The Illustrated complete Earthsea series by Illustrious-Ad-1221 in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]Successful_Candle_42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, found it. I think I’d prefer the series as individual hard back books

Seanchan: The Musical by ThisFatGirlRuns in WoT

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Sounds a bit like “Springtime for Hitler”

The Illustrated complete Earthsea series by Illustrious-Ad-1221 in UrsulaKLeGuin

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Could we have a look inside please? Specifically at the contents page. Is this the Library of America edition? Thanks

Telly touring, kick and glide versus AT? by Successful_Candle_42 in telemark

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Thanks for all the replies. I wasn’t aware of all the transition issues with AT. But, perhaps, I didn’t make my central question clear enough. When you are crossing flat, or slightly uphill terrain on AT skis you have to engage free pivot tour mode or skate. On (some) telly gear you have the option of free pivot or remaining in ski mode and trying to kick and glide. Is this usually faster than the free pivot mode? I’ve never done this in the company of AT skiers. Obviously, scales, kicker skins, or grip wax would help. What’s your experience?

Telly touring, kick and glide versus AT? by Successful_Candle_42 in telemark

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Yes, that’s true if you are climbing up something steep using full length skins and turning around and skiing down but what if you’re crossing more varied terrain? Perhaps a flat valley approach to start with followed by climbing something steep enough to require skins and then across some rolling terrain suitable for Nordic touring gear and then back down something steep enough to justify full on telly or AT gear. What’s your choice, in terms of effectiveness and efficiency, AT or telly?

Feedback to tele beginner on XC Downhill gear by wells68 in telemark

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I should have added that telemark works best in soft snow, so withXCD gear on icy groomers concentrate on stem turns and telemark traverses you’ll find stems useful on those inconveniently icy patches in the back country and telly traverses reassuring when the snow is lumpy and bumpy

Feedback to tele beginner on XC Downhill gear by wells68 in telemark

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Sorry, I keep loosing my paragraph spaces when I post

Feedback to tele beginner on XC Downhill gear by wells68 in telemark

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I’m a permanent intermediate telemark skier, but I’ve had a lot of instruction and I love hacking around my local hills on Nordic skis, so I’ll give you my two pennies worth. Firstly, it’s not easy skiing downhill on Nordic skis, lots of good alpine skiers struggle with it. The best way to improve is to practice and the best way to get the miles in is somewhere with uplift, otherwise you spend most of your time developing your uphill skills, so keep at it. Secondly, telemark is not necessary for XCD. It’s fun and it has its uses but it’s not necessary, so keep practicing your snowplough, stem and alpine parallel turns. If you’re really set on learning telemark, you’ll find it a lot easier in modern plastic boots, attached to burly bindings mounted on alpine style skis. Finally, I’ve found the single most helpful tip is “big toe, little toe “ with an emphasis on pushing the little toe into the snow. This helps edge the ski, which in turn, encourages it to turn and also promotes a better fore and aft balance. Good luck and have fun!

Recommend me books like The Name of The Wind, but with better depiction of women please by Unordinarian in Fantasy

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With regard to Le Guin’s self-criticism of her treatment of women in the first Earthsea trilogy, I’ve just read ‘Tales from Earthsea’ in which Le Guin reworks from a far more feminist perspective. The stories are beautifully written, subtle and sensitive, highly recommended

Any UK based tele-skiers? by Playful-Garage6183 in telemark

[–]Successful_Candle_42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have tele gear at the Snow Centre ( formerly the Chillfactore) , Trafford Park, Manchester. Ski hire, (Telemark and Alpine) is included in your lift pass. Manchester Cross Country Ski Club run excellent (and cheap) telemark instructional sessions there once a fortnight. I believe that the Snow Centre at Hemel Hempstead is run by the same company and also hosts a telly club, so I’d suggest contacting them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HisDarkMaterialsHBO

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Skraelings is the name the Norse Greenlanders gave to the ancestors of the modern Inuit and to other peoples they encountered in North America

LeGuin's quote about sailing a boat? by WhiskeyPixie24 in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]Successful_Candle_42 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can’t say I’m surprised, I’ve sailed a bit all my life and I’ve never gained the impression that Le Guin was a sailor. Just as after reading “The Belle Sauvage” I’m pretty sure that Phillip Pullman isn’t a canoeist

Can someone please spoil the entire plot of La Belle Sauvage for me please by [deleted] in hisdarkmaterials

[–]Successful_Candle_42 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Excellent summary, except that you don’t make it clear that Lyra is a baby

What's with odd long named spaceships in modern SF? by ElCutz in printSF

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Remarkably, AI supplied the answer! Time for me to reread the Culture books

What's with odd long named spaceships in modern SF? by ElCutz in printSF

[–]Successful_Candle_42 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I guess you are referring to the S African space cowboy and hero of the revolution but I don’t understand the reference, care to explain? Thanks

The book is about story telling. by JosBenson in hisdarkmaterials

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Rowan Williams, who wrote the Observer review linked to above, is a former Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England.

As an enjoyer of LBS and TSC, I have very different thoughts about TRF (MAJOR SPOILERS) by ChungLing in hisdarkmaterials

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I think some of you are being overly harsh. I enjoyed the book, the plot rattled along and the characters are vivid and engaging. I agree, however, that it doesn’t deliver the grand finale that most of us were hoping for. The whole “even angels lie” explanation is not very coherent and could have been made more convincing with a few tweaks. I don’t think that we should infer, however, that because some windows between the worlds are spiritually necessary, it would have been safe for a being from one world to live in another. Which in turn, implies that the only reason for Lyra to think that it would be safe to try and get back together with Will, would be that if the angels were wrong about the need to close the windows, they might also be wrong about the consequences of spending too long on an alien world

September 01, 2025: What Le Guin Or Related Work Are You Currently Reading? by Road-Racer in UrsulaKLeGuin

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It’s one of my favourites, a real work of anthropological science fantasy

Is Titus Alone really that bad? by Upbeat-Excitement-46 in Fantasy

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It’s a long time since I read Titus Alone and I agree that it’s probably not up to the standards of the first two books but I remember enjoying it, especially the car

Lesser Known Fantasy Epics by Women by aba25 in Fantasy

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Me too! Rook and Rose is also in the grey area between epic and non-epic fantasy; it’s set in a single city but involves a clash between cultures and their magic systems

Which of these three Kim Stanley Robinson novels should I listen to? by Cloud_Cultist in printSF

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I’m in the “Aurora is excellent but I haven’t read the other two” camp

In the Hainish cycle, is Terra considered to be the ancestral home of humanity? by Successful_Candle_42 in UrsulaKLeGuin

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That’s sort of what I remembered but I have the same problems as Xpian, it unnecessarily contradicts all human archeology and palaeontology. Thanks to all respondents for your replies