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WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll

This fascinating series is a combination of historical seafaring, swashbuckling adventure, and high technological science-fiction. Join us in a discussion!

Thirsk is shot do you believe it is:

1) part of an elaborate escape.
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14%
2) death of another beloved character to make the series not war porn.
16
19%
3) something even sneaker by RFC.
58
67%
 
Total votes : 86

Re: WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll
Post by Charybdis   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 6:40 pm

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TN4994 wrote:
n7axw wrote:Which would be sneakier: for this to turn up a dream for Thirsk or for our beloved author having set up his loyal fans with that snippet about Hektor in LAMA to now have this turn out to be an actual assasination?

The thing with sneaky is that you can't predict how it will go...

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Re: WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll
Post by McGuiness   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 6:49 pm

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Randomiser wrote:On the gripping hand, it says a whole lot about our author, and the posters, that option three is winning by a country mile!
Based on how often I see the quote "on the gripping hand" I have to wonder how many in this forum have read "The Mote in God's Eye."

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Re: WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll
Post by 6L6   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:01 pm

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I think that this bunch has read most of the si-fi out there.
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Re: WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll
Post by DrakBibliophile   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:13 pm

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Nope, the Dallas ploy would be if the book following HFQ revealed that the events in HFQ were all a dream. :twisted: :twisted:

On the other hand, authors have often used a "bad dream" scene to show that a character was extremely stressed out and of course Thirsk could reasonable be stressed out by events later in HFQ. :) :)

TN4994 wrote:
n7axw wrote:Which would be sneakier: for this to turn up a dream for Thirsk or for our beloved author having set up his loyal fans with that snippet about Hektor in LAMA to now have this turn out to be an actual assasination?

The thing with sneaky is that you can't predict how it will go...

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Re: WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll
Post by Draken   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:27 pm

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It could be a way to escape. If he was shoot dangerously, but not deadly and he met Merlin before he could escape easily. After he is shoot, he would be taken into his family estate and from there Merlin would grab him. It should be easy and we have reasons for something like that in LAMA he was thinking about escaping from Dohlar, but he was worried about his family. Merlin could solve his problem with family, arrange another fake attack and transport mission, similar to one which picked up Irys and Daivyn.
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Re: WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll
Post by McGuiness   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:32 pm

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DrakBibliophile wrote:Nope, the Dallas ploy would be if the book following HFQ revealed that the events in HFQ were all a dream. :twisted: :twisted:
Ack! Can you imagine how upset we'd be to wait for an entire year for the next book to be published, only to find out the entire thing was a dream?

Drak, I miss the days of your snerk collar, since we could occasionally get a hint of what was actually going to happen from you, however inadvertent your revelations. RFC is utterly unscrupulous in his comments and out of context "snippets!" ;)

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Post by TN4994   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:57 pm

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McGuiness wrote:
Randomiser wrote:On the gripping hand, it says a whole lot about our author, and the posters, that option three is winning by a country mile!
Based on how often I see the quote "on the gripping hand" I have to wonder how many in this forum have read "The Mote in God's Eye."

You need a yes/no poll section.
I've read it.
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Re: WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll
Post by TN4994   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 8:10 pm

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McGuiness wrote:
DrakBibliophile wrote:Nope, the Dallas ploy would be if the book following HFQ revealed that the events in HFQ were all a dream. :twisted: :twisted:
Ack! Can you imagine how upset we'd be to wait for an entire year for the next book to be published, only to find out the entire thing was a dream?

Drak, I miss the days of your snerk collar, since we could occasionally get a hint of what was actually going to happen from you, however inadvertent your revelations. RFC is utterly unscrupulous in his comments and out of context "snippets!" ;)

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Re: WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll
Post by Duckk   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 8:30 pm

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McGuiness wrote:Drak, I miss the days of your snerk collar, since we could occasionally get a hint of what was actually going to happen from you, however inadvertent your revelations. RFC is utterly unscrupulous in his comments and out of context "snippets!" ;)


I don't know about Drak, but I find the speculation in the snippet topics hilarious. :twisted:
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Re: WARNING HFQ SPOILER! Thrisk minnisnippet poll
Post by pokermind   » Sun Dec 14, 2014 9:39 pm

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No doubt so does runforcelery, Duckk. But fair isfir we entertain each other he with his snippets us with our speculation.

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Duckk wrote:
McGuiness wrote:Drak, I miss the days of your snerk collar, since we could occasionally get a hint of what was actually going to happen from you, however inadvertent your revelations. RFC is utterly unscrupulous in his comments and out of context "snippets!" ;)


I don't know about Drak, but I find the speculation in the snippet topics hilarious. :twisted:
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