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Finucane
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Re: So how many books will there be again?
Posted: 24 Sep 06 4:47 AM
Em Cee:

Not self-promotion, old chap, humor, nothing more than humor. 

But we aren't the first authors to mention themselves in their works.  In Act II of "Don Giovanni" Mozart (or Lorenzo DaPonte, his librettist) makes a reference to "The Marriage of Figaro," and of course you all must be familiar with General Stanley's aria in Act I of "The Pirates of Penzance," where he sings, "Then I can hum a fuge of which I've heard the music's din afore / And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense, 'Pinafore'."  You know, we've written over a million words in this series thusfar so I think we've earned the right to inject a little humor into our stuff from time to time, wouldn't you agree?  Well, maybe not, but we do need something every once in a while to relieve the tension of all these scenes of battle, slaughter, betrayal, and destruction.  Otherwise we'd be crazier than we already are as Vietnam vets.

When I was a boy I invented a character, Baron von Misthaufen, based on Professor Challenger, I admit, who'd go around debunking various mysteries and having all kinds of adventures.  Even today J. B. Post sometimes refers to me as "the Baron."  Well, when I finally got to Germany I told one of my German colleagues about the "Baron" and he immediately dubbed me "Baron von Scheissheim."

Yrs, truly,
BvM
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Re: So how many books will there be again?
Posted: 25 Sep 06 12:02 AM
makes me wanna learn german now!
Finucane
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Re: So how many books will there be again?
Posted: 26 Sep 06 4:56 AM
Learning a foreign language is always a worthy project but when we meet at a con someday I'll just tell you where to look for the in-jokes.
Teufel Panzer MK4
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Re: So how many books will there be again?
Posted: 27 Sep 06 9:12 PM

 eric_bean34 wrote
makes me wanna learn german now!

Tja, du willst meine sprechen gelenrt? Phaagh. Es ist besser dann Franzoish, Ich sag'.

I love German!
BOS13
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Re: So how many books will there be again?
Posted: 27 Sep 06 9:46 PM Modified By BOS13 on 9/27/2006 9:46:50 PM)
Ja, Deutsch ist besser.  Ich habe nur eins Jahre hinter mir, aber es ist spass. 

I know I probably butchered spellings and grammar, but like I tried to say there, I've only got a year of it behind me.
"Border line, dead inside, I don't mind, falling to pieces, Count me in, violent, Let's begin, feeding the sickness, How do I simplify Dislocate--The enemy's on the way"
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