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Tassie Dave’s
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As a child from the 60s, the future has been less futuristic that I'd have thought. But when you see Blade Runner and Terminator, maybe it's good we dialed it back a bit ;-)Trike wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "I'm suspicious of Trike :-? A Tricycle is a machine after all."
I’ve... seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Trick-or-treaters dressed as pirates. I watched high beams on t..."
Nice homage to Rutger. It is poignant that he passed away in the same year as Roy :-(
I'm suspicious of Trike :-? A Tricycle is a machine after all.https://www.bfi.org.uk/are-you-a-repl...
My Result:
You are 29% likely to be a replicant.
I think therefore I am. Poetic, but do you really understand it? Those memories could be implanted. They taunt. Painful to live in fear, isn't it?
Then again I would fake a low score if I was ;-)
Trike wrote: "As I sit here waiting for the 3 trick-or-treaters to show up"That's 3 more than I got last night ;-)
Here it's opt-in. You have to make it clear you welcome "ToTs"
Beth wrote: "I figured Airenrhod (sp?) would be the figure in the back, if you squint maybe possibly she's in something like a sledge? I'd peg the male figure for Herne, and the presenting woman for one of the Hegenony folks, like Jerusha"I have just got to the scene depicted on the UK cover (12% in) and you are correct. The 3 people are Herne (Starbuck), Airenrhod (Queen) and Jerusha (Police Officer)
Slight spoiler (view spoiler)
Brad wrote: "I just read the Hill House (2019-) Sampler (Digital Version) #1 (Basketful of Heads and Basketful of Heads (2019-) #1 by Joe Hill and I have to say I’..."Cool :-) After seeing this post, I downloaded and read the Joe Hill sampler.
"The Dollhouse" looks the most enticing. It has a "Locke and Key" vibe. Not surprising as Joe did have a dollhouse in "Small World", one of the L&K "Golden Age" single issue stories.
Trike wrote: "I’m assuming you mean books that are a single story rather than merely ongoing"I meant single, continuous, story.
I would guess I've read more than 193 batman & superman comics over my 56 years.
Just finished the final 6 issues of The Walking Dead. A good finish.This is by far the longest series I've read and it's still somewhere in my top 5 series of all time.
Next in my queue is the last Volume of Paper Girls
At least there are still more Saga issues to look forward to next year :-)
To quote Vernor Vinge ;-)"I pronounce it as rhyming with the word 'stingy' "
-Vernor Vinge
https://www.tor.com/2011/08/01/a-chat...
Trike wrote: "Ian wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Thank you John. I am only 20 pages in and the British cover nails it."Okay, I'm convinced. I'll spend an Audible credit for it. Ha ha!"
The snow queen is callipygous."
Is she supposed to be the Snow Queen?
Yes, I did look up the meaning of callipygous ;-)
I love terror birds.Australia has the closest thing still living. The Cassowary. They are dangerous SOBs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary
This is a cassowary's foot
Thankfully they are not native to Tasmania or any mainland place I visit.
Silvana wrote: "Am I the only one who could not find a Kindle copy?"It's not available in Australia either and a few other markets. You can get it off the US store.
See my earlier post (Message 9)
John (Taloni) wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "Yes, It rhymes with 'stingy'"So, like the bees? Joan Ving-ee? *ducks, runs for cover*"
Yes like the bees. If they won't give you any honey ;-)
It isn't available as an eBook in some markets. It's not available in Oz and the audiobook & paperback/hardback are ridiculously expensive.But we should all know the trick of changing your location to the US marketplace to get it, then change back, by now ;-)
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David wrote: "I just hope that Tom and Veronica remember that Vinge is pronounced with two syllables (Vernor Vinge is her ex-husband)."
Yes, It rhymes with 'stingy'
I liked the book more at the start than at the finish. My biggest criticism would be that it was a bit too much of the same, for way too much of the book. Sal's attitude and constant self-reproach just got annoying. I gave the book 3 stars. If it had been half as long I might have given it 4 stars.Nathan wrote: "I'm not really used to the profanity, that was probably the one shocking element for me, but I was able to accept it as a fundamental part of Sal and her mannerisms."
It must have gone straight over my head. I finished it 11 days ago and my thought after reading your comment was that, I don't remember the swearing :-?
But I've worked as a miner for 35 years, so I'm used to high level swearing. So it was, probably, tame compared to the guys/girls I've worked with ;-)
James wrote: "Silvana wrote: "@Darrel: Sorry, I meant the subscription fee."$6.99 per month or $69.99 for the year... although I believe this is a pre-order special, not sure if it will change once they go live."
That's the US price. It is AU$8.99 a month in Australia. We get it a week after the US.
I don't think Indonesia has a start date for Disney+ or a price yet.
The fact that people are offended by The Tiger's Daughter, makes me want to read it to see what the fuss is about.
Trike wrote: "I wouldn’t be surprised if they make a Willow series."There is a really hilarious episode of "Life's Too Short" (A mockumentary about a fictionalised life of Warwick Davis, who was Willow in the movie) which has a guest appearance by Val Kilmer and his quest to make Willow 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%27...
Things are looking up for Warwick when he is approached by Hollywood star Val Kilmer to film a sequel to 1988 fantasy film Willow. However, he needs to help finance the movie himself
I love the whole series and apart from the Willow parts, Val Kilmer is continually putting on a Batman mask and asking people to guess who he is. Of course no-one remembers that Val Kilmer was ever Batman ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yMmi...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdmir...
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Trike wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "I could argue there are books missing (like on any of these lists), but I can't argue against any book that is on it.."Betcha I could. 😈 (Looking at you, garbage book Binti.)"
I loved all 3 books. We have wildly different, but equally valid opinions on that series :-)
Trike wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "The 2nd list is good. Though I was expecting a more widely diverse, geographically, list. Not just North American indigenous."
Well, B&N is an American book chain and today is ..."
It is a fine list. The title doesn't define it too well as being strictly NA indigenous.
We have the same issues as your Columbus Day, on our Australia Day. Which the local indigenous call "Invasion Day" as it celebrates the date on which Britain first colonised Australia.
There is a growing call to change the date to one that everyone can celebrate.
I'm one of those people who believe Columbus, Cook, Tasman etc should not be recognised as "discovering" places that were already occupied.
This years Booker Prize has gone to a SFF book. It was won jointly by Margaret Atwood for The Testaments and Bernadine Evaristo for Girl, Woman, Other
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/...
This is Atwood's 2nd Booker Prize. She also won in 2000 for The Blind Assassin
Bernadine Evaristo is the first black woman to win the award.
