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0|0|0|||1||The Empty Chair|E_M_Lurker||22:16:28|12/01/2006|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-01-06 AT 11:06 PM (EST)]The one thing James T. Kirk has always wanted%2C even more than the captain%27s chair%2C is admiralty.  Not of a desk%2C but of a fleet.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow he has it.  The catch -- it%27s a %5Bi%5DRomulan%5B%2Fi%5D fleet%2C in rebellion against the Empire.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is the big one%2C people.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%22This is the Free Rihannsu world of Artaleirh.  We are the tool of no Empire anymore%2C and the toy of no Senate.  We are our own world under our own sky%2C and we now take that sky back to ourselves%2C in arms with those who know what freedom is worth%2C and those who will help us be slaves no more.  Live or die%2C we have nothing more to say to you%2C tools in the hands of tyrants%21%22%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Kirk has just given his crew the option of debarking and returning to Federation space%2C rather than be involved in the most extreme tweaking of orders he%27s ever managed.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%22Captain%2C%22 Sulu said%2C %22we %5Bb%5Dhave%5B%2Fb%5D been talking%2C some of us.%22 The voice sounded a little shamefaced.  %22We thought -- %22%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DHere it comes.%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%22 -- that we should give you something%2C just so that you understood our feelings.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ASulu turned to Chekov%2C standing in the crowd behind him%2C and then the pair of them stepped out of the crowd%2C holding something in their arms.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey unfolded it%2C shook it out.  Black%2C with a flash of white in it%2C settling as Sulu and Chekov grabbed the upper corners and held the silken shimmer of the thing up to show it.%0D%0A%0D%0ABlack silk.  A skull%2C white. Crossed white bones underneath it.%0D%0A%0D%0AJim%2C very slowly%2C began to smile.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28...%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Mr. Sulu%2C Mr. Chekov%2C put that thing away.  For now.%22%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AMassive fleet engagements%2C political intrigue%2C exploding suns%2C and a round of tournament Fizzbin played with a Tarot deck.  The book is for you.  Go.  Read.  %5Bi%5DNow%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A--The Evil Midnight Lurker what Lurks at Midnight%0D%0A%22An object at rest--CANNOT BE STOPPED%21%21%21%22
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A The Empty Chair|BlackAeronaut||02:19:02|12/02/2006|Diane Duane is a very evil woman.  That said%2C I must have this book as much as I crave teh next BGC%3ATIA.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bhr%5D%5Bfont size%3D%222%22 face%3D%22Arial Narrow%22%5D%5Bb%5DBlack Aeronaut Technologies%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0ACreative aerospace solutions for the discerning spacer%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%22To the commissary we should go%2C%22 Yoda declared firmly.  %22News of this kind a danish requires.%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
2|2|1|||||RE%3A The Empty Chair|jadmire||21:03:25|12/09/2006|Diane Duane is evil%3F That I hadn%27t heard before.%0D%0A%0D%0ANonetheless%2C I am halfway through devouring %5Bi%5DThe Empty Chair%5B%2Fi%5D at this writing. I understand why Gryphon didn%27t want to deal with having to write up the %22space Welsh%22%2C as he calls Duane%27s version of the Romulans - imagine trying to write the galaxy%27s longest word%21 - but I like her ideas anyway.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Joe-%0D%0A%0D%0AP.S. And am I ever glad she got away from the New Age sermon she called %5Bi%5DThe Wounded Sky%5B%2Fi%5D. 
3|3|2|||1||RE%3A The Empty Chair|BlackAeronaut||21:21:22|12/12/2006|Wounded sky wasn%27t so bad.  Besides%2C when dealing with the birth of a new universe%2C existensialism%28sp%3F%29 comes with the package.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bhr%5D%5Bfont size%3D%222%22 face%3D%22Arial Narrow%22%5D%5Bb%5DBlack Aeronaut Technologies%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0ACreative aerospace solutions for the discerning spacer%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%22To the commissary we should go%2C%22 Yoda declared firmly.  %22News of this kind a danish requires.%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D