You know, that guy who said that thing.
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Oh, and Herald is spiky 90's Thing as The Silver Surfer? Lol.
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Oh, and Herald is spiky 90's Thing as The Silver Surfer? Lol.
I loved it of course. The shift from Morrisonian both/and Save Everything to a bleaker more grounded Save What You Can, hit hard, but the meta-plot of it still seems odd. How did The Maker screw up the universe this badly with a janky time machine that he (maybe) didn't even build?
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I loved it of course. The shift from Morrisonian both/and Save Everything to a bleaker more grounded Save What You Can, hit hard, but the meta-plot of it still seems odd. How did The Maker screw up the universe this badly with a janky time machine that he (maybe) didn't even build?
slightly bummed we didn't get follow-up on Torch's plotline, but I think I have an idea of what you did with him.
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
slightly bummed we didn't get follow-up on Torch's plotline, but I think I have an idea of what you did with him.
I'm mildly embarrassed I missed the Omelas connection to America Chavez until now.
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm mildly embarrassed I missed the Omelas connection to America Chavez until now.
During my intro to Kant course in undergrad, we got three explication questions on the Critique for our first assignment. Prof told us to ignore the third question as we hadn't covered the material yet. I did it anyway. I had a headache I could feel in my toes.
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
During my intro to Kant course in undergrad, we got three explication questions on the Critique for our first assignment. Prof told us to ignore the third question as we hadn't covered the material yet. I did it anyway. I had a headache I could feel in my toes.
I think you can make a case that Creggar had definite things on his mind, but that's not the same as him trying to say something coherent *about* what was on his mind. Still a fun movie.
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I think you can make a case that Creggar had definite things on his mind, but that's not the same as him trying to say something coherent *about* what was on his mind. Still a fun movie.
take heart, your 'Vines fans are thalidomide babies' metaphor for artistic taste is immortal.
September 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
take heart, your 'Vines fans are thalidomide babies' metaphor for artistic taste is immortal.
it's hard to know how realistic the fear is without more background on the setting, so her attitude lands differently once you've seen the movie a few times. but yeah, just 'take off and nuke the site from orbit' in the sequel is the apotheosis of competence porn.
September 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
it's hard to know how realistic the fear is without more background on the setting, so her attitude lands differently once you've seen the movie a few times. but yeah, just 'take off and nuke the site from orbit' in the sequel is the apotheosis of competence porn.
I feel like the through line that's been hinted at since issue #1 is Etienne trying to whittle the Superpowers down to a number where a stable order can be established. He wanted to do it with Valentina but it was already too late by that point, now he's trying to defuse the bomb.
May 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I feel like the through line that's been hinted at since issue #1 is Etienne trying to whittle the Superpowers down to a number where a stable order can be established. He wanted to do it with Valentina but it was already too late by that point, now he's trying to defuse the bomb.
yeah. it's a fine line between fixing mistakes and violating the intent you had when you did it in the first place. 'that's just where your head was at, at the time. let it be. write something new if you want to express your current mind.'
February 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
yeah. it's a fine line between fixing mistakes and violating the intent you had when you did it in the first place. 'that's just where your head was at, at the time. let it be. write something new if you want to express your current mind.'
I understand that. I've fried some part of my brain editing academic papers, so things like that just jump out at me, but I still hate editing my own writing. it's never done.
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I understand that. I've fried some part of my brain editing academic papers, so things like that just jump out at me, but I still hate editing my own writing. it's never done.
I only ever got kindle versions, or whatever ebook format I got from amazon years ago. Never did order any issues of Azimov's. chances are you've noticed most of them by now.
February 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I only ever got kindle versions, or whatever ebook format I got from amazon years ago. Never did order any issues of Azimov's. chances are you've noticed most of them by now.
If you're looking to reprint, I have noticed a handful of typos over the years. only maybe a half dozen or so across all the stories. If you give me a few days I could tally them up and bounce them back to you.
February 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you're looking to reprint, I have noticed a handful of typos over the years. only maybe a half dozen or so across all the stories. If you give me a few days I could tally them up and bounce them back to you.
sounds just fine. My wife is actually a semi-professional bookbinder, so I could print that and she could put a nice durable cover on it. I've actually considered in the past printing them out again myself and having her bind them. she'd be glad of the practice, but a premade set would be simpler.
February 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
sounds just fine. My wife is actually a semi-professional bookbinder, so I could print that and she could put a nice durable cover on it. I've actually considered in the past printing them out again myself and having her bind them. she'd be glad of the practice, but a premade set would be simpler.
I was meaning to ask: have you made any plans for a collected edition of some kind? I don't own a phone, so I've been reading these dog-eared old printouts for ages on the bus, or on trips, and those are just the ones in older unlocked formats I *could* print
February 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I was meaning to ask: have you made any plans for a collected edition of some kind? I don't own a phone, so I've been reading these dog-eared old printouts for ages on the bus, or on trips, and those are just the ones in older unlocked formats I *could* print
The Soviet Union couldn't defeat Afghanistan at the height of its power. Russia now can't even defeat a few guys sitting in a village in Kursk, even when they have all the reason on earth to get it done. It'll just grind on to a slow humiliating defeat for Putin. No question.
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Soviet Union couldn't defeat Afghanistan at the height of its power. Russia now can't even defeat a few guys sitting in a village in Kursk, even when they have all the reason on earth to get it done. It'll just grind on to a slow humiliating defeat for Putin. No question.
sad little boys and their power fantasies. some of us grow out of it.
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
sad little boys and their power fantasies. some of us grow out of it.
Happy to do it. I'd nearly given up that the final story would ever come out, and, given the way the world is unfolding, I could understand why that might be. As I said, I'll give it another read or two and see if anything comes to mind
February 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Happy to do it. I'd nearly given up that the final story would ever come out, and, given the way the world is unfolding, I could understand why that might be. As I said, I'll give it another read or two and see if anything comes to mind
There is something taoistic or buddhist about it, but maybe just because that's what I learned on. If you push on the world with your ego, something will push back. if you contribute to things in a lot of invisible ways, you just become part of the process. anywho...I need to work in the morning. 🥱
February 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
There is something taoistic or buddhist about it, but maybe just because that's what I learned on. If you push on the world with your ego, something will push back. if you contribute to things in a lot of invisible ways, you just become part of the process. anywho...I need to work in the morning. 🥱
Plus, if we ever went directly into his mind, you'd have to directly answer the question that all the stories pose to the reader, which kind of defeats the purpose. there are enough hints to fill in most of blanks as to the WHY of him, if you think it through. But it's almost *too* simple.
February 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Plus, if we ever went directly into his mind, you'd have to directly answer the question that all the stories pose to the reader, which kind of defeats the purpose. there are enough hints to fill in most of blanks as to the WHY of him, if you think it through. But it's almost *too* simple.
Well, if he could control it, he wouldn't be human, and that's part of the point. I always got the impression that he intentionally submerged himself as much as he could so that he never became the focal point of any distortion and The Work would just go on like some machine that he had made.
February 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Well, if he could control it, he wouldn't be human, and that's part of the point. I always got the impression that he intentionally submerged himself as much as he could so that he never became the focal point of any distortion and The Work would just go on like some machine that he had made.
and, I suppose, if one wanted to be pedantic about plot holes, you could say that Haynes' delusion is what allowed him to sidestep the repairs made to his brain. To him none of it was truly real, so his moral inhibitions never kicked in. All that was left was his psychotic fixation with disassembly
February 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
and, I suppose, if one wanted to be pedantic about plot holes, you could say that Haynes' delusion is what allowed him to sidestep the repairs made to his brain. To him none of it was truly real, so his moral inhibitions never kicked in. All that was left was his psychotic fixation with disassembly
So I guess it's one part Problem of Evil, one part Book of Job. Haynes is someone literally (re)created in Doc's lab and given new life. So he can't accept that The Old Man is not both all Good and All Powerful, and so creates an elaborate delusion where his 'God' actually made the world too.
February 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
So I guess it's one part Problem of Evil, one part Book of Job. Haynes is someone literally (re)created in Doc's lab and given new life. So he can't accept that The Old Man is not both all Good and All Powerful, and so creates an elaborate delusion where his 'God' actually made the world too.