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<li><p><em>The Road of Kings</em>, by Karl Edward Wagner; copyright 1979 by Conan
Properties, Inc.; Bantam Books, October 1979. This is the only one of
the <em>Conan</em> pastiches that I've read that I've really liked. Wagner is
not Howard, but he was a fine writer himself, and his vision of Conan
does not seem to contradict Howard's. I wish both Wagner and Howard
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<li><p><em>Snobbery with Violence</em>, by Marion Chesney; St. Martin's Minotaur,
2003. Marion Chesney also writes as M.C. Beaton. An adequate
historical mystery.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Last Kingdom</em>, by Bernard Cornwell; HarperCollins Publishers,
2005. Originally published in Great Britan in 2004.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Empire of the Eagle</em>, by Andre Norton and Susan Shwartz; copyright
1993 by Andre Norton and Susan Shwartz; A Tor Book, Tom Doherty
Associates, Inc., first edition November 1993, first mass market
edition May 1995.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Neko no ongaeshi</em>, also known as <em>The Cat Returns</em>, 2002. Directed
by Hiroyuki Morita, writing by Cindy Davis Hewitt (English
screenplay), Donald H. Hewitt (English screenplay), Aoi Hragi (comic),
and Reiko Yoshida (screenplay).</p></li>
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<p>Using GNAT 3.15p with GtkAda-2.4.0 on Windows XP, when I wanted to
switch from using <code class="docutils literal">Gtk.Menu.Popup</code> to using a user instantiated
version of <code class="docutils literal">Gtk.Menu.User_Menu_Popup.Popup</code> I tried to switch from
using <code class="docutils literal">Menu</code> of type <code class="docutils literal">Gtk_Menu</code> for the first parameter to using
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<li><p><em>Blue Blood</em>, by Edward Conlon; performed by Tom Stechschulte;
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1990s and early 2000s.</p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164984/">Zatoichi sekisho yaburi</a>, aka <em>Adventures of a Blind
Man</em>, 1964. Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, writing by Shozaburo Asai
and Kan Shimozawa.Includes another glimpse into Zatoichi's background.
Good.</p></li>
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Miyazaki, Donald H. Hewitt, Cindy Davis Hewitt. Very good.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>The Captain's Vengeance</em>, by Dewey Lambdin; Thomas Dunne Books, St
Martin's Press, November, 2004. The twelfth volume of the <em>Alan Lewrie
Naval Adventures</em>.</p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087544/">Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)</a>, aka <em>Nausicaa of the Valley
of the Winds</em>, 1984. Directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki. Very good.</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/">Shaun of the Dead</a>, 2004. Directed by Edgar
Wright, writing by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. A good zombie movie
and, separately, a good comedy.</p></li>
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<p>Mike Mearls' <a class="reference external" href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/mearls/97101.html?thread=661581#t661581">discussion of</a> <a class="reference external" href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/mearls/97347.html">Core Stories in D&D</a> says something
interesting about the core of much <em>D&D</em> play and Ryan Dancy's
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<li><p><em>Imperial Lady</em>, <em>A Fantasy of Han China</em>, by Andre Norton & Susan
Shwartz, copyright 1989; A Tor Book, Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.,
first mass market printing May 1990.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>A Silver Thread of Madness</em>, by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; ACE
Books, January 1989. Rather depressing, except for the three “Tales
of Naipon”.</p></li>
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<p>I just found that Salmonson's original text for <em>Tomoe Gozen</em> was
published under its original title <a class="reference external" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1890065064/ref=reg_hu-wl_item-added/103-1052017-5556604?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance">The Disfavored Hero</a> by
Pacific Warriors Inc in 1999.</p>
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<li><p><em>The Swordswoman</em>, by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; a Tor Book, Tom
Doherty Associates, Pinnacle Books, Inc., March 1982. Very good.</p></li>
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<li><a href="pages/about-the-blog/index.html">About the Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="pages/colophon/index.html">Colophon</a></li>
<li><a href="pages/typographical-conventions/index.html">Typographical Conventions</a></li>
<li><a href="pages/static-pages-index/index.html">Pages</a></li>
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<a href="http://tkb.tx0.org/">My tx0.org web page</a>
<br> Mostly empty
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<a href="http://consp.org/">consp.org</a>
<br> Rises from the dead!
<br> <a href="http://consp.org/blog/blog.html">microblog</a>
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