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Weird? Pretty much.
Regenbogen:
Thank you for "listening" and understanding. And yes, I will do so.
Change of topic:
My kindle has said goodbye. I have tried every method I could find online to try to restart it, but there was no success. But I found an option on amazon, with which I could get 20% on a new one and 5€ for the old one, when I send it back. I did that. The new one arrived yesterday. Now I could start reading Wheel of Time, which I tried when the old one refused to start two weeks ago.
In the meanwhile, I started listening to "Die Mächte des Feuers" by Markus Heitz (translated it would mean "the powers of the fire"), the German author I wrote about a few months ago, if you remember. This is a trilogy or let's say there are 3 books, the story could be continued some time. It's about an AU in 1925 where dragons exist and practically rule the world from the shadows, but only few people know. The main character is a female pilot, who is descendent from the line of Saint George. Those descendants and others are members in some kind of religious combat order that fights dragons.
I imagine, what's fun about writing an AU is that as an author you don't have to do it historically correct. Some persons are, but there was one time I got confused, before I remembered, it was not our historical reality, when he had a British man drinking and saying "God save the Queen". At first I thought it wasn't on purpose, because very few people would actually remember anyone saying " God save the King", but in 1925 the king would have been George V. But then I realised, it was on purpose. There is an AU Queen Victoria II !
The dragon books are not the best I've ever read, but I like the idea. Sometimes they are fun to read, when it is the POV of a dragon.
Dina:
That sounds indeed fun. And yes, AU are so mind-blowing sometimes.
You reminded me a while ago when watching Murdoch Mysteries (a TV show set on Toronto around the end of the 19 century and the begining of 20. They had the death of Queen Victoria, so "God save the king" began being used and it was so weird for me. I mean, I rationally know it, but with so many things happening under Victoria or Elizabeth II, I am pretty unused to watch something with the "God save the king" line. But of course, the two wars were like that. Only I have not read/watch to much of the wars, as they depressed me. Of course, the occasional Doctor Who episode or something like that. But not much more. Oh, and things about the Enigma, which was always interesting.
RSL:
Who at Lysol counts all the germs to make sure that 999 out of every thousand is really dead?
Dina:
Ah, I love those questions ;)
(I won't touch the real explanation because it is boring)
How are you, RSL? I missed you! (((((RSL))))
I forgot to make a thread for your birthday, sorry (in my defense, hubby was in the hospital and I was staying with him. I was too tired to think properly.)
RSL:
no biggie :) ... oh, and oh yeah ... is there a germ Coroner who makes sure it was really the Lysol that killed them? What if 998 of them died of natural causes?
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