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UA: Pellicool Street?

dicc...@yahoo.com (Tamar Lindsay) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 03:14:42 UT

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In the beginning of UA, we see a nervous guard at the museum
(fairly obvious allusion to Night At The Museum) who, after his
singular experience there, gets a job in Pellicool street at a

Re: a short SPOILER note about UA

dicc...@yahoo.com (Tamar Lindsay) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 03:29:40 UT

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<snip>
I like that. It works. If so, then perhaps Ridcully's mother married

Re: a short SPOILER note about UA

ralt...@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 15:53:41 UT

Ah. No, that's Ridcully's _grand_father. Who "was a very gentle man, I
understand. Made musical boxes for a living, very delicate, won awards
for them. ... Never met him, unfortunately", as Mustrum himself says.
So, yes, it's quite possible that he was a very good musical box maker
(a trade in which, I imagine, the very best can make quite a bit of

Re: Nation title question

raymond.da...@ntlworld.com (Raymond Daley) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 15:45:44 UT

Made me chuckle, gracias ;-)
Brightened up an otherwise crappy day.
Have a virtual hug or beer, whatever your preference.

Re: Nation title question

vu...@vulch.org (Anthony Frost) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 15:10:06 UT

In message <72863398-5718-42cf-b6d7-365ed 907f...@y24g2000yqb.googlegrou ps.com>
> started thinking that Terry's Nation
"But there were no Daleks!"
I should click through newsgroups a bit slower maybe... :-)
Anthony

Re: Nation title question

ca...@wrhpv.com (Carol Hague) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 14:54:03 UT

In fairness, a spellcheck wouldn't have caught the bird/birth error in
any case.
And I get the impression that he may not have English as his first
language, so perhaps we could cut him a little slack?
Well, Nation, is, to an extent, about the birth of a new Nation from the
wreckage (literal and figurative) of the old, so I can see where he's

Re: Nation title question

jameskuy...@verizon.net (James Kuyper) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 13:25:01 UT

I think you mean "Birth of a Nation"? With atrocious spelling like
yours, you really need to use a spell checker.
Do you have any reason to think so, other than the fact that both titles
share the word "Nation"? That's not a very significant connection, and I
can't see any others.

Nation title question

kormac...@gmail.com (Kormaciek) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 01:25:15 UT

Hi, guys! Me Kor ane me have question :)
Ok, jokes over, I do really have a question, film related to be true.
Just a couple of minutes ago I was googling web in the search of the
first first miovies that was even made. What I've found thanks to
google was an avesome article on University of Minnesota website page

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edelme...@gmail.com (sebi) — Wed, 12 Dec 2009 07:06:11 UT

Ah well.

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Re: [I] Shelob was Review of UA on Tor.com

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Re: Guardan Book Club - Unseen Academicals

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