction readers who like alternate-history novels. Within this niche is another small niche of readers who like time-travel stories. And within this niche is yet a third small niche of readers who like first-contact fiction. Well, that’s where my book, <i>A New Birth of Freedom: The Visitor</i> has its home.<br />
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It’s a rather small home perfectly suited for any and all visitors from these three niches...at one time.<br />
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EXCERPT: (the opening paragraphs)<br />
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(March 20, 1849)<br />
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The passengers boarding the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad coaches struggled to drag their luggage through the narrow passageways, puffing clouds of white breath in the chilly air. Screams of excitement came from a gaggle of children chasing one another around the piles of chests and satchels.<br />
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The chill in Washington City was unexpected, since it was, in fact, the exact day of the vernal equinox. Winter was supposed to be finished, yet it lingered. Edwin Blair, however, anticipated the chill. Having done the research, he gave it little notice.<br />
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Aside from surveying the antics of the overly rambunctious children, Blair also carefully observed a tall, gangly man with unruly black hair who looked to be about his age, signaling for help. No sooner had the man arched his brow, accompanied by a sweeping gesture toward several well-worn bags, than two of the non-company black men scattered about the platform leapt into action. How am I going to refer to them? Blair tried not to panic. I’m not going to use the slavers’ term! ‘African-American’ won’t work. He tried to reorient his thinking and adjust his speech patterns to the time. There was that 1844 newspaper article about a “colored” man stopping the runaway carriage of President Tyler. And eventually the War Department’s going to create the Bureau of Colored Troops. He shook his head in resignation. ‘Colored’s’ going to have to do.<br />
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Edwin Blair, sporting a newly grown blonde, well-trimmed beard, and carrying nothing but a shiny metallic valise that he held closely by his right side, boarded several moments after the tall traveler, catching the eye of virtually everyone he passed. The perfectly polished surface of the valise seemed more like mirrored glass than metal, and his black leather jacket flapped opened in the cool breeze, revealing a black cable-knit pullover sweater. This, together with his dark blue denim trousers, his shoes made of indeterminate material, and his gleaming valise, were the source of near universal curiosity. Several of the young children skipping along beside him pointed and laughed. Their parents offered barely-hushed admonitions: “Behave yourselves! You know you mustn’t stare at strangers. It simply is not polite.” Yet they, to a person, failed to follow their own advice.<br />
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Blair held nothing in his left hand, yet he clenched it so tight that his nails dug into his flesh, his teeth clenched every bit as tight as his hand. No one mentioned the word “LEVI’S” burnt into a small leather patch on the back of his trousers, but several men did wonder aloud about the word “NIKE” on the side of his black and white shoes.<br />
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<center><span style="color: black;">For more information on Robert Pielke <br />
and his other books, please check out<br />
his website: <a href="http://www.robertgpielke.com/" target="_new">www.robertgpielke.com</a></span></center>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328970869069471833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725461612454555883.post-47441795966391663072011-02-17T00:29:00.001-06:002011-03-08T14:31:05.307-06:00Featured Author Robert G. Pielke - Part 3<span style="color: black;">This week, Robert tells a bit more about his writing. <br />
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MLM: Why SF? What was the draw for you?</span><br />
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ROBERT: Why SF, you ask?? Well, no other genre has a veritable wealth of subtypes…so many in fact that the label itself is pretty much worthless. I write alternate history…is this SF? [I don’t know…or care, really] I combine that with time travel and first contact elements. So the SF genre allows me freedom to play.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: All of us are influenced and impacted by TV, movies, books and/or authors at different times in our lives. Who, what and which TV, movies, books and/or authors influenced you? When in your life did you discover them and why were they so influential for you? (Don’t be afraid to give us more than one of each kind!)</span><br />
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<img src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/Gort.jpg" align="left" height="150">ROBERT: I’ve gone to the movies since I was a kid…and those early SF films got to me [<i>The Day the Earth Stood Still</i> being number one for me]. But so did historical epics [<i>Spartacus, Longest Day, Cherokee Trail</i>] and even some silents like <i>The Gold Rush</i>.<br />
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Heinlein’s <i>Stranger in a Strange Land</i> – my first SF book – was really influential, but others like Bukowski’s <i>Tales of Ordinary Madness</i>, Ambrose Bierce’s <i>Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge</i>, Steinbeck’s <i>Travels with Charlie</i>, Keyes’s <i>Flowers for Algernon</i>, Winston Churchill’s <i>The Gathering Storm</i> and Arthur C. Clarke’s portrayals of aliens in almost anything he did [They were almost always unknown and unknowable].<br />
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I read a lot during high school and college – not so much studying – I managed good solid C’s throughout….oh yeah were a few B’s and F’s too. Sure I flunked classes – usually took them over again – but those F’s were well deserved.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: Considering the TV, movies, books and/or authors mentioned, is there one TV, movie, book and/or author in particular that you try to emulate in your writing? Which one(s) and why? Please be as specific as you can! J</span> <br />
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ROBERT: Nope – as far as I can tell, I don’t’ write like anybody else. In fact, I do not read anything when I’m writing – I found that I started to be “sullied” by the writer or I wanted to edit his/her’s writing to make it better. So – no reading.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: If you could describe your writing with a word or phrase, what would it be? Please look beyond words like mysterious, suspenseful, creative, unique etc., and delve into the core of your writing to tell us what word or phrase you want readers to take with them when they've finished reading your story.</span><br />
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ROBERT: Well, I like what someone said, and I use it as a blurb: “a new kind of science fiction by a new writer with a new point of view.”<br />
Or, “I don’t’ write like nobody” [sic – stolen from Elvis’s answer to the question “Who do you sound like?”]<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: In Part 2 we asked you about your ultimate Valentine’s Day gift. Have you ever used that as a gift in one of your stories? If so, which one and what was the situation?</span><br />
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ROBERT: Only to the extend I don’t think I’ve ever used the “V-word” in any of my writing.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: Also in Part 2 we asked you about where you’d put the hot tub and why. Does this show through in your writing? If so, give some examples how, please! </span><br />
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ROBERT: Nope…but I do have a few steamy love/sex scenes in two of my novels: <i>The Mission</i> and <i>Hitler the Cat Goes West</i>.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: Who decides what characters/creatures you write about, you or your muse? What kind of influence do you have over their actions and the plot, or is the muse always the one deciding who done it, where they done it and with what?</span><br />
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ROBERT: “The Story” decides – I let it tell itself to me, and I listen to it.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: Of all the stories you’ve written please tell us:<br />
a.)Which character/creature did you have the most fun creating and why? What about this character/creature makes it stand out above all the others?</span> <br />
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<img src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/Corp20Joseph20Pierce2014th20CVI20Co_20F.jpg" align="right" height="150">ROBERT: I’ve had a lot of enjoyment placing actual historical personality into my alternate histories. I use Joseph Pierce in <i>A New Birth of Freedom: The Visitor</i>, for example, He was one of maybe three Chinese soldiers fighting for the Union at the Battle of Gettysburg – “bought” by a New England sea captain and given to his mother to raise in Connecticut.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">b.)If you had the opportunity to meet just one of your characters/creatures in real life, who would it be and why?</span><br />
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ROBERT: Hmmm….This may sound odd, but if I were to meet them, it would destroy their reality! They’re fictional…that’s their reality. Nope, not a one of them…I want them to remain “alive” forever. To give them “life” would kill them.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">c.)Which of your characters/creatures would you never want to meet under any circumstance and why?</span><br />
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ROBERT: See the above<br />
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<span style="color: black;">d.)If you could choose to visit one setting/world you’ve created which one is it, where is it and why this destination over all the others? What makes it stand out over all the others?</span><br />
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ROBERT: Abraham Lincoln’s White House…it’s a key element in my SF trilogy . It’s always nice to place myself in the location I’m writing about. I went to Gettysburg many times before writing my trilogy, but Lincoln’s office obviously is not a possible option.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: Thanks for joining us Robert and offering us a glimpse into your views as a writer! Don't forget to check out Part 4 for an excerpt! </span>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328970869069471833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725461612454555883.post-50329413624652014602011-02-10T00:00:00.053-06:002011-03-08T16:29:39.934-06:00Featured Author Robert G. Pielke - Part 2<span style="color: white;"> This week, he answers some questions about his life outside of writing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: Who is your Valentine this year? Why is this person so special?</span><br />
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ROBERT: You’ll no doubt think me a shameful lout, but I’m not big on celebrating anything. When I was a kid I used to run away from the birthday parties my parents threw for me. [I lived on a 10 acre nursery in a rural/suburban community, so all I had to do was hide out in the plants and trees until someone eventually found me.]<br />
…and a detestable Scrooge, but Christmas, for me is the worst time of all. Yup, I can already hear the “bahs” and the “humbugs” floating through peoples’ minds.<br />
…and miserable creep, but I hardly even notice Valentine’s Day.<br />
…and selfish wastrel, but I can’t even think of another holiday not to participate in. <br />
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I do have and have had “special people” in my life – probably because they excuse my “anti-dayism.” :-)<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: Robert, you're not alone in your feelings. Many people feel that holidays (Valentine's Day, Christmas, etc.) are too commercialized and prefer to avoid them. So I guess that means you won't be doing anything special for Valentine’s Day, huh?></span><br />
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ROBERT: Hahahah…I guess not. However, I already do weekly surprises for several special people…<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: Why should one day matter if you're doing nice things every other day of the year? Good for you! If you could choose your ultimate Valentine’s Day gift, what would it be? Have you ever received this as a gift?</span><br />
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<img align="left" height="150" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/P-BP.jpg" />ROBERT: I don’t recall ever getting a Valentine gift. [Oh, yeah, there was that time in elementary school when everybody had to get a card and gift to be randomly distributed so that no one was left behind. But I don’t remember what I got…or gave for that matter.] But I must confess – I’ll go out to dinner for any reason and that’s kind of what I do for weekly surprises.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: One of the greatest things about the Internet is that we can connect with writers of all kinds from all over the globe so we want to know:<br />
a.) What area of the country/world are you from?</span><br />
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<img align="right" height="150" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/004.jpg" />ROBERT: Originally Baltimore, MD. Now I live in Claremont, CA<br />
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<span style="color: black;">b.)What are the average temperatures of your area?</span><br />
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ROBERT: In Baltimore the summers are pure hell on earth…with humidity to compare with the rain forests of South American and Southeast Asia. In Claremont, it’s pretty mellow all the time.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">c.) What type of clothing would most residents be wearing today?</span><br />
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ROBERT: In Baltimore, there is no fashion statement to be made. In Claremont, it’s a “hotsy-totsy” college town with all the latest gear being sported.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">d.) What tips do you have for people to “survive” the weather where you are? </span><br />
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ROBERT: In Baltimore, drink beer – the local brew being National Bohemian. In Claremont, drink California wines.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: Say you’re at a cabin in the mountains, it’s not exactly warm out and you had the option of where you wanted your hot tub to be. Would you have the hot tub inside or outside the cabin? Why? What is it that you like specifically about it being inside or outside the best? </span><br />
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ROBERT: Well, I ski and I like a hot tub outside where I can take in the scenery whilst drinking some of that wine mentioned above. [Oh, and by scenery I do mean the mountains…the literal mountains.]<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: If you could go anywhere in the world for Valentine’s Day, where would you choose to go? Why this destination over others? What’s its connection to you?</span><br />
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ROBERT: Some place where they’ve never heard of Valentine’s Day…say Vietnam or Thailand or India. I’d have a good time…I might even smile. :-)<br />
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<span style="color: black;">MLM: thanks for joining us again this week and sharing a tiny bit of your life with us!</span> <br />
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<center><span style="color: white;">Please check out Part 3 when it's posted. Thanks!</span></center>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328970869069471833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725461612454555883.post-69954540903999721082011-02-03T12:52:00.007-06:002011-03-08T16:14:00.819-06:00Featured Author - Robert G. Pielke! - Part 1<center style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I'm so lucky I managed to dodge Cupid again! <br />
He's taken over the main blog, so I'm hoping I can continue </span></center><center style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">to operate on this end of the blog without him knowing. <br />
However, I think he's getting suspicious! Yikes!<br />
Anyway, today we welcome author Robert G. Pielke! </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;"> This week, he tells us what brought him to writing.</span><br />
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<img height="250" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/pielke.jpg" /></center><br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><img align="right" height="200" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/1947thePielkes.jpg" />In the beginning (I know, that sounds a tad pretentious.) I was born in Baltimore, Maryland. My family was in the nursery business – not the kind that deals with children, the kind that deals with plants – not something I aspired to follow up with…ever. My interests always centered on ideas -- expressing them, clarifying them, thinking about them and, of course, writing about them. As it happened, many of the people in my family were in the arts, so it surprised no one that my educational choices promised no clear path to a job or to a self-sustaining career.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">At the University of Maryland, I switched my major from history, to philosophy, to political science and back again several times – so much so that I’m not really sure what major I finally wound up with. During college, however, I took a few classes in creative writing. Yup! That pretty much did it for me. Although I would return to this many years later, my beginnings as a writer began in elementary school, with my first novel! (It was one paragraph, three pages long, single-spaced, and, although I didn’t know it at the time, it was alternate history.)</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When the Viet Nam war intervened and forced me think more seriously about what I wanted to do after graduation. Along with every other student, ROTC was mandatory at that time, and I had a short stint in the Air Force in mind to fulfill my obligation. But there were many troubling questions about the legitimacy of that war, so I finally decided to continue my education first at the Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg (not to become a minister, mind you, but to use it as a cheap way to study religious thought and ideas – and as a consequence get a deferment from the draft) and then second in a Ph.D. program in social ethics at Claremont Graduate School. I finally had career in mind – teaching college.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><img align="left" height="150" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/Mission2.jpg" />My teaching career began at George Mason University where I wrote my first book, <i>You Say You Want a Revolution: Rock Music in American Culture</i>. When I was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor, I realized I was about to be stuck there for the rest of my life. Scary Scary! With the support of my family, I dumped GMU and moved back to California, taking part-time teaching jobs where I could find them (an academic bracero, if you will). I finally found a community college foolish enough to hire me full time, and that’s where I remained. I did all with the plan in mind that since I would no longer be forced to “publish academic stuff or perish” I could finally use my extra time to write what I wanted. Hah! Well, I did manage to do some free-lance movie and restaurant reviews and a few short stories, but nothing big…nothing like I wanted to do. Before retiring from teaching, I did stave off a really gigantic, mega burn-out by moving into teaching online for a few years.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><img align="right" height="150" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/htcgw.jpg" />Since then I’ve done three novels. The first was <i>Hitler the Cat Goes West</i> (a socio-political-religious satire of America’s near future), followed by <i>The Mission</i> (an alternate history novel with alien component) and now <i>A New Birth of Freedom: The Visitor</i> (the first book of a time-travel/alternate-history/first-contact trilogy). The second book is well under way. I’ve also revised and updated my book on rock music in American culture, due out later this year.</div><br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><img align="left" height="150" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Guest%20Authors/Non-Romance%20Sub-Blogs/Sci-Fi%20Coffers/Robert%20G%20Pielke/Baltimore9-2010051.jpg" />I currently live in Claremont, California where I try to swim daily, dabble with skiing once or twice a year, cook as an avocation, watch innumerable movies, collect rock and roll concert films, and am an avid devotee of Maryland crabs and Ledo’s original Pizza in College Park, MD. My favorite film is the original <i>Hairspray</i>; my favorite song is “A Day in the Life;” and I’m a firm believer in the efficacy of "sex, drugs and rock and roll." Somehow my family and friends put up with me.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have I left out anything?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Of course!! All the “juicy” stuff…the absurdities, tragedies, surprises, enigmas, failures, flaws, peccadilloes, foibles, idiosyncrasies, obsessions, and so on. I will add, however, that others have, on occasion, described me as having a “type A -- anal retentive – obsessive/compulsive personality.”</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Who are these detractors, you might ask?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, one of them is that proverbial man-in-the-mirror.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><center><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Thanks for stopping by! <br />
Tune in next week when we ask him questions about <br />
his life in and outside of writing! <br />
In the meantime, visit his website: <br />
<a href="http://www.robertgpielke.com/" style="color: #7f6000;" target="_new">www.robertgpielke.com</a></span></div></center>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328970869069471833noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725461612454555883.post-65043354210730797092011-01-26T19:14:00.001-06:002011-01-26T19:54:04.916-06:00Excitation!We're excited to announce that our first featured author on this blog will be Robert Pielke in February!!! <br />
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Stay tuned for his 4-part interview!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328970869069471833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725461612454555883.post-8630933654422637652009-10-26T14:59:00.004-05:002010-01-19T17:04:38.336-06:00Welcome!<center><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/?action=view&current=Icon.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Sleep Chamber from Alien" border="0" height="250" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Icon.jpg" /></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anime, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Lovers!</span></span></b></center><br />
<div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This section is for you. Besides Romance and YA novels, I happen to love Science Fiction and Fantasy. This is where I'll discuss books and movies that won't fall into the romance genre, but they do fall into Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and/or the Horror genre and will have an area dedicated to Anime, another love of mine.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mlmscififantasy.blogspot.com/2010/01/hard-wired.html">Hard Wired - home page for all things Sci-fi</a><br />
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</div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I plan to start with some of the following movies and TV:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This section is still under construction, but it is for those of you into horror and suspense! </span></center><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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This section is currently under construction, but our goals here will be to keep you updated on fantasy genre related news!<br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Hard%20Wired%20Pages/?action=view&current=torchwood.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="Torchwood Cast" border="0" height="250" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Hard%20Wired%20Pages/torchwood.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, this tab is finally active! What better way to start than to share with you some very interesting news being twittered about! According to Rick Porter at </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/01/fox-wants-to-import-torchwood-and-its-creator.html" target="_new">Zap 2 News and Buzz</a></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">, there are rumors that FOX is considering a U.S. version of BBC's very popular hit TV series spinoff of the </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dr. Who</i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> series, </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Torchwood</i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">! </span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Word has it that the creator, Russell T. Davies, and some of the cast, John Barrowman was mentioned, would also be involved. I hope that, instead of remaking it with different actors playing the same characters, since I do love the current cast of <i>Torchwood</i>, it's a parallel branch of Torchwood in the U.S. with different characters. Then it would be very cool to have "crossover" episodes where the Cardiff and U.S. teams have to work together. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Where to base the show out of? Well, instead of some big city in the U.S., or Roswell for that matter, I would rather see them operated out of some small town where all of the people living there are employees of Torchwood. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Why do I want some small town? Because most shows always take place in big cities and it's becoming old and commonplace. We need a show taking place in a small town that no one would expect, and thus help Torchwood keep its secrets. But that's just my opinion.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">The author of this post just returned from a long stint in China,<br />
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Some of my favorite cartoons growing up were <i>G-Force</i>, <i>Voltron</i> and <i>Transformers</i>. Yep, the <i>Transformers</i> falls into the category of Japanese anime because, well, it originated in Japan and the cartoons were made with different methods than U.S. cartoons. <br />
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So, when I began to realize that all of my original favorite cartoons, from the time I was in kindergarten through my high school years, were considered Japanese Anime, I figured there was something special here. <br />
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Didn't watch those? What about <i>Sailor Moon</i>, <i>Yugi-oh</i>, or <i>Pokemon</i>? Yeah, they're all anime series as well that can still be found in the Manga as well as on DVD today. <br />
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If you haven't watched them, you might want to take the time to sit down and watch them, so you know exactly what you're kids are watching. <br />
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DON'T say that, "They're just cartoons, same as all the others!" <br />
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Far from it. <br />
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How so? <br />
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Besides the actual sophisticated, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5725461612454555883">layered-animation style</a>, the content is very different. Sure, there are young people involved, and some slap-stick comedy from time to time, but if you really pay attention to the overall intricacies of the plotlines and the complexities of the characters, you'll find that Japanese anime is a world away from your everyday American cartoon. <br />
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In anime, there will be <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5725461612454555883">graphic displays of violence</a>, and in some rare cases <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5725461612454555883">rape or allusions to sex</a> (but they're usually part of the drama), and some versions have <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5725461612454555883">harsh language</a>. These are gritty stories told in anime format and are available in Manga as well (most of them). The language issue doesn't occur on the Japanese side, but in the English dubbed versions, so you need to be sure to get PG-13 rated versions for younger viewing audiences. <br />
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Even though you can find reviews of these all over the internet, I still plan on offering you my take on many of the different Japanese Anime that I have watched and enjoyed or not enjoyed. My goal is to help you get your feet wet, share an anime experience with your child, or choose the anime that's right for you and/or your child. <br />
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Anita Blake<br />
Blue Seed<br />
Classics<br />
Ghost in the Shell (Regular and Stand Alone Complex)<br />
<a href="http://mlmscififantasy.blogspot.com/2009/10/inuyasha.html">InuYasha</a><br />
Karas<br />
Naruto<br />
Now and Then, Here and There (newer series)<br />
Pokemon<br />
Sailor Moon<br />
Saiyuki (Original, Reload, Gunlock)<br />
Spiral (Search for the Blade Children)<br />
Transformers<br />
Voltron (entire series)<br />
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</center><center>Here's another fun topic I hope to add - Reading Anime in Another Language<br />
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Keep checking back as this list will be updated with new anime that I discover!<br />
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Updated - December 15th - I have watched up through Episode 11 of Season 8 which aired December 13th. I really like how this last season is wrapping up all the loose ends that existed at the end of season 7. The could have left it to be one of those Scooby-Doo kind of environments where no one gets older and the conflict continues, but they didn't. It's nice to see Kagome and InuYasha advance in abilities and strength. I'm also glad that Shippo won't be like the Simpsons' Maggie, the eternal child. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was elated when I discovered that InuYasha would be continued for season 8 because I felt like there was just so much left undone! <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, why InuYasha? Because it covers many different aspects of real life that people have to deal with but they're cleverly disguised in the confines of Feudal Japan. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/?action=view&current=inuyasha25.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="left" alt="InuYahsa" border="0" height="200" hspace="5" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/inuyasha25.jpg" /></a>Second aspect of real life is that InuYasha is a half-demon. Shunned by demons and disrespected because he is just a, "half-breed." His demon father, the great dog-demon, died before he was born, and his human mother died when he was very young. He grew up being an outcast wherever he was, constantly being chased by demons in their effort to rid the world of the "imperfection." For that reason, he fostered a hatred of demons. His mother's love, for the brief time he had it, kept him from hating humans, but he still remained on the outside of life. For years, he kept to himself, until a young priestess named Kikyo, caught his attention. They developed a friendship, even a relationship. However, even though he cared deeply for Kikyo, it is evident in what happens to them, that even though he learned to care about someone, he never learned to truly trust anyone. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/?action=view&current=InuyashaGroup1.png" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="Friends" border="0" height="200" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/InuyashaGroup1.png" /></a>Third aspect of real life - friends. Friendships are so important for many reasons. But for InuYasha, his friendships mean so much more because it is only through the development of these friendships that he becomes a strong fighter. He learns that it's okay to runaway if it means that everyone survives to fight another day because no fight is worth risking the life of someone he cares about. He also learns that not everyone does evil by choice. Some creatures and people are forced to do so, and they are still worth saving because everyone deserves a second chance. Along the way, Kagome and InuYasha collect Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara. But there are others they meet along the way, but these are ones that make up the core traveling party. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/?action=view&current=inuyasha2.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="left" alt="InuYasha and Kagome" border="0" height="200" hspace="5" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/inuyasha2.jpg" /></a>Fourth aspect - the difficulty of relationships when you're in high school. Kagome is only the second girl that InuYasha has ever spent time with, and at first, he only spends time with her because she can see the shards, but after awhile, it becomes more than that. They become connected in ways that neither one of them can handle. The strength of their bond excites, infuriates and scares them. Through their journey, they fight with each other, run away from each other and comfort each other. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/?action=view&current=kouga.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="Koga" border="0" height="200" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/kouga.jpg" /></a>But the fun with Kagome and InuYasha is the relationship drama that surrounds them both. First, Kikyo, InuYasha's first love, is brought back from the dead. Then Kagome meets Koga, the leader of the Wolf Demon tribe and he develops a thing for Kagome to the extent that he kidnaps her and pledges himself to her (or actually claims her as his woman) in front of his entire clan, to which she rebuffs him in front of all of them. He must really like and respect her because none of the violent fallout everyone expected did not occur. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/?action=view&current=24786_7149.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="left" alt="Hojo Akitoki" border="0" height="200" hspace="5" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/24786_7149.jpg" /></a>Not only that, but all the made up illnesses bring one of the most popular boys at Kagome's school to her doorstep - Hojo Akitoki. First he brings her all kinds of remedies from his mother's shop for her many ailments. He is so kind, sweet and utterly clueless. He actively pursues Kagome even after she tries unsuccessfully to break up with him. I say unsuccessfully because she really tried to let him know that it was okay for him to date this younger girl if he wanted to, but he took it not as a kiss off but as an indication that Kagome was jealous, which made even more in love with Kagome. To be honest, I'm not really sure how that whole thing really works out. I'm still trying to figure out if Hojo really got the clue that InuYasha was Kagome's boyfriend. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/?action=view&current=inuscratchinghisear.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="Outside Kagome's Classroom" border="0" height="200" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/inuscratchinghisear.jpg" /></a>This leads me to the fifth aspect of life - InuYasha's foray into present day Japan with Kagome. There are so many fall on the floor moments when InuYasha shows up at her school and just sits outside the classroom window looking at her. Okay, for us romantic people we might think that sounds cute, but you have to remember that he he's half dog-demon, which means he has silver dog ears, sits like a dog, scratches himself like a dog and sniffs the ground like a dog to pick up people's scents. Kagome is 15 years old - talk about an utterly embarrassing situation. InuYasha has some very fun and interesting moments in the present, but he also has some dangerous ones too. Like when Kagome and her brother Sota are in danger from an ancient mask (that had a jewel shard embedded in it and survived into the future) and it's Sota's job to bring InuYasha to the present, but he doesn't know how. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/?action=view&current=sesshomaru.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="left" alt="Sesshomaru" border="0" height="200" hspace="5" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/sesshomaru.jpg" /></a>The sixth aspect is sibling rivalry. The biggest problem in InuYasha's life, other than Naraku, is his brother, Sesshomaru. They have the same father but different mothers. Sesshomaru despises humans. My guess for this is that their father left Sesshomaru's mother for InuYasha's human mother, so Sesshomaru seems to have a lot of resentment for humans and InuYasha especially. The biggest part of their rivalry happens after Sesshomaru learns that their father leaves Tetsusaiga (a demon sword that can kill 100 demons in a single stroke) to InuYasha and Tenseiga (a demon sword that can save 100 lives in a single stroke) to Sesshomaru. The problem is, Sesshomaru is jealous because he can't wield his sword, while InuYasha can wield Tetsuseiga. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/?action=view&current=inuyashaep128.jpg" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="Cultural Festival" border="0" height="200" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/inuyashaep128.jpg" /></a>There are so many great moments but my favorite of InuYasha's adventures in the present has to be Season 6 Episodes 1 and 2. This is where Kagome has time to actually come home and spend time in school. However, it turns out that it's really a cultural festival going on and Kagome has to do all kinds of things from cooking food to singing in a choir to acting in a play. InuYasha doesn't need to worry about his appearance because many people are wearing odd costumes. This particular episode pays homage to many of the great anime that have gone before it by having people dressed as characters from anime like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon and other shows. This pair of episodes is a very comical break between the very serious battle with the Band of Seven and the next terrible incarnation from their enemy Naraku. Much of the humor comes from InuYasha's annoyance with the whole thing and his jealousy over Hojo. The play at the end is super hilarious because InuYasha is so clueless that he has no idea that he is really participating in a play and Hojo is completely clueless to the fact that there really is a live demon (that just happens to look like a giant watermelon) on stage. I will not say any more than that because I don't want to ruin the best parts! <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will warn you, if you try to search for InuYasha images and information, you have to be careful because there are all kinds of fan fiction sites and images out there because not only has it been around for some time, but it is extremely popular! A lot of the sketches you'll find are not official images but pure fan fiction. There are a lot of talented artists out there, so it can be tricky because some of them look so authentic and if you aren't an aficionado, it can be damned hard to tell fan art from the real thing. However, I did find this particular fan art quite amusing because I'm almost sure this never really happened even though we'd like to think it did. <br />
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<center style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://s613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/?action=view&current=Inuyasha___Fluffy_by_YoukaiYume.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Fluffy" border="0" height="200" src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt219/Moonlightandlace/Blog%20Gallery%20Images/Anime%20Pages/Inuyasha___Fluffy_by_YoukaiYume.jpg" /></a></center>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328970869069471833noreply@blogger.com1