I love Jhereg the most, but I love anything with Vlad in it. I dislike Cowboy Feng quite a bit, so I see that Gus and I can never be together.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2004 11:58:25 am PDT #947 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DCJensen - Jun 29, 2004 12:00:16 pm PDT #948 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Cowboy was fun. Some people hate it.
shrug
But then nothing is universally loved.
Well, maybe Penguin milk.
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2004 12:03:51 pm PDT #949 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think Cowboy works after the reveal. Up until that point I was with it, but irritated enough by the feeling that he was contradicting himself that I couldn't reread to check.
There lies the viscous (like, worse than vicious, totally) circle of my dissatisfaction.
I like Reign In Hell the most, then Sun, Moon, and Stars, then the Vlad, then Agyar, Gypsy, Brokedown, Paarfi, a big gap then Freedom and Necessity, another big gap and Cowboy Feng.
Gus - Jun 29, 2004 12:07:24 pm PDT #950 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
so I see that Gus and I can never be together.
Oh, well done! With my various disavowals and your present misdirection, they will never have a suspicion. Clever! Most clever!
That is it. No one has mentioned Spider Robinson, and it is pissing me off.
I hereby mention Spider Robinson
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2004 12:11:23 pm PDT #951 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Our secret is safe!
I liked Spider Robinson for a while, but I drifted away. However, since I liked Stardance (and I think I was told I wasn't supposed to), I suspect the Callahan side of his oeuvre may be like new to me, whether I like it or not.
-t - Jun 29, 2004 12:12:39 pm PDT #952 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I used to love Spider Robinson, but then he pissed me off and he hasn't won me back, yet. Funny thing, I don't remember why I'm mad at him, but I'm still mad.
I think I will adopt ita's hierarchy of Brust as my own, but with smaller gaps. I think about Freedom and Necessity every time I eat a plain baked potato.
libkitty - Jun 29, 2004 12:15:11 pm PDT #953 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Jhereg
But it's been so long I'm unsure. May need to re-read. Darn.
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2004 12:15:49 pm PDT #954 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think about Freedom and Necessity every time I eat a plain baked potato.
I think about it every time I encounter an example of the Hegelian dialectic.
Now, I don't understand the Hegelian dialectic. I don't think. But I do think I got the book. So why did they have to keep mentioning it like it was important? Would I love it if I could only grok Hegel? Or why the dialectic needed a name?
-t - Jun 29, 2004 12:24:47 pm PDT #955 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thesis -> antithesis -> synthesis...is there more to it than that?
I honestly don't remember that in the book, but I read it not too long after taking a history of europe in the 19th c. class, and constant mentioning of Hegel probably seemed very natural, then.
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2004 12:27:31 pm PDT #956 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Whatever it was, it was either something I completely failed to get, or something so incredibly ingrained in my late 20c self that I failed to see why it had to be brought up all the time.