Plan B Forum

Loca, the land of painted caves is out, but it will be a awhile before it comes out on audio. I have been thinking about either getting in line at the library or buying the book, but my grass is already too high as it is. I have finished listening to the books in the Earth's Children series, except the last one. You wouldn’t know of a site that has a synopsis on the book would you?

You know it is really not very good anthropology, but it is a good yarn, a little on the feminist side but that is ok. I get the feeling that Jean is a liberal; say it is not so!!

I have to ask, why would someone who names themselves "Liberty", be so anti-"liberals"?

Sounds a bit daft to me.

Oh, I loved the first four or so, books; thX for the update. The work has been quite the phenomenon for over a decade, in it's scope and creativity.

Gob wrote:I have to ask, why would someone who names themselves "Liberty", be so anti-"liberals"?

Sounds a bit daft to me.

I am not anti-liberal Gob. I am just messing, teasing, with Loca. Both liberals and conservatives are both right and wrong depending on the subject.

Fair do's to you then, you got me.

FAIR DO'S OR NOT. THIS MAN'S A SPY. HE'S AN UNDERCOVER AGENT FOR THE FBI. HTS, HLS, DEA, NSA, CIA...

You name it. He makes me nervous. Anyone that goes from ex military humble corncob racist that can't make two coherent sentences in a row without spelling and grammar mistakes; to articulating thoughts and facts that make sense and friendly banter to boot scares me.

Nothing personal Liberty. But the inconsistency of your persona in the last few years makes me shake my head.

And no. I am not a "thug" nor "a bully". But it makes me wonder what the fuck you would do about it if I was...

Just saying.

Timster wrote:FAIR DO'S OR NOT. THIS MAN'S A SPY. HE'S AN UNDERCOVER AGENT FOR THE FBI. HTS, HLS, DEA, NSA, CIA...

You name it. He makes me nervous. Anyone that goes from ex military humble corncob racist

Tim I am no spy; I am exactly why I claim to be. I am a simple technician and military retiree who learned his trouble shooting skills in the Air Force.

And I am no racist; I respect everyone until they prove they don’t deserve respect. There are different races of people but none are superior; I have worked with too many highly competent technicians of other races to believe anything else. I am only a racist if you consider my willingness to defend my own people from what I consider unfair attacks as racist.

To be continued

I love it 'cause it's real SCIENCE fiction, and not just another Space Opera. If it gets people out and interested in Anthropology and Fossil records then more power to the pulp!

loCAtek wrote:I love it 'cause it's real SCIENCE fiction, and not just another Space Opera. If it gets people out and interested in Anthropology and Fossil records then more power to the pulp!

I will get back to ’Tim later this is what I really want to talk about: I like the Earth’s children series first of all because it makes for a good story. It is something out of the ordinary. Pick up one of jean Auel’s books or listen to a recording as I do and you enter a time machine in which you are transported back over twenty five thousand years. She does this by describing the daily activities of the characters. One amateur reviewer I read complained he did not need to know about Ayla passing water or pooping. The reason Jean includes that stuff in her stories is the same reason that she includes descriptions of Aula sex life; it is to draw the reader in and make her real to the reader. Real people eat, sleep, poop and have sex. Ayla lives, at least long as she continues to eat, sleep and poops.

I have something to share with you that may you consider a spoiler so let me know if you want me to skip it. It is related to this which I think you already know: In the Shelter of Stone Ayla agreed to become a Zelandoni and in that role as you know one of her duties is to serve as a Doniwoman. And if you remember the role of a DoniWoamn is to introduce young men, really what we consider boys, to the Earth mother’s gift of pleasures, sex. Think about it twenty and thirty year old women having sex with twelve, thirteen and fourteen year old boys how does that strike your modern day sensibilities?

See?>! Scary!@ Just sayin man...

Well Tim, if you'd read that in the context of the story line, it wouldn't be so shocking. Granted, the author takes some guesses as to what early human culture was like at those 'dawn times' but it's far most plausible than thinking cavewomen sauntered about bare-foot in rough, rabbit fur bikinis, a la' Raquel Welch.

A few years ago, an iceman was found frozen in the alps, so well preserved the police were called first, because it was thought to be a recent homicide. What struck so many anthropologists was how well dressed and equipped, a so-called 'primitive man' was. His clothes were finely sewn; his shoes were durable and well made and he carried a tool kit, with everything from bone needles to finely-crafted flint knives.

How he may have looked;



Ötzi the Iceman

Timster wrote: that can't make two coherent sentences in a row without spelling and grammar mistakes; to articulating thoughts and facts that make sense and friendly banter to boot scares me.

I said I would get back to this so I should at least try to do it:

It is true I frequently screw up my post, but there is no conspiracy or great mystery involved. I have a perceptional problem that has plagued me most of my life. I have noticed in my adult life for some unknown reason it sometimes goes away like it takes a vacation. I know that probably doesn‘t make any sense to you but it is best I can explain it. I don’t think that you understand just how frustrating it can be to write a reasonably acceptable sentence and later notice words have magically disappeared or transformed themselves into the wrong homonym. It made school difficult, but with the aid of outstanding teacher I was able to over come it and even later attend the University after I retired. My time in college was quite an experience, but with a lot hard work and a considerable amount of strategy I was able to graduate cum laude even though I did end up getting a general studies degree instead of a teaching degree.