Posted By silentalbino on 22 Jun 2012 10:28 PM
What about a Balisong knife for Mildred and an entrenching tool for Krysty.

what about a dart gun and a tazer then...

No man I'm serious. Give them battlebroads some blades.

I mentioned in "Blood Harvest" that Mildred thought about going for her knife but the giant mutant of the night confronting her had a whaling "head spade" in hand and she decided to try and jump out of the tree instead.

The original author, Lawrence James, had Krysty with a knife. Like Ryan, she had a back-up blade, along with her pistol.

Still, with all the greatness that author penned, along with other authors since, only true greatness shows when very intelligent authors give her and Mildred automatic rifles, and Ryan an automatic blaster like his once awesome weapon, the G-3.

Hell, in a world such as DL, they all should be carrying fully automatic weapons. A .38 revolver and a long gun won't win in a true firefight, open combat, or close combat. Which is the most type the companions run into.

Posted By Kerrick on 23 Jun 2012 05:59 PM
That's a good question. I'd expect Mildred to have (and wield) a scalpel; as for Krysty, I'd say a bowie knife. A hachet sounds kinda cool, though.

You see, Mildred's temper at certain things and between the dreads and her being from this century anyway's I could really see her packing a switchblade and knowing how to use it, even a 'pig-sticker' or stiletto would be something easily pocketed.

Never said it was a big deal, I also clearly stated in my first post that anything huge wouldn't be feesible to carry around.

It was a simple question about "lack of" not "need a new one"

This is not a gun thread.

lad?

Anyway's, It was a simple question. If no-one want's to post about what they think then neat I guess. If it's been done a 1000 times then O.K. I put a search in before it was posted into a topic and believe it or not I can't make head's or tales out of the search engine around here, needless to say, nothing came up.

No need for me to "chill"

SPOILERS!!!!-for Vengeance Trail

Finished Vengeance trail yesterday, very good book overall. Can't seem to find that topic either. So I'll give my review here.

I give it a 9. -1 point for the hysterical Ewoks. (But also entertaining). When Ryan flew across the canyon and bum rushed the train I was really ready for some B.O.C to start playing and Don't fear the reaper to start reverbating through his motorcycle.

The fact that it was a very "busy" book was nice. All the companions were doing their own thing. Most are seperated. And the premise of JB being so into the weapons and wag put him totally off character for people who in everyone's mind murdered his best friend, as they should of been more prepared to escape. That was also a reason for a point loss. Another gleaming example of the author not knowing the character's. Allthough this book was one of Victor Milan's best IMHO.

After reading Palaces Of Light, this was an action to action book.

Posted By silentalbino on 26 Jun 2012 11:02 PM
There is kind off an unwritten rule here that to talk about the Gun's and Equipment used by the "Hero's" is oh so yesterday. I personally don't feel that way about it, but i've only been a Member for about a year or so, where as a lot of the member's here have been about since John Lennon was still alive(Joke) and therefore this has been discussed this to death.
"Lad" is a colloquialism from around my area(UK) and is meant as a friendly jibe not as a reference to your age, as i'm guessing your older than me.I'm 29.
I said "Chill" because your "text" seemed to me to be slightly irrated by my "text" and this was not my intention.
I come here to have a bit of banter but it all was seems to revert to snarky responces.
So all water under the bridge, mate.

This is exactly as it seems to me. I would think that banter among people would be fine considering the source topic. I also don't comprehend the term 'would be so boss' I've played a lot of Borderlands also so I am assuming it meant superior? Also I am 40.

Hope that helps.

It still amazes me that so many people are from the UK, when the DL books are based in the U.S. Although so was LJ (From the UK that is)

Kind of cool to ponder.

Posted By silentalbino on 26 Jun 2012 11:20 PM
"Boss" is Scouse for good. Jim aka Baz Baziah is from Liverpool and people from there are known as Scouser's. Lost in translation eh? ha ha

"Boss" in Liverpool has several uses amongst the "hooded back ninja" youth of Liverpool...

#1 "It's boss..."

It's good or really good, a lot like being "the dogs bollocks!"

#2 "OK Boss..."

Used when the ninja low life are talking to anyone in authority such as the Police.

Oh, and I am not being racist when talking of the "hooded black ninja's" they are called that because most of the low life's wear all black "North Face" gear with hoods a must. The bigger the hood the better...

 http://go.sky.com/vod/con.../videoDetailsPage.do

I can't say i am proud of the above either.

Jim

Posted By SP on 27 Jun 2012 12:01 AM

It still amazes me that so many people are from the UK...

Yes, there are about 62.3 million of us in the UK

No seriously, I am suprised myself as the books are not readily available here in the UK. I think some Forbidden Planet stores stock them -but not all, and not all the books either!!

Jim

Posted By silentalbino on 29 Jun 2012 10:15 PM
To be fair there is only me and Baz and another guy who has'nt posted in age's. Can you buy Dl's and OL's in big Book Store's in the US. Forgive me if i've asked this before.

Why yes! Usually there is also a blaster included in every book, while you Brit's get the wheel of missfortune scrath off card in the middle. Every once in a while there is a redoubt code included, but that involves chewing on the back cover until the skydark God's burn this into our retina, with thinly veiled poison. So it is not advisable.

We American chaps get all the pluses!

 Actually No, now that every major new bookstore around here is closed. I usually see if the local K-mart has the newest novel, if not I just order online.

I see mainly all DL for sale in my Barnes & Noble. Never Outlanders.

I have a used book store with all the DL's and OL books for sale.

Every Barnes and Noble, Mr. Paperback and Borders bookstore closed within 100 miles from me, (No shit!) and so now I feel it's just easier to buy them online.

The bookstores as we all knew them in America are slowly going bye-bye. And it's a shame.

Posted By twinsrule26 on 27 Jun 2012 07:34 PM

  
I think that both of them having knives would be a no brainer as knives are one of the most versitile survivor tools out there . Even if the writers don't go into vast discriptions of their weapons. I feel we as readers should just assume that they do carry some kind of blade ,and when a writer needs to have one of them using a blade then we will read about it .

Funny enough you bring this up, as I am currently reading "Remember Tomorrow". I have not read this yet  so this is new 'evidence' that they carry nothing significant, other then I remember reading countless times that they don't.

Page 35 "Behind him, Doc had his sword blade ready, and JB --Despite his unsteadiness--had unsheathed his tekna knife. The only blasters were those held by Krysty and Mildred, who didn't carry blades."

Page38 "Which left Mildred and Krysty to pick their targets with care. The men had tried to protect the two women, as they had no blades."

I'm actually thinking that Mr. Boot was trying to get the point across.

Hopefully an author will give then some good blades, and everyone else who pens a novel will include something so painstakingly obvious that they should be carrying anyway's will be included.

I'm thinking Mr. Chuck? Hey he gave them new blasters! C'mon Mr. Chuck, give Mildred a switchblade...

SP, unfortunately you are reading another crappy Boot book.

Boy, do you have MUCH better DL's to look forward to! 

Posted By Maximus on 06 Jul 2012 12:54 AM

SP, unfortunately you are reading another crappy Boot book.

 

Boy, do you have MUCH better DL's to look forward to! 

To be honest, I am enjoying it so far. I'm reading whatever comes my way in amazon and e-bay shipments. As some of them I haven't read before, most I have. All out of order.  I have to say though, I just read Thunder Road yesterday and I absolutely loved it.

See, Andy Boot has some good stuff.

Yes, I agree with you there! Thunder Road was very good. As was his Lost Gates, despite the action sequences being 'meh'.

But then he gives us the Palaces of Light....

Well, I finished it today. And allthough the action sequences are rather "meh" as are a lot of his books, it was very nice to see JB in his own element and make other friends. Not to mention he boinked another woman!-lol

I would of been happier if Mildred bought the farm though and they ended up taking Ella-Mae with them.

The whole inbred idiots thing with Ryan not to be able to mastermind some sort of escape was pretty lame, especially since they retained their blasters for most of the book and only had 5 of them in the wag with them while they went to Druma. It should of been plenty easy for them to chill the lot in the wag and surrender to tell the story to get Xander to mop up the ville and get Krysty and Doc back. After all these people were practically brain dead. And two got chilled in the fight! So 3 on three!

And yes I really hate Mildred...

I think it would have been cool for them to have the other woman in their group as a mechanic.

Posted By Wordsmith-reprise on 06 Jul 2012 11:01 PM
I don't recall the part where J.B. boinked another woman.

Page 213 and 214. Boinkage...

See, there neeedss to be more sex in these books, just like it used to be.

And not for the sake to be my masturbate material...

Posted By Maximus on 07 Jul 2012 02:45 PM

See, there neeedss to be more sex in these books, just like it used to be.

 

And not for the sake to be my masturbate material...

I could have lived forever without knowing this me-thinks.

In the series, we see them carry knives off and on--an absence is usually plot needed but it could also be one of those not mentioned but reader assumes they carry.  Like socks or firestarters or gun cleaning supplies, maybe?

Today I am rereading Moonfeast and actually came across a passage where Krysty is mentioned with a blade on page 20:  "A canvas gunbelt was slung low across her hips, a S & W .38 revolver holstered in the front for easy access.  A knife was strapped to one of her shapely thighs."