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striplingrz
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I've finally gotten my hands on "Wyrms" (at the local library branch no less)... I must say, it was a bit 'weird' in the beginning, but has really picked up steam for me to this point. As usual OSC handles characters and moral implications like no other... Anyway, I'm wondering exactly how the title should be pronounced. I read it as , duh, 'worms', but I'm thinking that may not be correct as there is actually a reference to that ground-dweller in some of the descriptions. So is it "worms" or something else?
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I think its worms.
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It's German, so it should be pronounced V-er-ms.

Edit:

I'm being completely sarcastic.

[ March 18, 2007, 02:02 PM: Message edited by: SteveRogers ]

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lol
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Finished the book... pretty darn good. Seemed a bit rushed at the end, but satisfying nonetheless.
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I remember when I first read the book, it was a paperback, and the cover was loose. So, I just left it off while I read it. I never noticed who the author was. I was not a SF fan, but my wife had given me the book after she read it with a neighborhood book club. When I finished it, I decided that the author must certainly be Greek, or at the very least Greek-American. I found the cover, and was astounded to find that one of my favorite "western-americana" authors (with no known Greek background at all) had written a fine Si-Fi.
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The second issue of the Wyrms comic adaptation comes out today. Check it out at your local comic book shop!
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I say "Werms" (a little different from "worms.") But eeeew. That is the one OSC book I never recommend.
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quote:
Originally posted by Artemisia Tridentata:
I remember when I first read the book, it was a paperback, and the cover was loose. So, I just left it off while I read it. I never noticed who the author was. I was not a SF fan, but my wife had given me the book after she read it with a neighborhood book club. When I finished it, I decided that the author must certainly be Greek, or at the very least Greek-American. I found the cover, and was astounded to find that one of my favorite "western-americana" authors (with no known Greek background at all) had written a fine Si-Fi.

Your wife?

You're not a girl?

Oh, boy, guess that's one for the gender-confusion thread. Sorry. [Blushing]

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Artemisia Tridentata
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No, I am a grey headed old Scoutmaster from the middle of the Desert. Artemisia Tridentata is the botanical name for Sage Brush.
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But it sounds so girly.
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Have you ever tried to snuggle up to one?
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I've always pronounced it worms, but sometimes I say werms.
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I'm not hearing the difference.
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