Note that Heinlein's first sale was in 1939.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Betsy HP - May 03, 2005 8:21:14 am PDT #905 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Nutty - May 03, 2005 8:22:04 am PDT #906 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
She didn't even need to convince you you were wrong, she just needed to hang on to the belief that she was right.
People like this are the wellspring of all those "Cluephone! It's for you!" jokes. so we can't just banish them from this earth. But we can call them intransigent knuckleheads every day of the week, and twice on Sundays.
Like, it's one thing to be unable to wrap your brain around an idea; but it's another thing entirely to declare that your own inability to wrap your brain around an idea causes that idea to be null and void.
Orson Scott Card? Why do people still listen to him? That dude has the biggest axe and the biggest grindstone on the block.
Jessica - May 03, 2005 8:22:48 am PDT #907 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
eta: nah, I don't buy that.
I was about to say...
Why do people still listen to him? That dude has the biggest axe and the biggest grindstone on the block.
I think you answered your own question. My question is, why do people still publish him?
Gudanov - May 03, 2005 8:25:38 am PDT #908 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Impossible scientific wonders rather than hard science (fiction) realities
I like hard science fiction, but I'm not sure how well it could translate into TV and Movies. I do like the touches of real physics that show up from time to time in B5 (ships with rotating sections for gravity, some ships that preserve momentum instead of moving like airplanes), rather than the technobabble that Star Trek falls into. I think Firefly did well in not trying to deal with the science of space travel.
Nutty - May 03, 2005 8:32:11 am PDT #909 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think you answered your own question.
Wait, people out there actually enjoy repetitive whining??
Shoot, I could get myself paid for that.
I think original Trek was cheerfully illogical, and I enjoyed it in all of its clunky, mod, metaphorical glory. TNG was apologia for the American concept of empire. The rest of them, I don't know, although everything outside of DS9 seemed not to have a unifying theme at all.
Allyson - May 03, 2005 8:40:14 am PDT #910 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
Question:
My new loveseat is being delivered tomorrow!!!!
I love my friends for this more than I can say. I love them. I'm writing loveseat haikus.
What's the appropriate tip for the delivery guys? It's an $85 delivery charge, do I tack on 20% and divide it between the two? Give each dude 15%? Hand each dude a twenty?
Topic!Cindy - May 03, 2005 8:48:47 am PDT #911 of 10001
What is even happening?
Give each guy a ten.
Jessica - May 03, 2005 8:49:06 am PDT #912 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd say $10 each if they're just delivering, $20 each if they're putting it together.
The so-called Texan Beef Chili I got for lunch has a distinctly Cincinnatian flavor to it. I am pleased.
lori - May 03, 2005 8:49:26 am PDT #913 of 10001
Yay loveseat! You should take a picture of it before it gets Ruby-fied. I wore black pants today, of a material entirely incompatible with the current state of dog hair in our house.
§ ita § - May 03, 2005 8:50:05 am PDT #914 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(I've never tipped delivery guys. I feel like a bad person. I tip movers, though)