![]() ![]() In an interview with USA Today, Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker and the brother of Princess Leia in STAR WARS, claimed that “Leia was meant to be more prominent in (episode) 9.” As the fans of STAR WARS and Carrie Fisher, we really want Leia to shine in Episode IX and we certainly do not want her to be written out of the film abruptly without a reasonable plot. ![]() As Lucasfilm claimed that they have no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher with CGI in STAR WARS Episode IX, the more possible solutions are to recast Leia or to write her out of the film. So naturally there’s a petition in circulation, suggesting that Meryl Streep be cast as Leia in Episode IX: After the death of Carrie Fisher, there have been a lot of uncertainties in how STAR WARS Episode IX is going to deal with Leia. She was a treasure, and on top of that - ain’t nobody else gonna’ play Princess/General Leia, except cosplayers everywhere. Are you fucking high right now? We’re still not over our heartbreak over her passing, and honestly the fact that her death might have FUBAR-ed the plans for the current batch of Star Wars films is the least of our concerns. Specifically: Is there a way to see the Leia plotline through to its natural conclusion in Episode IX in the absence of Carrie Fisher? And the obvious answer is NO. There is a very bad idea rippling through the internet right now, like an unrealistically depicted planetary explosion in space and twice as stupid. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “Mystery fans seeking novels of wit, an immersive English countryside setting, and rich characterizations will be rewarded with this newest entry in the award-winning series.” - Library Journal (starred review) Praise for Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d But what awaits Flavia will shake her to the very core. ![]() It’s amazing what the discovery of a corpse can do for one’s spirits. Curiosity may not kill this cat, but Flavia is energized at the prospect of a new investigation. The only living creature in the house is a feline that shows little interest in the disturbing scene. Finding the front door ajar, Flavia enters and stumbles upon the poor man’s body hanging upside down on the back of his bedroom door. ![]() Only too eager to run an errand for the vicar’s wife, Flavia hops on her trusty bicycle, Gladys, to deliver a message to a reclusive wood-carver. But with Flavia’s blasted sisters and insufferable cousin underfoot, Buckshaw now seems both too empty-and not empty enough. ![]() But instead of a joyous homecoming, she is greeted on the docks with unfortunate news: Her father has fallen ill, and a hospital visit will have to wait while he rests. In spite of being ejected from Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy in Canada, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is excited to be sailing home to England. Hailed as “a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes” by The Boston Globe, Flavia de Luce returns in a Christmas mystery from award-winning author Alan Bradley. ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul survives several assassination attempts, including a plot that involved Irulan and the Bene Gesserit Order. The events of this novel include more drama and details about life on Arrakis, the structure of the Empire, and the feuding noble houses. RELATED: Best Hard Sci-Fi Novels For Newcomers To The Subgenre The story concludes when he disappears into the desert and leaves his sister, Alia, to act as regent. By this time, Paul has become the Emperor through marriage to Princess Irulan, despite the fact that he refuses to consummate their union. It begins 12 years after the previous book ends, and continues to tell the story of Paul and the holy war that House Atreides has been leading across the known universe. Dune Messiah was serialized in the magazine Galaxy earlier in the same year that it was published. ![]() ![]() ![]() Where’s the next place you’re bringin’ him?” A couple of the guys said they’d like a chance to test him out. Shoot, it’s not like I scored a ninety on him, Gem. He got all four legs off the ground right out of the chute so you’re wrong if you think he’s a gimme. Makes me wonder if I oughta pull him out of rough stock rotation for a while.” “What’d you think of that four-year-old bull, Big Time, last night? You looked damn good on him. But I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you I had my fair share of lovesick cowboys trailing behind me.” I ain’t nearly as tricky as I used to be in my younger years. “You’re as smooth as a baby’s ass, ain’t ya, Trev?” The driver’s side door on Trevor’s truck opened and Trevor hopped out. “My stock sure as shootin’ tossed old Cash on his bony ass last night, didn’t it?” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She has had some publishing success with nonfiction articles and four short stories highly commended in Australian competitions. Kate Belle lives, writes and loves in Melbourne, but is a country girl at heart, being born and bred in northern Victoria. One afternoon, she turns up unannounced and they must make a decision where the consequences will haunt them until they meet again twenty years later.Ī new voice in Australian writing captures perfectly the tumult of being young and in love with the wrong man, at a time when the whole world was changing. Solomon knows he must resist, but he has longings of his own, although they have nothing to do with love, or so he believes. He assumes it a harmless teenage crush, until the erotic love notes begin to arrive. He notices the attention of one girl, his new neighbour, who has taken to watching him from her window. ![]() Charismatic and unconventional, Solomon easily wins the hearts and minds of his third form English class. Solomon Andrews is beautiful, inspiring and she wants him like nothing else she's wanted in her short life. ![]() It's 1978 and a dreamy fifteen year old girl's world is turned upside down by the arrival of the substitute English teacher. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before he became known as The Architect of President Bush's 20 campaigns, Rove was president of Karl Rove + Company, an Austin-based public affairs firm that was involved in over seventy-five campaigns for Republican candidates for president, governor and senator, as well as handling non-partisan causes and non-profit groups.ĪBOUT THE NEW BOOK: a fresh look at President William McKinley, whose 1896 campaign ended a bitter period of political gridlock and reformed and modernized his party, thereby creating a governing majority that dominated American politics for the next thirty-six years. He now writes a weekly op-ed for The Wall Street Journal and is a Fox News contributor. ![]() ![]() Bush from 2000-2007 and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004 2007. ![]() SOLD OUT EVENT OVERVIEW: Karl Rove, New York Times Bestselling Author, Political Columnist and Commentator, will be In Conversation with Steve Kraske about Karl's New Book The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters.ĪBOUT THE AUTHOR: Karl Rove served as Senior Advisor to President George W. SOLD OUT at NEW LOCATION: Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops ![]() ![]() ![]() With that, the percentages have not fallen. Unlike when Allen was playing his high school ball in South Carolina, or his college ball at UConn, every player now grows up practicing threes - including big men. And they’re not, because guys grew up watching and imitating Ray Allen and others. It’s great to see so many shooters, but I don’t want to see bad percentages.”Ĭoaches don’t want to see bad percentages, either. ![]() “I don’t want it to go completely in that direction – I like to see the big men in the game, to play in the post and play inside-out every now and then. But early in my career, a lot of my coaches – if you took the 3 – were like, ‘You don’t have to settle. “And if we had a good shot available, we’d always take it. ![]() “When George Karl came in, we played faster,” Allen said. Speaking to Steve Aschburner of NBA.com, Allen talked about the change and if the pendulum has swung too far. It’s part of the reason that in a week he will be a member of the basketball Hall of Fame. And more shots didn’t mean worse shots, teams averaged 36 percent from three in 1996, 36.2 percent last season.Īllen was part of that evolution in thinking, he left the game with 2,973 made threes, the most in NBA history. That’s 24 more threes a game total, on average, then when Allen entered the league. Last season, teams averaged 29 threes a game, 33.8 percent of their shot attempts. ![]() In 1996, when Ray Allen entered the NBA, the average team took 16.8 three pointers per game, and it made up 21.2 percent of their shots. ![]() ![]() ![]() It became a notable and successful example of Human genetic engineering in which every individual was genetically tailored from birth to perform a specific role in society. Others, however, chose to establish isolated colonies, as became the case with the Genome colony on Moab IV, which was established in 2168. Symbols used to indicate presence of genetically engineered lifeform Though Soong himself gave up genetics to begin research in cybernetics, Captain Jonathan Archer expressed his hope to Soong that research into genetic engineering could cure life-threatening diseases would someday be resumed. ![]() His works were routinely taken and placed into storage (although his jailers often told him that his work was vaporized). Imprisoned for, among other crimes, stealing the embryos of a number of Augment children, Soong wrote long treatises on the subject of genetic augmentations and improvements. He argued that the source of the problem was not, in fact the technology, but Humanity's own inability to use it wisely. ![]() However, certain individuals, including geneticist Arik Soong, argued that it was simply convenient for Humanity to denounce the attempts at genetic "improvement" of Humanity, and that it was inherently evil because of the Eugenics Wars. A line from ENT: " Affliction" established the date of the technology being banned as "decades" before 2154. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not all of Gay’s difficult women are as compelling at the rest. The world has hurt these women, and so they act out: They are loud, they are angry, they take up space, they are unreasonable, they are difficult. The crazy woman just wants to pick up her briefcase from her one-night stand’s apartment, which is why she’s blowing up his phone with texts. The frigid woman runs long distance so that she can feel the power of her body. The loose woman likes men whose job titles end in the letters er. In the title story, Gay devotes herself to finding specificity in the abstraction of difficult woman archetypes. In “Best Features,” she’s a fat woman who is quietly furious at how worthless the world considers her to be. In “La Negra Blanca,” she’s a mixed-race med student who moonlights as a stripper and is constantly fetishized by men who think of her as a white girl with a black girl’s ass. In “I Will Follow You,” the difficult woman was kidnapped by a child molester when she was 10 years old. ![]() ![]() This annotated volume of the Authors Preferred Text features analysis from Leslie S. For, beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a storm is brewingan epic war for the very soul of America and Shadow is standing squarely in its path. ![]() So begins a dark and strange road trip full of fantastical adventures and a host of eccentric characters. Klinger.Ī perennial favorite of readers worldwide, American Gods tells the story of ex-con Shadow Moon, who emerges from prison and is recruited to be bodyguard, driver, and errand boy for the enigmatic Mr. ![]() Destined to be a treasure for the millions of fans who made American Gods an internationally bestselling phenomenon, this beautifully designed and illustrated collectible edition of Neil Gaimans revered masterpiece features enlightening and incisive notes throughout by award-winning annotator and editor Leslie S. ![]() |