Not anymore. I'm a contractor there and it sucks a bit one. Three pay cuts in four years with another one on the way. I'd rather be digging ditches or shoveling manure than having come this hellhole every day. ):
One of my favorite writers, Harlan Ellison, got into a dispute with a publisher when Harlan sold him a story and the guy refused to pay him. So, Harlan started mailing the guy bricks postage due!!! He kept it up for several months and even got some friends involved. Eventually the guy caved and gave him the money.
I'd recommend "Shatterday" by Harlan Ellison. He might be a little much for your daughter's tastes, but you'll probably like it. Also, "The Martian Chronicles" or "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury. "Martian Chronicles" is probably the best sci-fi book ever written. I'd really recommend it. Other good ones are the first three books in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCafferty, "Dune" by Frank Herbert (again, probably more for your tastes), and The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, which are technically fantasy, but great books anyhow! Captain Atom
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... he attaches a rider to open up drilling in ANWR once the hold is lifted.
What an idiot.
Not anymore. I'm a contractor there and it sucks a bit one. Three pay cuts in four years with another one on the way. I'd rather be digging ditches or shoveling manure than having come this hellhole every day. ):
One of my favorite writers, Harlan Ellison, got into a dispute with a publisher when Harlan sold him a story and the guy refused to pay him. So, Harlan started mailing the guy bricks postage due!!! He kept it up for several months and even got some friends involved. Eventually the guy caved and gave him the money.
I'd recommend "Shatterday" by Harlan Ellison. He might be a little much for your daughter's tastes, but you'll probably like it. Also, "The Martian Chronicles" or "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury. "Martian Chronicles" is probably the best sci-fi book ever written. I'd really recommend it. Other good ones are the first three books in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCafferty, "Dune" by Frank Herbert (again, probably more for your tastes), and The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, which are technically fantasy, but great books anyhow! Captain Atom