Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:52:51 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Books for Ant Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20241224 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/6.12.15-200.fc41.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:52:51 +0000 Lines: 37 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-Dan9q9z4Fj9+VGAmg5Uv3Fwpav855NdMN4SDa7tvMplEMjvYCCZX8m9MMEsPy4pKgO+rXssFmdvUsI/!qgjUCmRiD/rOzlfpbl+WQkXxHEAEkJR4a2jfrBXWoNqojDuuqWiaC3hSXgHXecRPLrutT7HKLQwz!kwrwvYS/xeCO8QMbxo6U357T2kbyR/zS X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2811 Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > On Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:42:56 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: > >Mike S. wrote: > >> On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 09:50:31 -0700, "rms" > >> wrote: > >> >This looks like a nice trilogy! > >> >https://www.amazon.com/Prophets-Ghost-Ants-Antasy-Book-ebook/dp/B019MMQS8E > >> Our Ant doesn't like to read. :) > >Yeah, get me a computer game and/or movie/TV show. :P Actually, the > >brief plot/story reminded me of Grounded game I played during its free > >weekend. Did anyone play it? > I couldn't; I was grounded. > I always disliked "humans shrinking to insect size" stories... > especially the ones that expect to be taken half-way seriously (I'll > forgive crap like "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" because those are > turn-your-brain-off experiences). But there are so many necessary > adaptations that make survival in the world-of-tiny that humans lack > that it's hard for me to overlook. Not to mention the idea that humans > with entire BODIES smaller than the head of ant (as the cover of the > book above implies) are supposed to be as smart as what their > full-sized brethren... /me gets Duke Nukem 3D's shrink ray gun and shoots with it. ;) -- "Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture." --Psalm 37:3. Drilly, crowdy, etcy dury windy warmy Monday outy. Dang issues! Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )