Yeah, I think the general consensus is that it gets worse after Speaker for the Dead (I never read Ender in Exile.). Violamum and Googfyclan seem to...

Finished the Ender Quartet yesterday. Glad it's over. I think I should probably have stopped with Ender's Game, though there is a very moving bit at...

I remember being very disappointed when Book 10 of the Ranger's Apprentice series was slanted to be the last one. It ended with all the characters on...

Hmm, I didn't have a problem with the ending to the Hunger Games as far as I remember. The ending to Susan Kay's retelling of the Phantom of the Oper...

You gonna tell us which series? Or would that be too spoilery?

Hey Hans, what does Cfr mean? I think sth means 'something', but spelling things out helps! Thanks.

Hmm, maybe I'm confused. I thought the Arabian Nights were polytheistic (which is why I called them pre-Islamic). But it's been decades since I read...

This is all far beyond me. I just assumed the Calormenes were meant to be reminiscent of the Pre-Islamic Arabic culture found in 1,001 Nights.

Congratulations! Goodness, what pictures!

People can eat acorn meal if prepared properly to remove the bitterness 😉

Oak tree dryads are mentioned, and we know squirrels have a stash, presumably including acorns. That's the best evidence I have for food-bearing tree...

Glad you like it. 🙂

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Arguably, some dryads /are/ part of the agricultural system, if they bear fruit or nuts. You don't have to grow them yourself, just ask the plants th...