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A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 5
Or, I bet you forgot about all these side characters The Legend of the Condor Heroes was written in the 1950s so I doubt the following line was intended to be as meta as it seems with our modern perspective, but it’s still pretty funny. We left Guo Jing in dire straits last week and… Read more
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A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 4
Or, Everyone is a Jerk Again I know there’s quite a few years between when this was written, and my expectations as a reader/writer of fiction…but man, sometimes these characters are just jerks. Lotus, Guo Jing, Count Seven, and Zhou Botong have sailed off on their little boat, earning themselves some distance from Wanyan Honglie… Read more
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A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 3
Or, Even More Terrible Decisions So, Lotus and Guo Jing are still stuck on the island with their mortal enemies, whom they’ve been constantly fighting with…and whom they just bailed out of certain doom. Again. Our heroes truly are the architects of their own downfall. Finally freed from beneath the rock, Gallant is pulled to… Read more
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A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 2
Or, Lotus Has an Adventure The action this week picks up right in the midst of all the chaos, with Count Seven and Viper Ouyang still battling as the ship burns down around them. Count Seven is pressing his slight advantage, and Viper decides to unveil his Sacred Snake Fist kung fu, something he had… Read more
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Magic: the Second Renaissance
I’ve been playing Magic: the Gathering since about (ogod) 1994. I will freely admit to being dragged into playing, and then falling headfirst into the deep end. In no time at all I was devouring strategies off the web (that’s what we called it back then) and pouring all my discretionary money into packs, packs,… Read more
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A Snake Lies Waiting – Read-along, Chapter 1
Or, Guo Jing and Count Seven’s Adventure on the High Seas The next volume in the Condor Heroes series starts off with a bang, literally throwing our plucky hero into the deep end. Guo Jing, Zhou Botong, and Count Seven discover what the mute crew has been trying to tell them. Lord Huang’s magnificent ship… Read more
