Tassie Dave’s Comments (group member since Mar 27, 2011)

Tassie Dave’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

It's a journey, not a destination.

I've read 3 volume tomes that I wished were longer and short books that should have been novellas.

and vice versa. It depends on the writer.

Stephen King is a classic example of a short story writer that has become too famous and successful to have his too long stories shortened to a more readable length.

At least you don't have to wait 3½ years between Issue 54 (end of Vol. 9) and issue 55 (Start of Vol. 10) like those of us that were reading along with the series as they were released 😕

I was starting to think the series would never restart.

It is an amazing series. Made more amazing by Fiona Staple's brilliant artwork.

It still has a long way to go. The end of Vol. 9 was the half way mark of the story.

terpkristin wrote: "I see it’s got a sequel out so if I like it, maybe have something to read after…"

It's not out yet.

It's showing a Nov 7, 2023 release date on Amazon.

Ooh we find out where Hogwarts' graduates go to College.

I'm joking, but it does sound like it may have been inspired by HP.

Not saying that's a bad thing. Like all picks, I will give it a fair go.

Tamahome wrote: "Is that a british pastry?"

No Italian 😉

Iain is talking about Adrian Tchaikovsky's other book City of Last Chances being bleak, not CoT

Glasgow is a tropical paradise compared to my town.

We get twice as much rain and it rains for more days per year.

I'd guess we are a tad warmer though.

Mark wrote: "Leading Ladies Book Bundle from Image Comics and Humble Bundle

That is an amazing deal. 😎

Anyone that has never read Saga and is interested. That is the first 10 volumes (60 issues) Buying those alone would set you back a couple of hundred dollars.

The whole run (6 Volumes) of the great "Paper Girls" series.

Plus the other 36 books by themselves are worth 10x the asking price.

All for less than AU 30 bucks. (minimum) Wow. 😎

I'm getting it even though I have Saga and Paper Girls. The rest are all series I am interested in.

Obviously I will chuck a few extra bucks in because it is for charity, but still an amazing deal.

I wouldn't go so far as to call it bleak. (Yet)

It is definitely a city at its lowest. Under control by an oppressive invading foreign power.

But there are the odd shining lights who try to rise above and push for change (by way of revolution) and at the point I am in the book (52%) they are getting hammered back down.

I am hoping to see some sort of people's revolt before the end.

I am enjoying it. It is a solid good, not great yarn. 3-ish stars.

Trike wrote: "Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part One, theatres, July 12.."

Looks like a solid entry to the already great MI franchise.

I hope to be as fit & look as young as Tom when I get to that age. He is almost 61.

(view spoiler)[I'm a month older than him 😕

Yet look old enough to be his dad 😢 (hide spoiler)]

Science Fiction

They also did ones for:
Romance: Complete with everything: a kiss, a promise, a misunderstanding, another kiss, a happy ending.

Western : Complete with everything: cowboys, horses, lady, blood, dust, guns.

Mystery: Complete with everything: detective, telephone, mysterious woman, corpses, money, rain.

That Romance title could be taken more than one way 😉

All I can say is wait until you read Book 2.

Loss of Free Will and Self is definitely a theme that gets explored heavily by the end.

Tamahome wrote: "For percussion, Queen - We Will Rock You? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN..."

I submit David Bowie's "Starman" from the album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"

"The Spiders from Mars" was Bowie's band in his Ziggy Stardust phase.

Also "Spider Woman" by Uriah Heep.

You can't not have the Spiderman theme song from the classic cartoon series.

As someone who has read all 3 Books in the series and several other of Adrian's books in other series, he does prefer optimistic outcomes.

I'm confident you will enjoy the resolutions to the storylines.

Well there is the Oz classic drink.

A Spider.

Add 1 scoop of ice cream to a tall glass
Add your favourite carbonated fruity beverage

To be truly an Aussie drink the fizzy cordial needs to be Lime or Creaming soda

Plus sub-genres give an idea of the type of book it is.

If it is described as urban fantasy then I'm not surprised if an Ogre, dressed in a suit and tie, is walking around New York chatting to a Gnome and an Elf.

Tasmanian Gothic is a sub-genre. But it is not restricted to SFF.

Note: Since when haven't we been able to post links to other sites? Like wikipedia? weird.

Severance is great. It is one of the few really excellent shows on AppleTV.

I'm waiting for S2.

Tamahome wrote: "A lot happens with the humans by part 6. I think the "spacey" cover is deceptive. It's really half evolution on a planet, half drama on a generation ship. I assume it all comes together at the end ..."

Book 2 Children of Ruin is more spacey.

I wouldn't describe "Spotted Dick" as pastry. It's a steamed pudding.

Pudding as in the British meaning. Not the gloop called pudding that American's eat 😉

"Spotted Dick" is more cake-ish than pastry-ish.

I'd back Veronica to crush her 'Hot Ones Challenge' after seeing her do this 11 years ago on Scam School 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VnQc...