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  • Media Reviews Re: The Hunger Games

    While The Hunger Games is somehow compelling in that one does not want to put it down – one could almost liken it to a train wreck in this way ...

    Sep 27, 2010
  • Media Reviews Re: The Hunger Games

    Oh. My. Gods. You mean a story has a premise that sounds a little bit similar to another story?! Come off it. It's like saying "I don't want to read ...

    Sep 27, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is homosexuality a choice or a result of nature?

    I believe they found it a few years back. It's not literally a "gay gene", that's a simplification which is why it's in quotes. As well as I can find ...

    Sep 27, 2010
  • Media Reviews Re: The Hunger Games

    Prokaryote, it's like apples and okra. Twilight: Chronically depressed teen girl obsesses over equally obsessive, controlling vampiric boy and/or racially profiled werewolf boy. More depression and wh

    Sep 27, 2010
  • Media Reviews Re: The Hunger Games

    This series is a long-needed injection of true girl power and intelligence into young adult fiction, and I freaking love it! :smt003 :smt003 Where other YA heroines are cardboard cut-outs ...

    Sep 27, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is homosexuality a choice or a result of nature?

    If you think about this, what was the relationships between men and women before modern age? Right, females were the children bearers, they produced the children who would take over ...

    Sep 26, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Happiness Pill: Would You Take It?

    If a majority of people were on a "happiness pill", how would that effect our society? What degree of happiness would the pill provide? A continual euphoric high or simply ...

    Sep 24, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is religion good for the people/the world?

    I find it interesting that the question asked was "is religion good" and yet nearly all the answers account only for concepts found in the Big Three monotheistic faiths. All ...

    Sep 21, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The Death Penalty.

    1) "Mentally ill" doesn't just mean crazy, and it certainly isn't as narrow as psychology laws specify. Furthermore, no one just kills for the sake of it - there's always ...

    Sep 19, 2010
  • Writers Corner Re: Music while you write?

    I almost always use music. I wrote a play last semester, and couldn't even get my head into it until I'd found the playlist! Once I have an idea, finding ...

    Sep 17, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The Death Penalty.

    No, and it was a passing remark. I was pointing out that the death penalty as a deterrent doesn't work to bring down murder - your story supports this. But ...

    Sep 17, 2010
  • Writers Corner Re: I'm having a thought...

    That's my exact problem. Their origins are eluding me! Originally, I was going with that they were human, but changed somehow and now they don't consider themselves human. Their culture ...

    Sep 15, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: Help for writing boring, important bits!

    To put it simply: there should be no boring, important "bits". Providing the reader with essential worldbuilding info can be tricky. My first question for you is about your world ...

    Sep 15, 2010
  • Writers Corner Re: I'm having a thought...

    ...about elves. (I'm hoping this is the right place for this.) In long ages past, a friend and I wrote a Lord of the Rings story over 3 years. It ...

    Sep 13, 2010
  • Welcome Mat Re: Breaking the lurking habit...I hope

    Elinor and Yuriiko, I adore Hunger Games! Hardcore. It's such unflinching and complex teen literature, and that's what I find so inspiring about it! Plus, it gives us archers a ...

    Sep 13, 2010


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