Pocket Frogs Trading Thread

[lisianne]

Originally Posted by chsn143

Personally, I'm not really into non-fiction. I've got enough real life issues, I don't need to read about anymore. I like reading as a way to escape from reality for a while.

That's why my favorite genre, since I was younger & loved fairy tales, has been sci-fi. Gorged myself on Asimov & Bradbury but reveled in Heinlein, Ellison plus a few others I can't recall off the top of my head. Like you, real life is often all the reality I need. One exception: the necessity to know the larger world as brought to me by a daily newspaper & online news sites/papers/blogs/posts, podcasts, etc.

[AndiNZ1970]

Originally Posted by lisianne

Much more true with his early stories a la Carrie which I disliked. The one I read last, The Dome, was more a microcosm of the world we live in with the underlying theme of what happens when we pollute our world & peopled with characters with the same human flaws (minus the addiction to PF) we all have, like greed, selfishness, etc. As an author King has evolved over the many years & was probably changed significantly by his brush with death & long recovery.

Very true. Though even Under the Dome got gory at times - there was the kid with the brain tumour killing people, graphic descriptions of what happened when the dome came down, etc.

But overall, his later work is much more subtle, and he used to be quite weak at endings; much better now.

[llurgy]

Lol.......i luv to read fiction. I dont like classics, like the phorensic and detective kinda books from Kathy Reichs and Scarpetta.......
but really enjoy all the vampire, werewolf,faerie stuff that has appeared over the last couplaa years. Charlene Harris and others. I even enjoyed the twilight series of books and I am not ashamed tosay so

[llurgy]

Originally Posted by AndiNZ1970

Very true. Though even Under the Dome got gory at times - there was the kid with the brain tumour killing people, graphic descriptions of what happened when the dome came down, etc.

But overall, his later work is much more subtle, and he used to be quite weak at endings; much better now.

I still think King is very weak at his endings and that has always annoyed me.
I think it is because he is so descriptive and indepth with his books that he can never give the ending enough justification without making the book half as long again. So his endings to me always seem weak and abrupt, or so long and drawn out that the ending turns into the main part of the book which ergo, again makes the ending seem weak and abrupt.....lol

[lisianne]

When's the last time you took a tour of your neighborhood? For fun, I decided to do just that today & here are some of my favorite habs:

unweirdo- hab 6
BW- hab 4
BTakeshi- 1 & 5
Sambakat- 3 (this is a gotta see with the Floresco frogs part of the whole scenery!), 4 (great color contrast & again, frogs part of scenery, ingenious)
Inky - virtually all, especially 3 & 4 (amazingly artistic use of tiles)
sabnetang- 1 (great use of frog idols which are my least favorite scenery)
penemuel- 5 (impressive use of red or red-hued on red background)

Anyone else want to join the tour?

p.s.: I know this has zero to do with "trading frogs" but I thought it might be fun. Might see a frog you need on the way!

[lisianne]

Originally Posted by AndiNZ1970

Very true. Though even Under the Dome got gory at times - there was the kid with the brain tumour killing people, graphic descriptions of what happened when the dome came down, etc.

But overall, his later work is much more subtle, and he used to be quite weak at endings; much better now.

First, before I forget, on my way to breeding the right Insero for this week's set I ended up with purple viola & a purple carota. They should be ready for adoption in about 16 hours (read: tomorrow). If you want them, let me know.

And, yes, there is gore in Stephen King's novels but listen to your local or national news here & abroad & you'll find the same stuff. Plus, in his case, it sells books. Still & all, it's less in his later novels than in his earlier ones.

As for his endings, llurgy, I must say I sometimes agree. For me it is more like it's time to say "goodbye" to a master storyteller so whatever I'm thinking intellectually about the ending is tinged with this sadness about the story actually ending. I have been transfixed & transported by his words & now I need to return to my real life.

Either way, differences of opinion are what make horse (or is that frog?) races.

Thanks, Bezoar, for your gift.

[bezoar]

Originally Posted by lisianne

Thanks so much for not only the "names" of the sets but also pictures!

No problem! Though, I just remembered that the pictures of the weekly sets wouldn't show which ones were chromas.

IIRC:
- Hypnofrog (2010 set 45) were all chromas
- Double Rainbow (2011 set 04) were all chromas

[AndiNZ1970]

Originally Posted by lisianne

First, before I forget, on my way to breeding the right Insero for this week's set I ended up with purple viola & a purple carota. They should be ready for adoption in about 16 hours (read: tomorrow). If you want them, let me know.

I'm getting close to half way with the Inseros - but I don't have either of those, so whatever you choose to send would be appreciated. I will add you to my Plus friends.

What are you collecting, so I can send something useful in return?

[lizardofyfe]

Thank you to everyone who sent me frogs today

[Sami1395]

Originally Posted by AndiNZ1970

I'm getting close to half way with the Inseros - but I don't have either of those, so whatever you choose to send would be appreciated.

Sent the inseros from this weeks set to you