Comments on: Wouldn’t you know?

By: Sherry Thomas

Sherry Thomas — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:58:58 +0000

Scott W.,

The blog where I first learned about Orbitz described the taste of the liquid as “sugary asparagus piss.”

I guess you concur.

By: Scott W

Scott W — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:53:05 +0000

Orbitz was a great idea, but were terrible. I tried pretty much every flavor. The little floating spheres were good, just like the tapioca in bubble tea, but the liquid was just horrible. It was a little thicker than your average beverage, kind of syrupy thickness. And it had the most horrible taste ever, every flavor was bad.

By: Meredith Duran

Meredith Duran — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:39:41 +0000

I’m sure Janine had you read Sharon Shinn’s Angels of Samaria series right? Archangel is hands down the best SF romance I’ve ever read.

Yes!! I do love me some Sharon Shinn. Archangel was magnificent.

By: Sherry Thomas

Sherry Thomas — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:07:45 +0000

Bev,

LOL, no, no Klingons here. For me a SF romance is just one that cannot take place in either current or historical earth settings. I suppose I could have made them fantasy too, but I’ve got no particular feel for fantasy worldbuilding. I prefer SF since I read tons of it growing up.

By: Bev

Bev — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:12:23 +0000

I’m not even sure I know what a SF is. My thoughts immediately go to Star Trek and all I can think of is clingons. But your snippet above says I’m not even close. But if you wrote it, I’d certainly give it a try.

Bev

By: Sherry Thomas

Sherry Thomas — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:20:32 +0000

Janine,

That’s because you read a different SF romance masterpiece by yours truly. I have not one, not two, but three SF romance partials at home. Truly a sign of my commitment to the genre.

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:26:04 +0000

I believe I even read the opening of the SF romance and I managed to forget all about the Orbitz! I remember the pompears though. There was pompear soup, or stew, wasn't there? In a really good scene. The food descriptions in your manuscripts always make me hungry. I remember having to go out for Chinese food twice while reading the manuscript of Heart of Blade! I think Meredith had read Archangel before I had a chance to recommend it to her. She probably reads more SF romances than I do. I have a hard time choosing a favorite among Shinn's books, several of which I adore, but I also love Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight, which was an influence on Archangel. Shinn said she read it "about four thousand times," and I must have too, starting when I was a teenager. It reads a bit dated now, but the heroine is still one of my favorite romantic heroines ever.

By: Sherry Thomas

Sherry Thomas — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:09:44 +0000

Tamara,

LOL. Those little bubbles do look somewhat suspicious. I didn’t expect them to taste too good, since the blog where I learned about them compared the taste to–forgive me if this ruins anyone’s dinner–”sugary asparagus piss.”

I’m not even sure what that is!

Meredith,

I’m sure Janine had you read Sharon Shinn’s Angels of Samaria series right? Archangel is hands down the best SF romance I’ve ever read.

Maya M.,

I love bubble tea. Those are tapioca balls. And I’d have bubble tea a lot more often if the stores ever put them in a regular mug–don’t like tossing away plastic cups.

And thanks for the rec. I am not a huge consumer of fantasy. The size of those books daunt me and at the library I can never seem to come across the first volume of any saga. But I’ll read just about anything that’s fabulous, so I’ll keep Darkborn in mind.

By: Meredith Duran

Meredith Duran — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:36:24 +0000

I know that book! I remember oohing and aahing over the cover a little while back, before it was published. Thanks for the rec — now I have an excuse to own it.

By: Maya M.

Maya M. — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:20:07 +0000

sell. they sell by the thousands.

must learn to read before posting. *sigh*