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Hey everyone! My name's Kelly and I'm a freshman at Bowling Green State University (hence my username). I first got into OSC when we were required to read Ender's Shadow my sophmore year of high school. Since then I've almost completed the Shadow series and am still working on some of OSC's other books. I've sorta been lurking around here for the past four years and now I've finally gotten the courage to post. I feel its very refreshing to come to a forum where most everyone has something intelligent or interesting to contribute. Anyway I just wanted to make my presence known and now I should probably turn in for the night seeing as how I have a 9:30 AM class (*yawn*). I look forward to reading your comments.
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I'll say welcome as well. I'll also say I had a friend who (I'm fairly certain) went to Bowling Green for at least a while. I think he transferred due to program availability or something. That may be tangential in itself, but I thought it was something worth mentioning.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Hatrack! Where people come to dance the night away and live their fantasies...ahem...I'm sorry, I get a little carried away sometimes.
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Welcome to Hatrack. I like that she thinks that "everyone" here has something intelligent or interesting to contribute. Posts: 21898 | Registered: Nov 2004
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Hey, I was a newcomer yesterday. It was a horrifying experience. Not knowing whether you're going to be accepted by the cool kids. Anyways, now that I'm confident in my own standing here, welcome to Hatrack. It's good to have a new new kid.
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Hi there! Congratulations for taking the plunge. . . I suspect the longer you lurk first the harder it is. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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when you hit 2k you aren't a newbie, when you are real, you aren't a newbie, when well when you ask if you're still a newbie, you are.
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I've never been worshipped on hatrack before, maybe i need to work on this (oh rhaegar the fool where are you?)
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I'm new too. I've been lurking for a while (a different time zone from most posters means that discussions had moved on before I got the chance to add anything relevant).
I decided it was about time to jump in, posting when I can.
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Strange how Ender's Shadow could be the gateway novel into OSC. You mean you haven't read Ender's Game yet? That's required reading around here. Posts: 5957 | Registered: Oct 2001
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Actually yeah, I have read Ender's Game, but not because it was required reading. I actually read Ender's Game right after reading Ender's Shadow.
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It's hard to imagine enjoying Ender's Shadow without having already read Ender's Game, but I guess it's possible. For me, Ender's Shadow was like "Cool, the same story from Bean's point of view."
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BGgurl - Are you, by any chance, on the rugby team? We (UofM) are going to be playing you guys in October.
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Tante, as JenniK says Kettricken comes from Robin Hobb's trilogies. There are three, the Farseer trilogy, the Liveships trilogy and the Tawny man trilogy.
All three are well worth reading - I started with the Liveships although the Farseer was written first. Either of those can be read first as they are separate although set in the same world (different places). The Tawny Man has to be read last as it ties the other two together.
I highly recommend them.
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