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mllaneza posted:On the one hand, there's what General Batuta said, which I respect. On the other hand, the third book changes POVs so a) that problem ends, and b) is a really good locked room mystery et on the moon. Go for it. Oh a change of POV is good. I was getting pretty tired of the well-meaning-math-genius-white-woman by the end of it.
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HopperUK posted:You really can't see how saying 'Adrian Tchaikovsky exudes "(Mom)ANSIBLE said you can't make fun of me anymore" energy to me.' would imply, to people who have no idea what you're thinking when you write it, that you're saying he exudes a petulant, immature vibe? Tiny Timbs posted:I have no idea what the “mom” crack is supposed to mean You two are right. I should have put a hotlink to ANSIBLE and added <sarcasm> tags around my joke about ANSIBLE instead of expecting people to get the joke or go "what the hell is ansible?" or alternately calling me a dick for making fun of ANSIBLE (winner of 6 Hugo Awards) versus the immediate J'accuse! responses I got. Anyway for people unfamiliar with ANSIBLE; Ansible is a United Kingdoms fantasy & science-fiction physical newsletter turned internet newsletter that has been running since August 1979. Ansible the newsletter focused hard on UK based authors and UK based conventions/literary gatherings. Ansible has been edited by David Langford since issue 01. Pretty much the first decade of Ansible had heavy amounts of content (book reviews(mostly of UK authors), UK SF&F and literary event writeups with kilotons of long running in-jokes) that was submitted by UK based SF&F mega-fans & UK fantasy/science-fiction authors who weren't well known back then, but over time became EstablishedNames in the fantasy & science-fiction genres. For example, the editor of ANSIBLE, David Langford, has won more Hugo Awards than anyone else, ever. https://news.ansible.uk/ is the ANSIBLE homepage https://news.ansible.uk/aseries1.html#1979 is where the saga of ANSIBLE starts actual fantasy & scifi thread content: The Goblin Corps by Ari Marmell ended up being one of the best "Reverse Dungeon" inspired fantasy books that I've read. "Reverse Dungeon" is a TSR adventure module released back in 2000 where the players play as the monsters fighting against invading heroes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Dungeon Reading novelizations of fantasy and horror andscifi movies is something I recently started getting into. The George Lucas novels of the Star Wars original trilogy movies is different than the movies, and it's cool to see the differences. (Like Luke going into a fugue state and not remembering what the hell he did in the Death Star 1.0 trench run vs the movie). I know that novelizations of some of John Carpenters films exist; looking forward to eventually reading the novelization of Halloween 3: season of the witch. Conal Cochran was such a classy villain in H3, he even clapped at the Day Drinking Deadbeat Doctor Dad foiling his plan. quantumfoam fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Nov 26, 2022 |
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it's because your line about mom said you can't make fun of me makes absolutely no sense in the context it was used in, op. your explanation actually made it more confusing.
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Larry Parrish posted:it's because your line about mom said you can't make fun of me makes absolutely no sense in the context it was used in, op. your explanation actually made it more confusing.
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Larry Parrish posted:it's because your line about mom said you can't make fun of me makes absolutely no sense in the context it was used in, op. your explanation actually made it more confusing. Yeah I knew what Ansible was, lol. Now I just feel like I’m being gaslit.
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Larry Parrish posted:it's because your line about mom said you can't make fun of me makes absolutely no sense in the context it was used in, op. your explanation actually made it more confusing.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:Yeah it's this. What even is ANSIBLE? Is it a publication? Isn't ansible the FTL communication tech? I'm deeply confused as well.
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Captain Monkey posted:Isn't ansible the FTL communication tech? As explained above it's a newsletter. I used to read it but I got kinda fatigued with it after a while.
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I was about to sarcastically ask who even reads a newsletter anyway and then remembered that half this thread is my grandpa's age
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Yeah put me in as another 'I knew what ANSIBLE was but the 'mom' bit completely confused me.'General Battuta posted:I exude a thin slime, which forms a protective layer around my delicate gills and membranes when I need to leave the pond to forage
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Lead out in cuffs posted:Yeah it's this. What even is ANSIBLE? Is it a publication? It's Dave Langford's long-running SF&F fan publication that has won him more Hugo Awards than anyone else in history. It's probably best known for Thog's Masterclass, a collection of quotes written without much thought. Full archive is free at ansible.co.uk if you want to check it out.
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uber_stoat posted:i prefer Runcible. 
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HopperUK posted:As explained above it's a newsletter. I used to read it but I got kinda fatigued with it after a while. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible You can't fool me.
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An sibyl is a form of oracle or fortune teller.
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An sibyl. And you call yourself a writer.
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I have no idea what Ansible is and have found every followup explanation increasingly incomprehensible. These posts are like reading a book review through Google translate. I think Tchaikovsky's writing is pretty decent overall but his books have been hit or miss for me. I recently read The Expert System's Brother and it was a good core idea, but the actual plot was pretty shallow.
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I don't know what's going on with this weird ansiblechat thing but let's all stop it whatever it is, thanks
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Stanislaw Lem sale. The Cyberiad: Stories - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CKDFE9W/ A Perfect Vacuum - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008FC7TZ4/ One Human Minute - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008R2JSME/ The Investigation - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008R2K8VO/ The Chain of Chance - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008F0ON4G/ Fiasco - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008R2J70M/ Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy #2) - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008R2JK1S/
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pradmer posted:Stanislaw Lem sale. Added some comments about the Stanislaw Lem books.
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i've started reading neal stephenson's termination shock and it's not as bad as i was expecting that being said, he has multiple characters deliberately explain why they're not left or right-wing which seems peculiar
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there's a certain kind of author who simply loves to write monologues like that into everything. Joel Shepherd who I otherwise really like does it in 2 of his 3 series that I've read lol. always a moment where the characters turn to the camera and explain what horseshoe theory is basically.
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quantumfoam posted:Added some comments about the Stanislaw Lem books.
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Larry Parrish posted:there's a certain kind of author who simply loves to write monologues like that into everything. Joel Shepherd who I otherwise really like does it in 2 of his 3 series that I've read lol. always a moment where the characters turn to the camera and explain what horseshoe theory is basically. I loled whenever that one marine in Spiral Wars would randomly bring up being a libertarian. it only happened like twice but still
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Age of Ash (Kithamar #1) by Daniel Abraham - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0976XDNF2/ The Two of Swords: Volume One by KJ Parker - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y5K2CK3/
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I loled whenever that one marine in Spiral Wars would randomly bring up being a libertarian. it only happened like twice but still Cassandra kresnov does it like every book and it's very funny because she doesn't appreciate either superpower's political ideology... but she's uh, also part of one sides government so it constantly rings a little hollow lol. It's like writing a critique of the Cold War from the perspective of a CIA agent. The whole time I'm like wait, your doing this same poo poo, just not as bad lol
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I'm hate reading John Scalzi again, this time Kaiju Preservation Society. I really liked the Old Man's War books but for some reason I have spent the last few years rapidly growing to dislike his books and now I despise them for some reason. Well the idea is cool but god drat I hate this guy's writing and I want to run him over with a steamroller. In other news I read "Century Rain" by Alistair Reynolds earlier this week and that was great although I lmao'd when I found out the future society was founded by website "Slashdot". also adults in child bodies as The Future 
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I'm hate reading John Scalzi again, this time Kaiju Preservation Society. IMO this one was basically a distillation of all of the worst parts of his writing style.
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withak posted:IMO this one was basically a distillation of all of the worst parts of his writing style. I'm 4 chapters in and feel like I'm being intentionally trolled when I read poo poo like "Oh, right." Niamh said and turned to me. "Greenland. What the actual gently caress?" AARD VARKMAN fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Nov 28, 2022 |
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I'm hate reading John Scalzi again, doctor it hurts when i do this
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I'm 4 chapters in and feel like I'm being intentionally trolled when I read poo poo like "Oh, right." Niamh said and turned to me. "Greenland. What the actual gently caress?" If that kind of dialog bothers you then just stop reading because it absolutely does not get any better.
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Zoracle Zed posted:doctor it hurts when i do this i wouldn't have to do this if he hadn't produced several mildly competant mil-SF novels before his heel turn in to the embodiment of reddit dot com
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AARD VARKMAN posted:i wouldn't have to do this if he hadn't produced several mildly competant mil-SF novels before his heel turn in to the embodiment of reddit dot com you can stop at any time I promise.
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I think part of it is that Scalzi has been getting lazy. His stuff is getting formulaic and predictable at both the prose and plotting levels.
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i think the most recent thing scalzi wrote that I can say I honestly liked is his foreword to one of the more recent editions of forever war, and even that's probably 20 years old now. also you can tell he's seething that lots of people probably confuse his books for the forever war
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VostokProgram posted:Oh a change of POV is good. I was getting pretty tired of the well-meaning-math-genius-white-woman by the end of it. She's Jewish ?
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This is indeed a pretty great collection of quotes: http://thog.org/thogmatic.php Eg two solid pages of describing a woman with as many metaphors as humanly possible: http://www.crackerboxpalace.com/verypurple.jpg Some are definitely bad (esp the sex scene adjacent ones) but honestly some convinced me to add some books to my reading list. tildes fucked around with this message at 09:26 on Nov 28, 2022 |
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I absolutely love Memoirs Found in a Bathtub, though you're not wrong that it's the height of Lem writing Cold War paranoia. Parts of it (including the ending) have stuck with me for a good fifteen+ years vividly. Cannot recommend highly enough with that caveat. What does it have to do with ijon tichy though
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