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I had to download the book because of that list goddamnit.
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# ? Sep 22, 2017 18:06 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 09:05 |
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chitoryu12 posted:11. Aroriellian law and government, including the entire Aroriellian Charter. Oh, do tell. Please, I want to know how their legal system works. Are verdicts decided by ritual Shartball games, perhaps?
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# ? Sep 22, 2017 19:14 |
How the gently caress do you people even find this stuff
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# ? Sep 22, 2017 21:41 |
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Does the list of foods say which ones are best eaten before a game of shartball?
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# ? Sep 22, 2017 22:54 |
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quote:“Vutz this thing!” he swore, as his vehicle spun wildly in the wind. When inventing languages, try to choose cuss words that don’t make it sound like your characters are slipping into vaudeville Yiddish accents.
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# ? Sep 22, 2017 23:30 |
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echopapa posted:When inventing languages, try to choose cuss words that don’t make it sound like your characters are slipping into vaudeville Yiddish accents. Hey, let's not make any assumptions here. We still don't know if Furlite food is kosher.
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# ? Sep 22, 2017 23:34 |
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echopapa posted:When inventing languages, try to choose cuss words that don’t make it sound like your characters are slipping into vaudeville Yiddish accents. The plural of chybut is chybutz and this was my exact thought.
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# ? Sep 22, 2017 23:48 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:How the gently caress do you people even find this stuff
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# ? Sep 22, 2017 23:48 |
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chitoryu12 posted:Semi-related, I'm looking in the back of the book. There is: Continuing the tradition of Tolkien and Herbert, I see. That or all of this is real and the aliens chose the wrong person to beam their messages to.
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# ? Sep 23, 2017 00:18 |
Considering that she misspelled "Monii" in her very second reference to the creatures, I'm not exactly confident that she's going to maintain perfect continuity and figure out all the proper math for the units she created.
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# ? Sep 23, 2017 01:27 |
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:This right here is why I hope I can stick it out for the rest of this Let's Read. Between all the made-up creatures, bizarre alternate units of measurement and ridiculous chracter names, I'm finding the my eyes just sort of glaze over the text excerpts. Don't say stuff like that, or Chi will start to wonder why he is risking his sanity for our entertainment if we aren't entertained. I want to go down this rabbit...erm...worm?hole as octo-far as I can octo-go.
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# ? Sep 23, 2017 05:38 |
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chitoryu12 posted:Considering that she misspelled "Monii" in her very second reference to the creatures, I'm not exactly confident that she's going to maintain perfect continuity and figure out all the proper math for the units she created. Maybe she was dipping into a regional spelling variation.
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# ? Sep 23, 2017 07:06 |
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Look at all these Furlite prescriptivists ITT
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# ? Sep 23, 2017 07:24 |
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Chitoryu, you've got me hooked on your Let's Reads. Also, every time I read the word "shartball" I'm like
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# ? Sep 24, 2017 01:31 |
Pata Pata Pata Pon posted:Chitoryu, you've got me hooked on your Let's Reads. Also, every time I read the word "shartball" I'm like I'm glad I can bring people joy through my suffering!
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# ? Sep 24, 2017 02:30 |
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where's the drunken james joyce i was promised
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# ? Sep 24, 2017 04:06 |
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echopapa posted:When inventing languages, try to choose cuss words that don’t make it sound like your characters are slipping into vaudeville Yiddish accents.
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# ? Sep 24, 2017 04:26 |
A human heart posted:where's the drunken james joyce i was promised The sex scenes.
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# ? Sep 24, 2017 06:32 |
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chitoryu12 posted:I'm glad I can bring people joy through my suffering! As I said in the Handbook thread, you're already doing the lord's work eating bizarre MREs; you don't have to suffer for our sins! though I totally love all three threads Also, I admit I might be a little afraid to post ITT, as when I posted in the Handbook one I got this handsome fella you see here, my very first avatar. Watch me get an anatomical drawing of a chybut from the glossary or something.
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# ? Sep 24, 2017 18:48 |
Maybe now we can finally finish the drat first chapter.quote:The four youngsters crammed themselves into the commuter shuttle. Geupetus waited patiently. After they settled noisily onto the small rear cushions, he closed the hatch and resumed driving. He drove barely a octafet when the questions bombarded his ears. Murkuria and Thorius immediately begin begging their dad to tell them about the starship they're working on at the Complex. Some of the dialogue establishes that the Furlites have already developed sleeper ships: quote:“It was launched 225 years ago.[9] What would you expect?” Murkuria commented. quote:[9] 225 Aroriellian years are equivalent to 382.5 Earth years. Okay the Furlites can't have developed anything even vaguely resembling "security". You'd imagine an interstellar starship capable of rapid travel across the galaxy would be a massive undertaking subject to at least some kind of classified data restrictions, but the ship commanders just tell their kids about everything going on at work and even bring home completely unsecured disks with all the blueprints! I mean, maybe that is pretty realistic knowing what I know about how humans handle classified intel.... The conversation in the car is glossed over with basic descriptions of how the conversation goes. Thorius admits to having found the disk with the schematics, and Elara tries to pry the details out of him. Geupetus drives down the tree-lined roads until they reach the family's massive stone house. They park the vehicle inside the home's shuttle hangar, where the rest of the family has already landed. quote:Elara hoisted her sagging backsack, then stepped out of the craft. Kanus stepped past her, walking out of the shuttleport. Now we finally have our Matissia of the title! Their mother, Nethunia, also appears to greet them. They talk about whether or not they're allowed to play games on the computer console downstairs before dinner, and whether they'll go to the State Shartball championships. Nethunia expresses her disapproval at Elara and Kanus having gone to the Gamehouse after school, even after she promises that they stayed in the Fun Room where the adults aren't allowed to drink. quote:“I know you would not cause trouble but . . .” This dialogue is such a goddamn chore to get through with the refusal to use contractions. Elara doesn't get the chance to talk about Kanus because Nethunia already found out, and decides to begin dinner conversation with it. Elara promises her grandmother, Isea, that he didn't start it, but she can't believe such a well-mannered boy would fight like a savage from the Furlites' tribal days. Elara snaps at her over it. quote:“I am sorry,” Elara whispered. She tried to stop her trembling. Why had she reacted so? She liked Kanus, but not as bondpartner, nor even as best friend. Somehow, tonight, Kanus’ image jumbled with images of her long-gone best friend, Tes . . . She shook her head violently. NO! She fought the wave of sorrow and grief with tremendous strength of will. She lowered her eyes, ignoring the sudden concern in her mother’s expression, staring at the ornate edge of her aquamarine plate. She studied the play of the light in the glass alloy. Elara starts telling the story of what happened: they were in the Fun Room (which sounds like they were at the playground in a McDonald's) and Kanus challenged her to a match of Star Warrior, but an older drunk Furlite thought he was challenging him to a fight and slashed him with his claws. Kanus maintained his composure and beat the poo poo out of him until some adults stopped the fight. Murkuria takes the time to admit to her fight at school. Her family is in perfect agreement that she acted appropriately to help Tria, and Geupetus finds it a waste of time that the school called his shuttlephone and the house over such a small matter. They diss on Kutius some more, which is okay because he doesn't have a learning disability like Tria so he's just an rear end in a top hat. quote:“What of poor Tria? She is so good-hearted,” Ara asked. “Could something like this hurt her? I mean, will she stay extroverted enough to bond one day?” It's okay Murkuria, I share your sentiment about Furlite sex. Especially when it comes to loving children what is wrong with you Ara. After more insulting Kutius and his family, Geupetus decides to reveal the big news to his family: they've developed the Sunpyne, a starship that can travel at just under the speed of light, and Geupetus has been offered command. Even more importantly, Fleet Commander Siritus has offered crew positions to the entire Clan Darius. Geupetus hands the entire family envelopes inviting them to their positions on the crew with Cadet ranking....except the twins. quote:“Father? What of Thorius and me?” Geupetus looked at his twins, and all exultation drained from him. The dreaded announcement had arrived. The panic in both faces drilled into his heart, but Geupetus steeled himself against those eyes. And there's the rub. Geupetus thinks of Elara's "stunt" from 6 years ago, when she was the twins' age, but it's not yet revealed to us just what she did. Thorius is smart enough to also know that with the near-light speed travel, his family will barely age. The twins will be 37 years old while the rest of the family is only slightly older than they are now, leaving them older than some of their current elders. Surprisingly, most of the family seems to demonstrate absolutely no qualms about leaving! quote:“I believe we should go.” Orios’ voice startled the twins into silence. “We are spacefarers, after all. It is what we all trained for. It is our obligation, to us, to that new ship.” drat, that is cold. Not even a moment's hesitation to leave the kids behind until adulthood. Elara and Nethunia are the only ones who show any kind of reticence, but both of them accept after only a few seconds of thought. Even Elara, who apparently has some deep-seated trauma related to this! quote:“Ara, will you please clear the table?” Nethunia asked, and collected the twins, guiding them to the computer console. She dug into Orios’ case, pulling out two disks. Orios nodded approval. As information on the ship filled the screen, both youngsters roused from their depression. Nethunia walked silently back to the dining area as Thorius’ last audible words -- “I told you it was a real one” -- rang in her ears. Loading the washer, Nethunia watched the twins. Both studied the screen with interest, yawning at the same time. Nethunia concentrated on the cleaning at hand, controlling her inner turmoil. Her mind spun with memories of Ara’s excitement, Elara’s joy, Isea’s delight, and Orios’ jubilation, but the exultant glitter in Geupetus’ eyes burned into her psyche. She feared his zest for life might fade forever if she obeyed her instincts, and forced him to give up command for her. She refused to allow that to ever happen. Deep down, Nethunia perceived that the Sunpyne summoned the Clan to fly again. She rejected the worry and the prodding maternal emotion that threatened her Clan’s destiny. She inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, ready to board that ship and do her job.
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the synopsis posted:Clan Darius, after careful deliberation as a family, driven by their sense of responsibility, discipline, and duty, decide they must squelch their emotions and accept the commission - leaving the twins on Aroriel. Careful deliberation = 5 seconds of looking at twins, shrugging, and going, "Lol gently caress you guys, we're going into SPACE!"
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# ? Sep 25, 2017 20:39 |
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Pata Pata Pata Pon posted:Careful deliberation = 5 seconds of looking at twins, shrugging, and going, "Lol gently caress you guys, we're going into SPACE!" Let me think - Retarded AF pubescent twins or SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE? TEAM CHYBUT IS BLASTING OFF AGAIN! Try not to burn the house down, kids.
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# ? Sep 25, 2017 20:45 |
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quote:“Nothing,” he smiled. you cannot smile dialogue, god dammit quote:“What about Kutius?” Ara frowned. “He will be old enough for sex soon. He does not deserve it.” I love that his name is cute-ius, too. Subtle. Well, maybe. I presume there is a pronunciation guide somewhere in the appendix.
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 01:05 |
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Tagra posted:I love that his name is cute-ius, too. Subtle. Well, maybe. I presume there is a pronunciation guide somewhere in the appendix.
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 07:17 |
Speaking of the appendix, I would like to start a new form of mini-update: The World of the Furlites In this segment, we take information from the appendix and read over it. As I said, there's a very extensive amount of information in this book. Quite a lot of it is mentioned in passing (sometimes without context) in the actual text, and in some cases you wouldn't really demand context but Marie decided to tell us everything anyway. Perhaps this should shed some light on Aroriel and Furlitian society. Especially the chapter on reproduction. quote:SOLAR SYSTEM FACTS As usual, all formatting is native to the text itself. The maps are just as unreadable in the Kindle version as they are here. chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Sep 26, 2017 |
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 13:49 |
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Ah the Starship Buttplug of the Dangerous Class (no flared base). Seriously, how is propelled? On wishes and dreams?
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 13:57 |
Proteus Jones posted:Ah the Starship Buttplug of the Dangerous Class (no flared base). They just sortof fart it out
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 16:54 |
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EEWWWWW
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 17:00 |
Proteus Jones posted:Seriously, how is propelled? On wishes and dreams?
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 18:05 |
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I find these sort of Let's Reads fascinating because there's so much background work on a goofy sci-fi story...but to what end? Is this a hard vs. soft sci-fi thing? Or a creator spending waaaaay too much time on tiny details of their universe that don't support the narrative in any way? I feel like this is a prototype to stuff like Malatoria or the guy obsessed with illegal divers.
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 18:56 |
SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:I find these sort of Let's Reads fascinating because there's so much background work on a goofy sci-fi story...but to what end? Is this a hard vs. soft sci-fi thing? Or a creator spending waaaaay too much time on tiny details of their universe that don't support the narrative in any way? I feel like this is a prototype to stuff like Malatoria or the guy obsessed with illegal divers. I think it's an obsession thing. Marie wrote a multi-book series about furry saurian aliens (inspired by her Maine Coons) that have gratuitous sex scenes on multiple occasions, with an extensive appendix detailing the entire alien government, several dozen invented units of time and measurement, and their reproductive habits. You don't do that because you're really into hard sci-fi. You do that because you have a problem. Also I went back to the original quotes from Curse of Koris that inspired this thread and Kutius is the one in the horrific sex scenes. I guess he really did find someone to do funny things with. chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Sep 26, 2017 |
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 19:05 |
The_White_Crane posted:Oh, do tell. Please, I want to know how their legal system works. I missed this question, but from what I remember it's like a libertarian thing where they have a council that does votes and referendums for major governmental decisions but the Furlites are mostly left to their own devices, with things like nearly unlimited freedom to own weapons. Punishments for severe crimes usually involve isolation in the wilderness for various periods of time (including potentially indefinite detention). There's also a murder rate of nearly zero because murderers are executed immediately and evolution has thus selected against people genetically predisposed to kill others.
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 19:11 |
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I think my favorite thing is that, in this world of cat-dinosaurs with a whole other vocabulary for their alien biology and culture, a steak sandwich is still a steak sandwich.
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 21:16 |
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RoeCocoa posted:I think my favorite thing is that, in this world of cat-dinosaurs with a whole other vocabulary for their alien biology and culture, a steak sandwich is still a steak sandwich.
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# ? Sep 26, 2017 21:46 |
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So wait, there's only one bathroom, and it's on the complete opposite end from the command room? What chafk-of-a-chybut vutz designed this thing? edit: I just remembered you have the glossary of Furlite insults. What did I just call the designer? I'm dying to know. JacquelineDempsey fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Sep 27, 2017 |
# ? Sep 27, 2017 05:19 |
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Why is there a swimming pool on their exploratory craft?
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# ? Sep 27, 2017 08:13 |
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Kavak posted:Why is there a swimming pool on their exploratory craft?
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# ? Sep 27, 2017 08:16 |
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Sham bam bamina! posted:And why is it there? Right next to the lav? Sure makes bathing post lav-use SO MUCH EASIER!
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# ? Sep 27, 2017 10:11 |
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chitoryu12 posted:... it's like a libertarian thing ... Of course it is. And I bet they don't have taxes either, but still somehow managed to put together an interstellar space program.
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# ? Sep 27, 2017 10:25 |
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The_White_Crane posted:Of course it is. Because their enlightened self-interest dictated everyone would chip in resources and capital. You know, once they figured out who the ONE person that was going to be the idea guy running the Wiki was.
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# ? Sep 27, 2017 10:37 |