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   Dunno if anyone else has been reading the S.M. Stirling series that begins with "dies the fire" but I just read a little gem in the latest novel that I had to share. The plot is post apocolyps and the latest book is far enough after the fall that the main characters don't remember anything pre change... one of the characters recites this "training mantra" that I think you'll all recognize.

I must not lose my temper.
Temper-temper-temper is the bum-killer.
Temper is the little mistake wheich leads to you lying
 On the ground wondering "Oi! What's with all this spreading pool of blood, then?"
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, the other bugger
will be the one bleeding.
Only I will remain... wiping off my knife.

Edited by sames - 09 Sep 2007 at 8:36pm

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sames Groupie Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 64	Topic: The Sunrise Lands Posted: 09 Sep 2007 at 8:35pm
	Dunno if anyone else has been reading the S.M. Stirling series that begins with "dies the fire" but I just read a little gem in the latest novel that I had to share. The plot is post apocolyps and the latest book is far enough after the fall that the main characters don't remember anything pre change... one of the characters recites this "training mantra" that I think you'll all recognize. I must not lose my temper. Temper-temper-temper is the bum-killer. Temper is the little mistake wheich leads to you lying On the ground wondering "Oi! What's with all this spreading pool of blood, then?" I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, the other bugger will be the one bleeding. Only I will remain... wiping off my knife. Edited by sames - 09 Sep 2007 at 8:36pm

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Aaron Groupie Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 82	Posted: 23 Mar 2008 at 12:04pm
	What a wonderful perversion of the Litany Against Fear
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Aaron Groupie Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 82	Posted: 12 May 2008 at 10:30am
	And now I've started reading the series. Pretty good so far.
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