Queue on 2/12/2013 at 02:48
So he's like Louis L'Amour...only robots, not cowboys?
Volitions Advocate on 2/12/2013 at 03:25
I can understand where you're coming from Dema. My "OYE" at Plato wasn't because of its complexity or academic / theory nature. I just don't like Socrates. I found Machiavelli and Locke more more interesting to read. But reading all of them is important if you're interested in the material, how else would you be able to compare ideologies?
Sulphur on 2/12/2013 at 03:48
Surely Queue's sarcasm hasn't been that hard to parse for the last couple of days. At least, I hope not.
demagogue on 2/12/2013 at 04:23
In my defense, if you're referring to me taking Queue's post on Asimov at face value, I currently live in a country where anime bishoujo girls can give proper train etiquette instructions on posters and the gas company trucks play childish jingles as if they were ice cream trucks, all without a hint of irony. My sarcasm meter has simply given up trying anymore.
Queue on 2/12/2013 at 04:42
I was starting to get all sweaty and itchy trying to figure out how to juggle this one. I mean, having the two youngsters on the hook... But you?!
You need to get the hell out of there, demagogue. Madness. Utter madness.
Isabel on 8/12/2013 at 07:14
I am reading "Great Railway Bazaar" by Paul Theroux is my favorite travel book it captures the spontaneous pleasures of travel. The route takes place from London’s Victoria Station to Asia and finally through the Trans-Siberian express.
demagogue on 9/12/2013 at 07:40
I'm seriously thinking about taking the TS railway east to west when my program is done. I wonder if clearing is along the way?
Gryzemuis on 9/12/2013 at 13:33
(
http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/The_Princess_and_the_Queen) The Princess and the Queen by George RR Martin.
Short story, about 75 pages. Published last week as part of the Dangerous Women anthology. Description of a civil war between two parts of the Targaryen family. 170 Years before the events from the books of A Song of Ice and Fire.
To me, it gave the impression of a very short Silmarillion. Lots of stuff happening. Very quickly, with very few words per event. Lots and lots of names. Lots of people dying. It's almost as if it is an answer to the criticism towards the 4th and 5th books of ASOIAF. Those books got criticized for not having enough action. GRRM might have thought: "You want action ? Here's some action !".
If you've read all 5 books of ASOIAF, and the Dunk & Egg stories, you probably want to read this. Just for completion's sake. But if you haven't, then The Princess and the Queen is probably a very boring story.
Yakoob on 27/12/2013 at 20:15
About 100 pages into Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan, a Steampunk Historical Fiction taking place at the start of WW1. While I'm enjoying the alternate history and steampunk angle, it feels a bit too much like a teen novel. Finding it in the Young Adults section in my library should have been a giveaway :p
catbarf on 28/12/2013 at 05:08
Just finished re-reading Metro 2033. It is bleak. Damned bleak. More bleak even than the game. The English translations are a little iffy (mostly overly literal), but still pretty well-written, if a little on the slow side. If I'd read it before playing the game, I never would have thought it could be turned into a compelling first-person shooter.
