John wrote:
I suppose that is true. I remember taking those standardized
tests as a kid and always being amazed when the teacher would say, if your
name doesn't fit in the blanks. Huh? It always seemed like the number of
spaces for the last name went half way across the page! And I was
Alberto wrote:
So? You can't have Kamikazes without a religious component,
because they were not dying to save Japan, they were dying for
their honour.
And what did religion have to do with honour? Men who refused to become
kamikazes would disgrace their families, and so many died to protect
Am I the only one who is getting sick of these Blah blah blah is evil. Enough
is enough. Thank you.
Lal
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Steve wrote:
Definitely. I wonder why cartoons made as follow-ups to movies
are often so much better than the movie itself. The same is
also true of the various recent Batman animated series.
That's not fair. The Batman animated series took its cue from the first two
films (I deny the
After finally getting around to buying a Brin book (Kil'n People, which I picked
because it looked intriguing and it was signed too!), I even managed to read it
in the same month I bought it, which is more impressive when one considers that
I have two hundred unread books that have been bought
Erik wrote:
working towards it). That thing is money = revenue = sales. Everything
is fungible to an economist or a finance guy. So, to first order, I
Forget all that other technical stuff! What does 'fungible' mean?!
Lal
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Jon wrote:
Forget all that other technical stuff! What does 'fungible' mean?!
Interchangeable. Is it easier for you to post a question like that
rather than surf to something like http://dictionary.com/ and find the
answer?
Well, he might not know about it?
Lal, you can also try
Adam said:
So I think you're more than likely OK in London. Unless those pesky
Danes start acting up...
Despite finding Andy C's post hilarious for some strange reason (Dude, Iraq can
missile London! Kewl!), I'm quite relieved to hear that isn't the case.
Lal
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Andy C wrote:
I believe my friends in the IDF. Your choice to believe otherwise.
True, and BBC News Online has been known for cock-ups though usually of the
grammatical variety.
Then again, with the IRA still lurking in the background and psycho nail bombers
cropping up, I think I'll pass on
William T said:
Go rent a copy of Tampopo.
Good movie.
Seconded. Rather weird sections with that Yakuza guy, but it's a cool film.
Lal
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Rob wrote:
Radix by A.A. Attanasio
Hah! Fellow Attanasio fans do exist! What other books of his have you read?
I've only managed _The Last Legends of Earth_ and _Centuries_ so far but I
just got _Radix_, and I have the Octoberland books and some of the Arthur
books too (in fact, any idea what's
Rich wrote:
If you were sending books to a 25-year-old young man who's into punk,
skateboarding and such, who tends to always want to be very cool...
what science fiction would you recommend?
I'd suggest Neal Stephenson's _Snow Crash_, Sterling's _Holy Fire_,
Gibson's _Idoru_ and Reynolds'
Julia wrote:
So, that means that _Kiln People_ really ought to have spoiler space for
awhile yet, and _Startide Rising_ really, really ought not need it, IMO.
Hey, I haven't read any of the Uplift series yet! Spoiler space is necessary
if it's not clear from the subject that you are discussing
Jose wrote:
I'm going to make my weekly expedition to Borders in a couple of days. I'd
like to stock up on SciFi books. What's new and worthy out there?
Two excellent books that I read last year were _Perdido Street Station_ by
China Mieville and _Heroes Die_ by Matthew Woodring Stover.
Jeffrey wrote:
:) I'm currently knee-deep in the Black Company series.. pulpy,
gratuitous, but for some reason, I can't stop reading 'em..
On a vaguely related note, has anyone here read Kage Baker's Company novels
(_In the Garden of Iden_, _Sky Coyote_ and _Mendoza in Hollywood_)? I have
Jon wrote:
I estimate that I'll have the first chapter analysis post of Earth done
around April 15 and will plan on posting them every 4-6 weeks
subsequently.
That's subject to change if the project is more daunting than I think it
will be.
Ah, cool. I'd like to read that. I take this means
Jeffrey wrote:
How was it? I've been avoiding Brin lately (gasp!) as the last
2 I read, Sundiver and Practice Effect, I found to be.. well, not
my favorite books ever. Not bad, per se, just not so great.
Hearing what little I have about KP, I'm worried its an Saturday
Night Live book -
Rob wrote:
Where is this Lal?
I'd like to brush up on my Covenant since a third trilogy might be in the
offing.
http://kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/index.php
Have fun. Most people have chosen names of characters from the two
trilogies. See if you can find me. ;)
Lal
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George wrote:
The first Covenant trilogy in one word:Depressing.
The second trilogy in more than one word:Even more depressing.
I wouldn't deny that these books are downbeat in nature, but to sum them up
as depressing is to do them a great disservice. I liked all six books the
first
George wrote:
I know
scholarly works
must show an extensive vocabulary, but SF and/or Fantasy novels don't.
I don't agree. Why should genre determine the vocabulary used within a
novel?
Of course, all this is a matter of personal taste and as for Covenant,
didn't like the taste. Don't ask
George wrote:
Lalith Vipulananthan asked:
Just out of interest, how old were you when you read these books?
In my early 30s.
Thus shooting a hole in one theory I'd developed with Ritu that age is a
determining factor in one's enjoyment of the Covenant books. Most of the
people I know who
Deborah wrote:
jumping in
I was ~25 when I read the first book, which I only
finished because a good friend had highly recommended
it. I nearly tossed it after the
rape-and-then-she-falls-in-love scenario, as that is
so far from real life that I couldn't stand it.
You did only read the
John Horn wrote:
From: G. D. Akin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The first Covenant trilogy in one word:Depressing.
great
Agreed.
The second trilogy in more than one word:Even more depressing.
awful
Wah. Why did you find it awful? Did you also think that _The One Tree_ was
Debbi wrote:
Hmm, well it *was* a long time ago...I'm not sure if I
learned that through conversation -- I really don't
recognize the other characters you named below (like
the one name, though!) -- it's entirely possible that
my friend discussed further storyline(s) in an effort
to
JJ wrote:
(Aside: There are some extremely cool games coming out for the
PS2. It seems
the gas is running low for the XBOX and PC game developers... ).
Pah. Panzer Dragoon Orta, um, Splinter Cell, and that's about it. We'll have
to wait a little while longer before we see Halo 2, PGR 2 and
Andrew Crystall wrote:
The UK public and leadership are in favour.
The UK public are in favour? What is that statement based on?
Lal
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Ronn! wrote:
I wish Gerrold would work on a completed series . . .
*lol*
Tell me about it. I started reading this series in 1990, around the time
that _A Season For Slaughter_ came out. 13 years later, and Gerrold is
still alive from all accounts. I think he wrote the three Dingiliad
books to
William T Goodall wrote:
So what other writers or books in science fiction, fantasy,
or horror (or heck, any genre) do people on the list like, even
though
they realize they're not exactly top-notch stuff?
Terry Goodkind
I used to, but then I read _Faith Of The Fallen_. There is only so
William T Goodall wrote:
Pillars was a whole lot worse...
A good friend of mine still reads them and he enjoyed Pillars. Then
again, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the Night's Dawn
trilogy. I thought it was fun and he thought it deserved a re-read over
my recommendation of
Bryon wrote:
That's happened to me a few times recently as well. Just
today I got one from Tricia Blankenship.
I got one from Tricia Blankenship as well.
Lal
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Kevin Tarr wrote:
That doesn't seems to be the right person. But I've been begging for
something like this on our subservient list, they throw
around titles and likes and dislikes so fast it's hard to keep up.
If you're referring to the Culture List, did you ever look at the CDR?
There were
Kevin Tarr wrote:
But there are times when the list is tossing off lists like
water off a wet dog. Hard to keep track and most of them are not in
the CDR.
I kept track of a few of the more obscure ones, and then I went out and
hunted them down via Bookfinder.com.
eg: the Master Li and
We're thinking about where to send it OTHER than the mainline SF
magazines.
Do any of you have any familiarity with the newer e-zines that are
out there?
Do any seem hot and with-it? Mixing good fiction with say, media
coverage that brings in a young crowd?
Martin Lewis suggests
Jan Coffey wrote:
That web site as you probably can tell is the web presence of the Sci-
Fi channel, and Sci-Fi Mag.
I don't know what your deffinition of mainline SF magazines is, but
I would think that this particulare one, while not what I would
consider to be mainline, it's kind of
Jan wrote:
My best friend is Indian and holds an Indian passport,
I'm curious about this friend of yours. A few questions: does he work in IT
as well? Is he getting paid much less than a typical American, and if so, is
he directly employed by a US company or he is being hired out from India as
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