Comments on: SYNERGY – Back in the Day Gems? http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/synergy-back-in-the-day-gems/ Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Comic Books, Horror Book, Television, Movie Reviews, Author Interviews Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:18:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jay Tomio http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/synergy-back-in-the-day-gems/#comment-2388 Jay Tomio Mon, 18 May 2009 21:40:52 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=23038#comment-2388 I put Waterson on that level where I put somebody like a Moore. Which is to say at the very top of a rather wonderous heap. I put Waterson on that level where I put somebody like a Moore. Which is to say at the very top of a rather wonderous heap.

]]> By: Maria http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/synergy-back-in-the-day-gems/#comment-2386 Maria Mon, 18 May 2009 16:49:27 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=23038#comment-2386 Loved the descriptions of Master of Five Magics--and of the cows!!! (Grew up on a ranch. One horse used to come and lick the window while we were eating dinner. Dad would get soooo mad and we would just giggle!) Yes, The Secret Garden was a Very Important Book. Quote: But that box is the reason I can recall so little of fourth grade, or fifth. It’s the reason for many things, some of them ongoing. END Quote Maybe that is why I cannot recall the names of my classmates...from about 4th grade through all of high school...that box and others like it!! Quote: Things seemed a lot more straightforward when you were a kid. I wasn’t concerned with themes or plotting or characterization or prose. Now I can’t read something without all those qualities firing. It’s a shame really. END Quote. Things were more straightforward. Children see to the heart of things. Thank God there is much magic out there to be found! Loved the descriptions of Master of Five Magics–and of the cows!!! (Grew up on a ranch. One horse used to come and lick the window while we were eating dinner. Dad would get soooo mad and we would just giggle!)

Yes, The Secret Garden was a Very Important Book.

Quote: But that box is the reason I can recall so little of fourth grade, or fifth. It’s the reason for many things, some of them ongoing. END Quote

Maybe that is why I cannot recall the names of my classmates…from about 4th grade through all of high school…that box and others like it!!

Quote: Things seemed a lot more straightforward when you were a kid. I wasn’t concerned with themes or plotting or characterization or prose. Now I can’t read something without all those qualities firing. It’s a shame really. END Quote.

Things were more straightforward. Children see to the heart of things. Thank God there is much magic out there to be found!

]]> By: Maria http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/synergy-back-in-the-day-gems/#comment-2385 Maria Mon, 18 May 2009 16:25:57 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=23038#comment-2385 I am still reading these, but Jay--you are too young and too old for mid-life crisis. Trust me. You simply don't have the right attitude for it. :) Calvin and Hobbes--totally. Just totally. I loved it then and I love it now. I am still reading these, but Jay–you are too young and too old for mid-life crisis. Trust me. You simply don’t have the right attitude for it. :)

Calvin and Hobbes–totally. Just totally. I loved it then and I love it now.

]]> By: Jay Tomio http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/synergy-back-in-the-day-gems/#comment-2382 Jay Tomio Mon, 18 May 2009 08:21:05 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=23038#comment-2382 I was surprised by couple noted that were repeated. I like I'd never heard of Phantom Tollbooth, but Ryall and Henry both mentioned them, and Cooper got mentioned mentioned twice as well. I looked at Wood's reply, and I almost thought he lived my life :) I was surprised by couple noted that were repeated. I like I’d never heard of Phantom Tollbooth, but Ryall and Henry both mentioned them, and Cooper got mentioned mentioned twice as well.

I looked at Wood’s reply, and I almost thought he lived my life :)

]]> By: Damon http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/synergy-back-in-the-day-gems/#comment-2376 Damon Sun, 17 May 2009 22:56:29 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=23038#comment-2376 Grrrr...I have so many. I think I didnt participate this time because of Heliotrope and the site design but now I feel left out like no one wants me for baseball. Back in the day gems for me includes Peanuts first and foremost. Then Im going to go and say Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, Transformers, GI Joe. Dare I say I liked Centurions as well and He-Man was only a second tier show for me but I remember it. The Smurfs was also one of my Gems. Choose your own Adventure books, Hardy Boys on the book end. Grrrr…I have so many. I think I didnt participate this time because of Heliotrope and the site design but now I feel left out like no one wants me for baseball.

Back in the day gems for me includes Peanuts first and foremost. Then Im going to go and say Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, Transformers, GI Joe. Dare I say I liked Centurions as well and He-Man was only a second tier show for me but I remember it. The Smurfs was also one of my Gems.

Choose your own Adventure books, Hardy Boys on the book end.

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