[meteorite-list] Help !! Para ella un regalo (libro q toque temas dmeteoritos o astronomia???)

Mon Nov 20 08:26:07 EST 2006

Did anyone read that one?

Philip Ridley (Chris Riddell, illustrator): The meteorite spoon.
ISBN 0-14-036890-6

Hmm a review from a cutomer:

"This is another Philip Ridley Book which is very good! Well done Philip
Ridley! The cover and illustrations are good too. It is another fantasy.
Filly and Fergal have parents who argue ALL the time! They argue so much
that the house is falling down and it has huge cracks all over it and all
the furniture and things are glued together (by Filly!). The children keep a
book about the arguments but they are not happy children - especially
Fergal.
One day they meet an old woman who gives them a spoon which got covered in
molten meteorite when a meteor struck her house. They used the spoon to dig
a hole and screamed their anger into it. Then some strange things start to
happen.

I did not think this book was as good as Dakota of the White Flats (another
book by him) but it was still very good. It was fun and I enjoyed it. The
book of arguments was a good idea and Filly was very kind to her poor
brother. I liked the ending - but not the mushy stuff!! 

The pictures are good - my favourite one is of the argument fish! He looks
great, really CROSS. My favourite part in the story was when the volcano
exploded, it was a bit scarey and I wondered how they'd ever get home.

I would recommend this book to ages 7 and over, it made me laugh! I am not
sure the volcano or the arguing and insults would be good to read to a
younger child.

Iestyn Evans"

Some more reviews from better experts:

Review by Kevin, aged 9, from Scunthorpe, England.   Rating: Brilliant. 
What did you think of the story?
Brilliant because in the middle it tells you about when they first met it
that it was true love. 

Favourite character and why
MR THUNDER because he always argues. 

Who will the book appeal to most and why?
Junior kids. Because it is funny 

Would you tell your friends to read the book and why?
Yes because it's funny 

Could any improvements be made and how?
No. 

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Review by Kirsty, aged 10, from Scunthorpe, England.   Rating: Brilliant. 
What did you think of the story?
I thought the book was very involved but although it was descriptive, it was
a good read. 

Favourite character and why
My favourite character is Filly because she is the most like me. 

Who will the book appeal to most and why?
I think the book would be best for 10 years and older because it is quite
long and detailed. 

Would you tell your friends to read the book and why?
I would recommend this book to my friends because we like most of the same
things. 

Could any improvements be made and how?
No, the book is great as it is. 

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Review by Isobel, aged 8, from Winchester, England.   Rating: Brilliant. 
What did you think of the story?
I thought it was excellent!! 

Favourite character and why
Filly coz she's cool, nice and kind! 

Who will the book appeal to most and why?
All the children coz it is brilliant!!! 

Would you tell your friends to read the book and why?
Yes coz it is excellent and exciting 

Could any improvements be made and how?
NO WAY!!! 

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Review by Megan, aged 11, from England.   Rating: Brilliant. 
What did you think of the story?
I thought the story was great and literally unreal!It was so imaginative
that I thought it was just simply amazing!Not many people would really care
what I read but i have read all the Jaqueline Wilson,All the Terry
Pratchet,All the richard Gosling,All the Enid blyton and all the Roahl Dahl
books.And I have got to say not one of them has as great an imagination as
Philip Ridley!
If you want advice on any books just look them up on the web! 

Favourite character and why
I didn't have a favourite character as they were all great in their own ways
and all had differently brilliant personalitys!Other books that are done by
Philip ridley are for instance scribbleboy another book with totally
different characters in it.So I loved all the characters all the way through
though their personalitys did annoy me at first! 

Who will the book appeal to most and why?
The book will apeal to any Keen readers with an imagination and someone who
can untangle hidden meanings!I wouldn't reccomend it for weak readers
because you need to understand the plot to read it all in one go!!! 

Would you tell your friends to read the book and why?
Yes and no because some of my friends are well not as sophisticated and
therefore would not understand the plot for instance a close friend of mine
will hardly touch a book!For her I would reccomend this too though to give
her imagination a boost and her reading skills too! 

Could any improvements be made and how?
Yes this book shouldn't have been wrote as if word tumbles over word so that
the slower readers could read it without skimming it.That would make the
book more enjoyable! 

...well, sounds promising.

Martin

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dmeteoritos o astronomia???)

Hola amigos, everyone, and anyone, world, please help a friend in need:

I need advice for an important Christmas present:  a book/novel/Roman with a

meteorite/astronomy/meteors/comets or something similar slant.  Fiction 
would be best, we're even talking popular romance novel authors (where I 
might find a Spanish language edition)...actually those would be great for 
the adventurous woman who has a soft spot in her heart for guys that have 
space rocks in their heads ... Latin American or Spanish books are highly 
desirable, too ...

The problem is it will have to be in Spanish, or if in English, very easy to

understand, and available for quick shipment from Amazon.com.  My window to 
pick up the book order on time is ending since I need to travel to get mail.

Kid's books which might be fun to practice English are fine ideas too. 
Classics I might find in Spanish, Spanish language literature would be fine 
... She already has all the H.A. Rey books...other than that....H E L P 
please.... I'm totally lost for thoughts :-(((

Thanks for any ideas!

Best wishes, Doug
(suffering on this one)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MexicoDoug" <MexicoDoug at aim.com>
To: "Matthias Bärmann" <majbaermann at web.de>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Handling rust problems after buying Irons

Hi Matthias,

I am very saddened to hear of the problems you experienced with your Morasko
specimens you bought at auction from that Seller.  The comment about your
Nantan never rusting is odd with Morasko rusting, making this a curiousity -
though I'm sure it is frustrating to no end to see your beautiful meteorites
rusting away.

I just have two comments,

First, did your Morasko have fissures along the crystal bountries as is
common due to high impact shocking in that iron?  This probably could play
havoc if not properly cared for if dunked in tap water especially and not
dried...and not all Morasko are equally fissured.  If it did exhibit this
natural condition, was this illustrated in the photos for you, or is there
evidence it was purposefully occulted?  Then you'd have a case of fraud.

Second, could you kindly share the "obscure treatment" the Seller suggested
with us?  That way when you make your complaint public we can all judge for
ourselves better what is happening and it would be much more effective IMO.
Plus, I'm sure listmembers would love to know of a potentially different
treatment out there being used on that locality - I would!

I wish you good luck with the Seller, any time a meteorite rusts it's not
only a loss for the owner, but for humanity as well.  It would be helpful if
preparation was not used as a competitive advantage of dealers.  This is one
of the aspects of commercialization of meteorites I really find revolting.
In a perfect world where meteorites come first, Sellers should be required
to say exactly how the meteorite is prepared or what it is exposed to.  And
Sellers should be more responsible to conserve and provide this information
even before asking more mundane things like TKW 's since TLC beats that, and
w/crust, since w/rust beats out that for importance to know...This is more
than a labeling issue - it is a processing issue which directly affects the
scientific and commercial value of the piece.  Off the soap box...

Best wishes,
Doug

PS, it was sufficient to post the Seller's eBay ID, without his name.  EBay
policy is that posting in public name and ID after participating in auctions
is not legal and more to the point with your problem, you probably loose
some leverage with eBay taking punative action when there is a case to be
made that the Seller has already answered you, no matter how lame or nice
the Seller's sugestion.

ref: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/identity-contact.html.  I don't
make a big deal out of this since you can't reach over "with pleasure" and
choke a seller, depending on how much hard earned $ is at stake, and maybe
all you are really looking is to stike back at him after a negative
transaction where you feel fooled. No further comment!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Matthias Bärmann
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 9:02 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Handling rust problems after buying Irons

Hello list,

I'ld like to ask whether anyone of you ever bought Morasko from ebay-seller
starrymet (Lukasz Smula) and how his/her experience is until now. I did so,
and my personal experience is not very good, unfortunately (although
starrymet's ebay-feedback is excellent).

I bought, step by step, 4 pieces: 2 individuals, 1 etched slice, 1 etched
endpiece. They really were pretty when I received them, the etched pieces
with marvellous Widmannstaetten pattern and even nice and delicate Neumann
lines. I didn't hesitate to give very positive feedbacks. So far, so good.

But it took only a few months and all 4 pieces began to rust, heavily, over
and over. Meanwhile all of them have really dramatic rust-problems. And I
need to underline: I never had such rusting on/in iron, not even with Nandan
(!).

I informed the seller about this problem and received only a quite lapidary
answer, advising me to work with a (regarding my impression) pretty obsure
chemical treatment. So I contacted the seller again, asking hin whether
he'ld help me with a better solution or take the pieces back. But from now
on I never received any reaction from him. I tried several times and finally
informed him that, still remaining without any reaction, I'ld make the
problem public - what I'm doing now, not with pleasure.

Would also be interesting for me to know how the sellers of the list use to
handle such problems.

Thank you, best regards,

Matthias Baermann

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