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Blue_Adept

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5. Yup. It's one of the earliest usernames I used way, way back in the early usenet days

Reply to FSogol (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 9, 2018, 11:22 AM

Feb 2018

And it stuck here and just here since I use my real name elsewhere. I grew up reading the Piers Anthony works (and I know they must look horribly awful today in a lot of ways since they were recognizably terrible in those same ways then) but there's a nostalgia to it since they were some of my first "grown up" books I read as a tween.

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To my secret admirers (you know who you are) [View all] FSogol Feb 2018 OP

Here's another for you, FSogol PJMcK Feb 2018 #1

Thanks. Hope you have a great weekend too. n/t FSogol Feb 2018 #3

It's always surprising Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #2

Your avatar is recognizable. FSogol Feb 2018 #4

Yup. It's one of the earliest usernames I used way, way back in the early usenet days Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #5

Split Infinty and the 1st couple of Xanth books were great fun. FSogol Feb 2018 #6

Yeah, the more they went on the harder they were to deal with Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #10

I only read the Pale Horse book from the Incarnations series*. Are the rest worth reading? FSogol Feb 2018 #12

I haven't read them in years so I don't know how well they hold up Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #13

I've been here forever too. GreenEyedLefty Feb 2018 #9

Once we went through the big change years ago between DU versions Blue_Adept Feb 2018 #11

I lurked for about a year before joining. I've never looked back. FSogol Feb 2018 #14

Spring training begins in 5 days. Kingofalldems Feb 2018 #7

I'd feel better if we had a catcher, but looking forward to the season. n/t FSogol Feb 2018 #8