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Squizzle posted:I disagree, though among fans of the first book, I'm in the minority for that. The only bland one is Children, which suffers for being separated from the more interesting and thematically-coherent Messiah. (They were conceived early as one book. Their separation is why Messiah is so short.) The first novel benefits from being written at least twice; Herbert published it first as a serial. The demands of the serial format restrained Herbert's tendency to wander on about a single theme overlong, and forced him to build real points of tension regularly into the narrative. The later books lack that, and they're weaker for it. sir this is a nihilist arbys
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Ramadu posted:first dune book is the greatest science fiction book ever written
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ah, i thought i recognized her writing. i hated her previous piece. it looks like, in her new one, she final began taking milo seriously.
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Doorknob Slobber posted:quick someone send a message to this solar system asking for help please no do not let president trump talk to aliens
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Squizzle posted:I disagree, though among fans of the first book, I'm in the minority for that. The only bland one is Children, which suffers for being separated from the more interesting and thematically-coherent Messiah. (They were conceived early as one book. Their separation is why Messiah is so short.) The first novel benefits from being written at least twice; Herbert published it first as a serial. The demands of the serial format restrained Herbert's tendency to wander on about a single theme overlong, and forced him to build real points of tension regularly into the narrative. The later books lack that, and they're weaker for it. not a single thpo or mspellingb
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squizzle I read every word of that post and I think it's a solid analysis and review of the Dune books gi[d jpb
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Squizzle posted:I disagree, though among fans of the first book, I'm in the minority for that. The only bland one is Children, which suffers for being separated from the more interesting and thematically-coherent Messiah. (They were conceived early as one book. Their separation is why Messiah is so short.) The first novel benefits from being written at least twice; Herbert published it first as a serial. The demands of the serial format restrained Herbert's tendency to wander on about a single theme overlong, and forced him to build real points of tension regularly into the narrative. The later books lack that, and they're weaker for it.
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I've got rants in my pants, and I needs me that sweet POTUS Wednesday evening tantrum.
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Lastgirl posted:https://twitter.com/NASA/status/834467934835789827 someone make the sun the thinking man pic
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FBI knew that first contact with aliens was coming. They're orange and have tiny hands, so Comey made the only choice he could.
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heck, make them ALL thinking men
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Doorknob Slobber posted:quick someone send a message to this solar system asking for help 40 lights years is relatively close. but we should prolly try to go to mars first for the relatively paltry sum of 200 billion dollars
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Leviathan posted:bannon threw his phone up a flight of stairs Imagine if it waswas himself, and down them
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there is no intelligent llife on those planets. they get roasted by solar flares on the reg
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SKULL.GIF posted:squizzle I read every word of that post and I think it's a solid analysis and review of the Dune books tyvm i lik ethem a lpt, v excelkebt reafds
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That DICK! posted:someone make the sun the thinking man pic
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Duscat posted:uh I think it was local backfill on msnbc (on cable not my computer)
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Leviathan posted:40 lights years is relatively close. but we should prolly try to go to mars first for the relatively paltry sum of 200 billion dollars Yeah, that's even like 4 jumps on a bad ship.
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euphronius posted:there is no intelligent llife on those planets. they get roasted by solar flares on the reg you don't know their life
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punchymcpunch posted:FBI knew that first contact with aliens was coming. They're orange and have tiny hands, so Comey made the only choice he could.
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Lastgirl posted:toby is just another paid protester pretending to be a 7 year old, why won't the camera pan to him dems resorting to child labor and political indoctrination smh...so progressive put him to work in a coal mine, where god's children belong, you brainwashers
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livenewschat is just giving me a 'connecting to stream arbitration server...' error. :[
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Lastgirl posted:toby is just another paid protester pretending to be a 7 year old, why won't the camera pan to him all told, this is the cushier route for a crisis child actor
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euphronius posted:there is no intelligent llife on those planets. they get roasted by solar flares on the reg so? we have bannon. Life finds a way
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anyone incredibly unhappy when they realize "Carson Daily" isn't dr ben carson's talk show
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Squizzle posted:I disagree, though among fans of the first book, I'm in the minority for that. The only bland one is Children, which suffers for being separated from the more interesting and thematically-coherent Messiah. (They were conceived early as one book. Their separation is why Messiah is so short.) The first novel benefits from being written at least twice; Herbert published it first as a serial. The demands of the serial format restrained Herbert's tendency to wander on about a single theme overlong, and forced him to build real points of tension regularly into the narrative. The later books lack that, and they're weaker for it. nmiucer mrwethown
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i can respect that squizzle. i also agree that the first one was the tightest story. I just got idk tired and then paul turns into a worm and im like what the gently caress
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the black husserl posted:laurie penny wrote an article on Milo's followers that is both extremely smart and extremely lol pro-click, great read
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Baloogan posted:anyone incredibly unhappy when they realize "Carson Daily" isn't dr ben carson's talk show lmbwao
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Baloogan posted:anyone incredibly unhappy when they realize "Carson Daily" isn't dr ben carson's talk show There can only be one (carson)
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Mexico's Foreign Minister Rejects Trump Deportation Policyquote:The White House said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the head of Homeland Security, John Kelly, would talk to Mexican officials and "walk through" the implementation of the new immigration guidelines. They include plans to enforce an existing provision of the US Immigration and Nationality Act that allows authorities to send undocumented migrants back to Mexico, regardless of where they are from.
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Baloogan posted:anyone incredibly unhappy when they realize "Carson Daily" isn't dr ben carson's talk show with that regdate im not buyin that you knew who ben carson was before you knew who carson daly was
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euphronius posted:there is no intelligent llife on those planets. they get roasted by solar flares on the reg who said anything about intelligent life? there could be bacteria who are known to survive extreme conditions, which in turn probably has allowed weird and unique alien life. As long as there is the possibility of water and the right atmospheric conditions (that shields such solar flares roasting on the reg~) and temperature, carbon based life forms will propagate. The other 2 closest to the sun are the ones that get roasted on the reg, 3 of them are well within the habitable zone. Three of them. That's a significant chance for one of them to harbor life instead of just finding one habitable zone per solar system and us having Mars as a crapshoot as a dead rock.
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Any of you sadbrains watched man in the high castle yet? Baloogan im talking directly to u
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Tonetta posted:Any of you sadbrains watched man in the high castle yet? Baloogan im talking directly to u havr yoy watvgegan inrhw casyke, while hogi?????
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lmfao Maddow is doing a story on how Montana republicans are pushing back on a request to have the upcoming special election be a mail ballot election (which is being proposed due to being a cost saving measure) because too many dems might vote
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Lastgirl posted:who said anything about intelligent life? people were saying send a message asking for help this implies intelligent life
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euphronius posted:there is no intelligent llife on those planets. they get roasted by solar flares on the reg i wish tien's solar flares would roast your eyeballs on the reg
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Holy poo poo this maddow report on Montana GOP is nuts. They're literally trying to stop vote by mail via emergency order because it helps Democrats.
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