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

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

Rick wrote: "(wanders off, whistling the tune of Randy Newman's "Short People" ...)"

Shortist. :-0 That song is offensive to my people ;-)

At 5'4" I am one of the taller members of my family.

Ruth wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Who is Eunice Hunt?"

It's Eustace Hunt in the book. He's the Sheriff of Bideford."
Ah, another gender flip. Thanks"

Jamie Harris is a man.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364807/?...

He is listed as Eustace Hunt in the IMDB page for "Lovecraft Country".

Ruth wrote: "Who is Eunice Hunt?"

It's Eustace Hunt in the book. He's the Sheriff of Bideford.

Re: Vernor Vinge. It's not Vinge like Hinge.

"How do you pronounce your last name?"
Vernor Vinge: "I pronounce it as rhyming with the word 'stingy.' "
https://www.tor.com/2011/08/01/a-chat...

I can't believe Veronica lemmed A Fire Upon the Deep, that was my favourite S&L book of 2016.

5 O'Clock, because it's Five O'Clock Somewhere

Trike wrote: "Just finished Saga Vol. 9 ( holy cliffhangers, spaceman!)"

and for Brian to announce in the letters section that they are taking a year long hiatus after that. Aaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh :-?

terpkristin wrote: "I feel awkward that Lovecraft Country isn’t really pulling me in, after everybody else seems to be sucked in immediately."

I'm the same. I like the characters and I'm interested in their struggles against racism.

But as soon as the story goes into the horror sections It just loses me.

I'm about 40% in and it's about a 3 star book so far.

Iain wrote: "Much likeAustralia you could grow up without ever meeting any. ."

It is shocking how white (and non-diverse culturally) rural Australia was (and still, mostly, is)

I let my white whale swim off years ago.

I have had War and Peace sitting on my bookshelf for 32 years. I have started it several times and never got more than a few hundred pages in before giving up.

I know I will never read it. In my limited time left, I just would rather read something less boring ;-)

Sean will update it eventually.

There are only the last 5 missing out of 335. It is 98.5% complete.

#331- Jade City
#332- Jade City, Slan
#333- No book pick discussion
#334- Slan
#335- Slan, Lovecraft Country

Trike wrote: "Did you post this from the pub? "

He's an Aussie in the UK on Grand Final day. Of course he's in a pub :-)

Phil wrote: "Any word on the October pick?"

It will be officially announced within the next 24 hours. Patreon members have been told just a few hours ago (one of the perks)

One of the mods will put a book announcement up tomorrow.

Rivers Solomon is 30

How do I know? They wrote this piece about their diabetes in 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/op...

At that time they "had been diabetic for about 6 years, since age 22. "

Evolution seems to be most misunderstood by those that don't believe in it. Creationists etc. The idea of a completely random process with no "intelligent design" and no end purpose confuses them.

I can believe that a baby John might call himself Jommy instead of Johnny and the nickname stuck. I've heard of similar things happening.

So he's a Marty Sue ;-)

Soo wrote: "I aimed for 100 each. Already met Sword & working on Laser. I will probably exceed both by end of the year.

Currently:
Sword - 114
Laser - 62"

Wow. You and Jenny (Reading Envy) are definitely super human power readers :-)

465 total books (234 & 231) between you for the year, so far, blows my mind.

John Petty isn't an old name. I know lots of Johns and lots of Pettys. John may be out of favour for millenials naming their kids, but it is still a common name for the previous generation. As much as my name.

As far as Jommy. I'm not sure if this is a spoiler or not. So just in case (view spoiler)[ Jommy is more of a nickname/pet name. His actual name is John Thomas Cross (hide spoiler)]

How about 7th Sigma by Steven Gould ? It fits most of your description.

The name sounds familiar, but I don't recognise any of his books.

Laumer would probably say he was "inspired by", instead of "cribbed from" Vogt ;-)

I see he wrote a few books for "The Avengers". No not that Avengers kids ;-) It was a British spy show. That was one of my favourite shows from the 60s.

Mark wrote: "Ok, here's another list from a guy who casts pods

The 26 most underrated science-fiction books"

What would that guy know about sci-fi books? ;-)

I bet V wouldn't agree with No. 13 :-)
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

Brad wrote: "Amazon is just as bad if not worse, they penalize their employees just for using the bathroom. "

Another reason the US needs stronger employee protection.

Amazon Australia wouldn't get away with mistreating (or underpaying) employees. Here minimum wage is a safety net, not a starting point for wages.

Sorry for derailing this thread with my socialist rants ;-)