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I think a lot of them received so much public repudiation and rejection by award voters that they declared victory one final time and retreated back into their own little echo chambers. They're probably salty down in their basements but who cares? Read books, be happy.
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May 23, 2018 15:28
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Oh I know but didn't her winning last time start the whole sad puppies meltdown. Nah, she had a couple of public slapfights with, I think, Vox Day. But puppies were in full swing before she won anything major.
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May 23, 2018 15:31
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Is The Book of the Dead series worth getting into and is the publication order the best reading order?
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May 23, 2018 15:31
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Mel Mudkiper posted:hey thread Jemisin won a prestigous sci fi award again please point me to the nearest meltdowns k thnx I think they gave up on the Nebulas a long time ago.
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May 23, 2018 15:33
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May 23, 2018 18:01
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I could never finish Jemisin's first book. The second person POV just doesn't click with me and the use of comms as a short form for community instead of making up another term or using an actual word that does the same thing just tweaks me every time I see it. There, one free angry nerd against Jemisin.
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May 23, 2018 18:12
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nessin posted:I could never finish Jemisin's first book. The second person POV just doesn't click with me and the use of comms as a short form for community instead of making up another term or using an actual word that does the same thing just tweaks me every time I see it. There, one free angry nerd against Jemisin. I could pretend to be mad about how the entire series is just LeGuin but with more worse words, but Jemisin herself already admitted that so no controversy really
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May 23, 2018 18:19
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Oh I know but didn't her winning last time start the whole sad puppies meltdown. I think BravestoftheLamps is probated. Edit: Dagnabbit, too slow with the joke. MrFlibble fucked around with this message at 02:08 on May 24, 2018 |
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May 24, 2018 02:02
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MrFlibble posted:I think BravestoftheLamps is probated. not anymore (un)fortunately
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May 24, 2018 02:06
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What happened to Effectronica
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Solitair posted:not anymore (un)fortunately whoops nevermind i was wrong lol he'll be back he always comes back 
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May 24, 2018 02:12
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NinjaDebugger posted:What the gently caress are you reading? Jhereg, the 1st Vlad Taltos book. On a different note, the US Amazon kindle store has Stanislaw Lem's Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further reminiscences of Ijon Tichy on a mega price-cut for the 40 hrs, $1.99. All the stories in it are good, eighteenth voyage story will either amuse you or piss you off.
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May 24, 2018 03:40
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NoNostalgia4Grover posted:It's always a bad warning sign when a book starts with a pronunciation guide, especially if it's a science fiction or fantasy book. NoNostalgia4Grover posted:Jhereg, the 1st Vlad Taltos book. LOL at thinking Vlad is unkillable.
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May 24, 2018 04:39
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its ok he dies, but he gets resurrected
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May 24, 2018 04:57
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BananaNutkins posted:I've got a story at dailysciencefiction.com today. It's called The Third Martian Dick Temple. You can read it for free. Warning: I'm no Seth Dickinson. Well you're just missing the Seth and the inson
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May 24, 2018 05:50
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General Battuta posted:Well you're just missing the Seth and the inson (also everyone go buy that Lem, Lem owns)
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May 24, 2018 07:21
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BananaNutkins posted:I've got a story at dailysciencefiction.com today. It's called The Third Martian Dick Temple. You can read it for free. Warning: I'm no Seth Dickinson. My god, it's full of dicks, what else would it be full of. Beautiful.
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May 24, 2018 14:50
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Patrick Spens posted:Nah, she had a couple of public slapfights with, I think, Vox Day. But puppies were in full swing before she won anything major. Yeah it was Vox Day the leader of the Rabid Puppies. But, he gets in slap fights with like everyone.
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May 24, 2018 14:55
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BananaNutkins posted:I've got a story at dailysciencefiction.com today. It's called The Third Martian Dick Temple. You can read it for free. Warning: I'm no Seth Dickinson. I heard it has plenty of dick in, son.
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May 24, 2018 15:05
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BananaNutkins posted:I've got a story at dailysciencefiction.com today. It's called The Third Martian Dick Temple. You can read it for free. Warning: I'm no Seth Dickinson. Obvious sequel hook spotted. The search for the fourth dick temple.
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MrFlibble posted:I think BravestoftheLamps is probated. I said meltdowns not intelligent and thoughtful commentary
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May 24, 2018 16:04
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Xarbala posted:Obvious sequel hook spotted. The search for the fourth dick temple.
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May 24, 2018 20:01
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Not sad the Taltos series turned out to be a bust for me. The first two Taltos books only cost me $2+ tax total, and when I sold them back to the used bookstore I managed to snag a near-mint paperback copy of M John Harrison's The Centauri Device. Really happy with that chain of events, Centauri Device is bleak as gently caress yet has a very lived-in universe. Theory crafting this next statement but I think: The outcome of the Centauri Device caused the Kefahuchi Tract.
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May 24, 2018 20:22
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BananaNutkins posted:Like Alien did to Alien$, but with dicks. I loving love you
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NoNostalgia4Grover posted:Not sad the Taltos series turned out to be a bust for me. I think you misunderstood the Taltos books. His training isn't all that special and while the combination of Witchcraft and Sorcery may be rare it's not unique or particularly out of place. Sorcery in particular, at some level, is very common. Brust does love his odd ball names you need a pronunciation guide for though.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I said meltdowns not intelligent and thoughtful commentary Oh i'm sorry, I should have explained better. The joke is Bravestofthelamps doesn't like Jemisin's work (or much of contemporary fantastic literature) very much. This work got an award for being an astounding work of contemporary fantastic literature. Seeing as Bravestofthelamps is on probation, s/he cannot post their reaction to this happening. Bravestofthelamps is notorious for leaving long, drawn out replies which, in the common parlance of this website, are referred to as meltdowns. Stating that Bravesofthelamps is on probation in response to your question is drawing attention to the absence of this theoretical 'meltdown'. I didn't intend that you construe this simple and logical chain of thought to be an attack against a fellow poster that you admire and will work to ensure that any future wit I engage in, meager though it may be, causes no injury to the character of any described within, perhaps by adding a spoiler (being a section of blacked out text that is unreadable unless moused over) that explains the full intent of my post. There is no joke in this post, but I thought the example of a spoiler box may be helpful to someone of your obvious advanced maturity. I understand it is hard to keep up with the computers and the internets these days, but keep at it 
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nessin posted:I think you misunderstood the Taltos books. His training isn't all that special and while the combination of Witchcraft and Sorcery may be rare it's not unique or particularly out of place. Sorcery in particular, at some level, is very common. Brust does love his odd ball names you need a pronunciation guide for though. I don't remember any of my Taltos books having a pronunciation guide but maybe I just skipped it. But yeah, calling Vlad a "mary sue" for being a sorcerer and a witch in that setting is like being upset that a character in present-day fiction, in addition to being able to read and write, is also learning high-school calculus.
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nessin posted:I think you misunderstood the Taltos books. His training isn't all that special and while the combination of Witchcraft and Sorcery may be rare it's not unique or particularly out of place. Sorcery in particular, at some level, is very common. Brust does love his odd ball names you need a pronunciation guide for though. And Vlad is in no way a sorcerer. He knows some spells, but he spends more time thinking about more spells he ought to learn than using what little he knows. He can't even teleport himself unless he brings a bucket to throw up in. He is, however, an accomplished witch.
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MrFlibble posted:This work got an award for being an astounding work of contemporary fantastic literature. Except that's not what winning it says anymore, now that the award has become politicized to such an extreme degree.
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mllaneza posted:And Vlad is in no way a sorcerer. He knows some spells, but he spends more time thinking about more spells he ought to learn than using what little he knows. He can't even teleport himself unless he brings a bucket to throw up in. He is, however, an accomplished witch. You could plausibly argue that he's "a sorcerer" in the sense of "someone who can do at least some useful sorcery", but that describes literally every adult citizen of Dragaera so 
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less laughter posted:Except that's not what winning it says anymore, now that the award has become politicized to such an extreme degree. Ah, good. Could you explain to Mel Mudkiper exactly what you mean by this? I believe he was looking for someone like you.
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MrFlibble posted:Oh i'm sorry, I should have explained better. The joke is Bravestofthelamps doesn't like Jemisin's work (or much of contemporary fantastic literature) very much. This work got an award for being an astounding work of contemporary fantastic literature. Seeing as Bravestofthelamps is on probation, s/he cannot post their reaction to this happening. Bravestofthelamps is notorious for leaving long, drawn out replies which, in the common parlance of this website, are referred to as meltdowns. Stating that Bravesofthelamps is on probation in response to your question is drawing attention to the absence of this theoretical 'meltdown'. now this is a weird meltdown but not about jemisin so no cigar less laughter posted:Except that's not what winning it says anymore, now that the award has become politicized to such an extreme degree. Now this is more like it
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ToxicFrog posted:I don't remember any of my Taltos books having a pronunciation guide but maybe I just skipped it. You probably skipped it - it's definitely there. I suspect that if the reader knows Hungarian they don't need the guide at all.
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May 24, 2018 22:28
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less laughter posted:Except that's not what winning it says anymore, now that the award has become politicized to such an extreme degree. Awwwwww, wost wittle puppy
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jit bull transpile posted:Awwwwww, wost wittle puppy MrFlibble posted:Ah, good. Could you explain to Mel Mudkiper exactly what you mean by this? I believe he was looking for someone like you. You dudes are being kinda gross.
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Megazver posted:You dudes are being kinda gross. I'm not a dude and angry/rabid puppies aren't welcome itt
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I'm at KC ConQuest for the next three days if anyone wants to drink doctor who themed glowy drinks and attend panels with a real cool dude.
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