Andrew Moore's Blog, page 140

A Moment of Silence for Red 5

You were with us all too briefly, you majestic prince.

The Problematic Nature of Wheel of Time's TV Adaptation as of Episode 1

The erasure of Toms continues.

Addendum

The most plausible answer is "filth," so keep that in mind.

Key Worldbuilding Point

How does your fantasy setting handle photography? The implications are defining. No need to ask about science fiction though, because obviously photography has been banned because of all the edits.

A New System of Classification

There are two kinds of fiction: Pirates are good and pirates are bad. Not all works of fiction have pirates in them, but you can figure it out. For instance, in an Ellery Queen story pirates would be bad, while in Hyperion they would be good. At least the pirate who told a tale about all the action he got after an intense poetry reading would be good.

Addendum

"The greatest trick the Milky Way ever pulled was convincing people it exists." - P. L. Lewis

An Inescapable Truth

"Satellites in position. Camera drones out. Seismographs sited. Barometers, radiometers, chronometers all set. We're ready when you are."
The ramp lowered, and the best environment suit modern engineering could devise walked from the ship to the barren, inhospitable world that had never known moisture, let alone daisies. The chosen explorer reached the bottom, and then he was in a land of greenery and gentle inclines.
"Earthification complete. Looks like you're somewhere in Belgium. Get back in. I just hope we have enough data to figure out something about when and why this keeps happening."
"We already know," the explorer said as he returned. "Space is dumb and fake."
Finis

Punchline Corner

That's not my legendary sword!

A Note on Deus ex Machina

The reason the deus ex machina ending was derided in stagecraft was that you should have had the god show up earlier if you were going to have one. The lesson was not to avoid anything exciting ever happening.

Detailed Review of Watch Out, We're Mad!

People paid to watch that. I give it my most philosophical rating: sweet mystery/life.