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October 29, 2020
THE MANDALORIAN Season 1 recap.
Soon. SOON.
Seriously, I do have one worry, and it’s the same one Honest Trailers had: bloat. The first season worked very, very well because it was so austere. You were getting told one person’s story, and that was more or less it. But now they’re bringing in a lot of other stuff from the wider Star Wars universe. Will it still work?
Guess we’ll see!
Moe Lane
In the Mail: The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler.
I’d been meaning to get The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler for a while now, and I finally got around to snagging a copy. I mostly got it for The Night Strangler, because it’s harder to find and I haven’t seen it for decades. Note that this isn’t the Kolchak series, though. Just the two TV movies.
10/29/20 Snippet, PATCHWORK GOD.
I just had a horrible realization what’s happening here. Glad I figured it out in time!
Patreon!We knew there wasn’t anybody in the rooms. If there had been, any of the three of us would have felt their presence at this range. And it turned out there were no traps; or if there were, then they were designed to trigger in the presence of humans. Which isn’t exactly unreasonable. Even most of the humans who know about the supernatural don’t really believe in either Side. We’re metaphors or anthropomorphic representations or whatever other rationalization the humans are using this week. It’d be more annoying if it weren’t usually so useful.
So what was left was were three connected rooms. The two outer ones looked sloppy and carelessly lived-in; humans apparently didn’t smoke in hotel rooms anymore, but the air still tasted of low oxygen and various organic byproducts. These people weren’t exactly neat freaks, either: clothes spilled out of overnight bags, and the underwear was piling up.
There was one other thing; there was plenty of food and water, all prepackaged and in bulk. At first, I just let that pass (seems efficient, right?), but it made Jack stop short. “That is strange,” he said.
“Oh, is it?” said Pat.
“It is at least something of interest,” replied Jack.
Tweet of the Day, This @JeffRightNoww Dude Is Good edition.
I like how he uses the medium to his advantage. If this was real-time it’d be a lot less coherent and a lot more annoying.
Quibi getting shut down pic.twitter.com/DYg1b1225o
— Jeff Wright (@JeffRightNoww) October 29, 2020
Via @SonnyBunch.
October 28, 2020
10/28/20 Update, TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION Kickstarter.
With three weeks to go, we are at the cusp of the next stretch goal on the TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION Kickstarter. It’s going okay, all in all. Right now I’m trying to decide whether Backerkit is going to be a viable option this time. Last time it did pay for itself, but that was last time. This time the budget is going to be unavoidably leaner.
But! The good news is, things are proceeding to a plan. It is not a melodramatic plan, but it is a plan nonetheless. It’s been an excellent education, so far…
10/28/20 Snippet, TINSEL RAIN
Tough to find a passage that didn’t spoiler FROZEN DREAMS!
Patreon!“We know who he is?” I asked, then shook my question. “’Course we won’t. We never do. What’s his name, at least?”
Daisy lifted up one finger while she took a sip of her drink. That task done, she said, “Not quite right: we know her name. We will be privileged to have the boot of Banshee Raven from the Stygian Depths placed on our collective necks. All must love her, and despair!” She snorted, almost despite herself. “The Dominion didn’t include that last part.”
I shook my head. “Heathens. Whaddya gonna do? No, wait, Daisy. That’s a serious question. What are you gonna do?”
“What we always do when a new Dominion ambassador arrives, Tom. We hang back for a while and wait them out.” She finished her drink, and shook my head when I offered a refill. Instead, Daisy got up herself and spritzed some seltzer into her glass. Waste not, want not, I guess.
The THE MANDALORIAN Honest Trailer.
Show reviewing is a complicated profession.
Dang, now I want to binge-watch the entire series again before the premiere the THE MANDALORIAN Season 2. But I got stuff to do this week. So maybe just the first episode…
I’m giving away five Audible codes for FROZEN DREAMS!
[UPDATE: 4 left]
First come, first served. These are real Audible.com codes for FROZEN DREAMS, not the audio files; respond here or on Twitter* USA/UK only, alas: I have a bunch of codes for those two markets, but not the others. No hidden pitfalls or anything like that; just a free audiobook!
Moe Lane
*This is completely independent from the Kickstarter, but if you were to happen to back that project and then respond there I’ll consider those too from the point of view of timestamps.
Mailed FROZEN DREAMS to Keanu Reeves today!
Well, actually I mailed copies of Tim Powers’ DECLARE and THE STRESS OF HER REGARD to his agent, just in case Keanu Reeves was looking for new movie ideas. But when I looked at the box there was still space in it, and one of my author copies of FROZEN DREAMS was right there. No harm, right?
Mind you, this isn’t how you get a movie made from your book. I don’t even think I want a movie made from my book, because ironically I didn’t write it to be particularly cinematographic. But, worse case scenario: some minion at WME assigned to opening celebrity mail just scored three excellent books. I figure that’ll do for an act of generosity, at least.
Moe Lane
*Or just wanted something to read, because those are really, really good books and if you haven’t read them you should.
