Barrel Bear doesn't fit late in the season, though -- it makes no sense stuck in the middle of an arc it has nothing to do with. It was written as episode five (the previouslies for Muffin Buffalo show a bit of it), and FOX moved it because they thought it was weak. Bryan says in retrospect he thinks it fits best as episode seven, after Muffin Buffalo but before Lovesick Ass. Apparently they haven't decided exactly where to put it on the DVDs yet.
We're deep in space, corner of No and Where.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Cranberry - Jun 27, 2004 12:26:32 pm PDT #884 of 10001
I was fine when existence had no meaning. Meaninglessness in a universe that has no meaning -- that I get. But meaninglessness in a universe with
meaning? What does that mean?
Allyson - Jun 27, 2004 12:33:08 pm PDT #885 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It's a coaster.
§ ita § - Jun 27, 2004 3:16:54 pm PDT #886 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, they should give it its own disc.
OR they could have everyone do commentary on it, including Rue. And they should be all soused or snarked up or ... something. It's a definite hiccough.
victor infante - Jun 27, 2004 4:50:38 pm PDT #887 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
He's generally a good gruesome twisty conspiracy-theory-ridden nutbag of a storyteller, and a big guilty pleasure, but there are whole chapters in each of his novels that I have to read with one eye closed or my brain turned off. When he decides to write like a real Writer and Ahh-tist, he's absolutely unbearable.
He also once spent the better part of a book signing hiding in the back room and having books ferried in to him to be signed.
I kid you not.
JenP - Jun 27, 2004 5:08:32 pm PDT #888 of 10001
Wow, that can't be a fun way to have to live. At all.
Gus - Jun 27, 2004 11:10:51 pm PDT #889 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I ran across CJ Cherryh's blog today. Not a fascinating read, really, but what day-journal blog is? It struck me -- from between the lines -- that the person writing those entries is not wealthy, is a person just barely over the line into middle-money.
Does that seem right to you? t /Jubal Early
OK. Crichton is starting to piss me off, again.
JohnSweden - Jun 28, 2004 5:45:00 am PDT #890 of 10001
I can't even.
Gus, thank you for that link to CJ Cherryh's writeblog. I found it a great read, and have had to save most of it for later. You may recall, I met Carolyn and Jane most recently in March, so I'm hearing it very strongly in her voice as I read.
Calli - Jun 28, 2004 5:51:30 am PDT #891 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
CJ Cherryh is one of those authors whose work I've always meant to read, but never got around to it. Does anyone have a suggested starting work?
I like King's shorter stuff. His novellas tend to really work for me, they're long enough to let him develop his characters but not so long that they let him sprawl all over the place.
sfmarty - Jun 28, 2004 5:54:03 am PDT #892 of 10001
Who? moi??
Been enjoying the SF discussion a lot. Couple of names that I would love to hear you chat about.
Damon Knight and Joe Haldeman.
Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2004 5:58:29 am PDT #893 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Couple of names that I would love to hear you chat about.
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Orson Scott Card. I love the Ender books and Pastwatch.