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i ain't rite
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the only day i would even consider wearin a "skirt" is saint patty's day. 
and even then, i won't. i don't care what George says, me thinks me legs is too hairy.
and even then, i won't. i don't care what George says, me thinks me legs is too hairy.
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Haven't you ever played dressup?
I put on the doctors outfit and you put on the nurses uniform
I put on the doctors outfit and you put on the nurses uniform
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I don't have "Ayla", but I do have 2), 3), and 4). Since I was first introduced to them, I have collected them wherever I found one of them.
I count them among my prized posessions.
It's a story woven (oddly enough) around prehistoric people and the environment in the interglacial period when very primitive tools were the rule. Flint knapping was one of the HIGH TECHNOLOGIES of the day, people were spread out in tribes, clans, and "Caves" across what is now Europe, and the central characters are a young lady named Ayla who was adopted by a tribe of proto-humans, and a young man (Jondalar, of the Zelandonii) from the opposite end of the continent who set out on a 'journey' and eventually mates with her in the sense of forming a lifetime bond.
This series is one of the finest researched projects I have ever read, and is rich in survival lore, philosophy, suspense, mystery, romance, adventure, geographic and anthropologic detail. It is extremely well written, the characters, their relationships and interactions, the overall BELIEVABILITY of the entire tale are profound. It makes a world that existed thousands of years ago come to life in a way you would have to read in order to understand fully...
I didn't know a film had been made, I hope it even began to do it justice. That would be hard to imagine even from an epic length movie - it's impossible to fit that much detail into a couple of hours of screenplay.
The continent as it was then is covered end to end in all of its variety. I would have to say that it is as if James Michener had written not just one book - but an interconnected series all on the same theme. The journey of Jondalar until he meets Ayla is the first half of the series. Their journey back to Jondalars people is the second - and the richness and depth of the tale increases as the series continues.
No matter who you are, I think you'll find a piece of yourself in it somewhere - and that is the mark of a true story teller.
YOU WANT THESE BOOKS
They are enchanting...
(He states, simply)
~Dutch J.
15 january, 2009
I count them among my prized posessions.
It's a story woven (oddly enough) around prehistoric people and the environment in the interglacial period when very primitive tools were the rule. Flint knapping was one of the HIGH TECHNOLOGIES of the day, people were spread out in tribes, clans, and "Caves" across what is now Europe, and the central characters are a young lady named Ayla who was adopted by a tribe of proto-humans, and a young man (Jondalar, of the Zelandonii) from the opposite end of the continent who set out on a 'journey' and eventually mates with her in the sense of forming a lifetime bond.
This series is one of the finest researched projects I have ever read, and is rich in survival lore, philosophy, suspense, mystery, romance, adventure, geographic and anthropologic detail. It is extremely well written, the characters, their relationships and interactions, the overall BELIEVABILITY of the entire tale are profound. It makes a world that existed thousands of years ago come to life in a way you would have to read in order to understand fully...
I didn't know a film had been made, I hope it even began to do it justice. That would be hard to imagine even from an epic length movie - it's impossible to fit that much detail into a couple of hours of screenplay.
The continent as it was then is covered end to end in all of its variety. I would have to say that it is as if James Michener had written not just one book - but an interconnected series all on the same theme. The journey of Jondalar until he meets Ayla is the first half of the series. Their journey back to Jondalars people is the second - and the richness and depth of the tale increases as the series continues.
No matter who you are, I think you'll find a piece of yourself in it somewhere - and that is the mark of a true story teller.
YOU WANT THESE BOOKS
They are enchanting...
(He states, simply)
~Dutch J.
15 january, 2009
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Last thing on earth you want to do is tell a scott he's wearing a skirt. GOD help you if you do - you'd be better off telling him his parents were brothers.... 
(AT least you'd die fast)
(AT least you'd die fast)
