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    OMG! Goosebump stuff to watch. Thanks @Myr
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    Lol - almost perfect. I'm envious (but only slightly) of my sister in Perth WA where the moon is just now rising so they have the Super moon effect as well as the total eclipse. Yep! The sky is clear as clear and the moon is now an eerie dark red and I've been watching through my binoculars. Amazingly, the total eclipse lasts a whole hour and in a few minutes reaches what they call maximum eclipse - so I'm heading out again.
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    Oh No! I've just learnt that one of the all time great fantasy authors has died. Ursula K Le Guin bewitched my mind with the beautiful imagery and ideas of her Earthsea series. Time and again I have re-read these wonderful stories and now the next re-read will have an extra poignancy. The sadness of loss when a great creator leaves us is tempered by the magical idea that part of them will stay forever with us through their work.
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    lol - you've got some wonderful reading ahead of you Myr. M L's Urban Fantasy stuff you mentioned is brilliant (I reckon) and that links to similar stuff by Tanya Huff ('Blood' Series) and the wonderful worlds of Charles de Lint.
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    Five or six weeks ago I read Mercedes Lackey's Collegium Chronicles - somehow I missed this particular Valdemar series - and a reference somewhere in one of the books caused me to pull my copy of Magic's Pawn from my bookshelf to check something. Result! A re-read of all three. You might like to have a try at Diane Duane's 'The Door Into Fire'. Like Mercedes Lackey, she had no hesitation in publishing mainstream fantasy novels featuring gay characters as the main protagonists. And also like M L, they are characters who grab your heartstrings (IMHO)
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    BEST WISHES FOR A GREAT DAY!
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    Thanks Carlos, As usual always, 'Ask An Author' gives us that extra bit of insight into the people behind the names.
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    HAVE A GREAT DAY!
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    Leonard Cohen.
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    I've just finished a run of three Wodehouse books - 'Meet Mr Mulliner' and two of the 'Jeeves' series.
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    HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU YOU!!!
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    Yep! Fully understood. - that's why I said 'intenders' Here's the link to the article where I found the info http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-09/same-sex-couples-lodge-intention-to-marry/9243036
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    And the Governor General signed it in the next day. Evidently there's a queue of intenders outside the Sydney registry office today.
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    HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
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    I just finished re-reading Leslie Charteris' 'Enter the Saint'. I love the way Charteris plays with words and descriptions.
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    Here's a neat little quiz which I think many GA members will enjoy: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-06/are-you-guilty-of-getting-these-common-phrases-wrong/9111628 I particularly had a chuckle at the 'nip it in the butt' question.
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    HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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    ALL THE BEST FOR A GREAT DAY!!
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    BEST WISHES FOR A GREAT DAY!!!
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    Reading Mercedes Lackey's Collegium chronicles has prompted me to start on a re-read of her 'Magic' trilogy.
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    Oops! Sorry Graeme - I didn't think of this in political terms.
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    Wonderful news for marriage equality in Australia with an emphatic 'yes' result for the Australia wide plebiscite. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-15/same-sex-marriage-australia-says-yes-to-ssm/9150344 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-15/live-blog-same-sex-marriage-survey-results-ssm/9134066
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    HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
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