There seems to be a math error in this:

Still, there is compelling data that suggests "Storm Front" takes place in 1999, putting Harry's birth in 1974:
 
IF 3 ASF is 2003 then 0 ASF would be 2000, and if Harry was 25 in March of 2000 then he would have been born in 1974.(remember his birthday is October 31)

Harry being born in '74 does not conflict with Copperfield because Copperfield's first big job in show business was starring in the musical "The Magic Man" which opened in Chicago in March of 1974

HARRY'S TIMELINE:

AGE 0 (1972):   Harry's mother, now Margaret Gwendolyn Dresden, dies in childbirth.  She is murdered by a ritual entropy curse, courtesy of Lord Raith.  Jim says Harry is about a year younger than him, so he would have been born in 1972.

If 1972 is correct then SF is set in 1998 or on the other hand if SF is set in 2000 then Harry was born in 1974.

The 1974 date fits my pet theory that Harry was born under a full moon

I don't know if this matters but if Harry was born it 1974 it would mean he was born under a Blue Moon.

Why is repetition to generate a desired effect a problem ?  I'm pretty sure that specific example is deliberate and has a point in mind, and, well, it worked for me.

I can't think what desired effect he was trying to generate but all I got out of it was boredom

"We should start back," Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them. "The wildlings are dead."
"Do the dead frighten you?" Ser Waymar Royce asked with just the hint of a smile.
Gared did not rise to the bait. He was an old man, past fifty, and he had seen the lordlings come and go. "Dead is dead," he said. "We have no business with the dead."
"Are they dead?" Royce asked softly. "What proof have we?"
"Will saw them," Gared said. "If he says they are dead, that's proof enough for me."
Will had known they would drag him into the quarrel sooner or later. He wished it had been later rather than sooner. "My mother told me that dead men sing no songs," he put in.
"My wet nurse said the same thing, Will," Royce replied. "Never believe anything you hear at a woman's tit. There are things to be learned even from the dead." His voice echoed, too loud in the twilit forest.
"We have a long ride before us," Gared pointed out. "Eight days, maybe nine. And night is falling."

A few more


Intimidation
Sf ch2
"You don't get in the car, it isn't going to be good for your legs," the man growled.

Performance
SF ch3
Thank God for wisecracks. I was too rattled to have said anything intelligent.

Endurance
FM ch 17
The monster kept coming. The bullets bothered it no more than a fly ramming the forehead of a professional wrestler.


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I’m guessing that within the next 10 years MMO’s will catch up with where MUD’s & MUSH’s were 10 years ago.
Then online gaming will be fun again.

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Balance is the ultimate good

Don't forget  George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards
I hear that new ones will be out this year

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