I've read a book with big floaty gas giant aliens too.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Feb 06, 2006 8:13:11 am PST #5297 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
le nubian - Feb 06, 2006 8:13:16 am PST #5298 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
from lifehacker:
A University of Chicago study shows that people overestimate their ability to convey tone in email messages.
Study participants recorded messages vocally and wrote them in email messages. The message recipients’ success rate at understanding the tone of the message was significantly higher verbally than via email.
"The reason for this communication disconnect, the researchers find, is egocentrism–the well-established social psychological phenomenon whereby people have a difficult time detaching themselves from their own perspectives and understanding how other people will interpret them."
Ginger - Feb 06, 2006 8:14:26 am PST #5299 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
She's not special--anyone with either an imagination or a history of reading SF
That article is written as if Chesley Bonestell [link] never lived, not to mention any number of other space artists.
sarameg - Feb 06, 2006 8:14:28 am PST #5300 of 10002
It was framed oddly (it took me a moment to figure out why this was particularly noteworthy, and then OH! she has a book out.. on the second read.)
We hire people to do what she does all the time, including, I suspect, her.
Jars - Feb 06, 2006 8:18:12 am PST #5301 of 10002
Stupid wisdom teeth are stupid.
Also, my batfact's at number one! Yay me.
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 8:21:19 am PST #5302 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
my batfact's at number one! Yay me.
Damn you! My latest shot up to #5, but I fear its ability to hold.
egocentrism–the well-established social psychological phenomenon whereby people have a difficult time detaching themselves from their own perspectives and understanding how other people will interpret them
Hmmph. That's a little harsh. So what if it's true?
Ginger, you're totally right. Not that I knew Bonestell's name, but that sort of thing happens all the time--especially if you have an anal artist illustrating an anal writer's work.
Steph L. - Feb 06, 2006 8:23:31 am PST #5303 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My latest shot up to #5
Was it the Shadow one?
Frankenbuddha - Feb 06, 2006 8:23:48 am PST #5304 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've read a book with big floaty gas giant aliens too.
I seem to recall John Varley's Titan/Wizard/Demon trilogy had these.
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 8:24:45 am PST #5305 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was it the Shadow one?
Yeah, that's me.
Jars - Feb 06, 2006 8:25:29 am PST #5306 of 10002
Damn you! My latest shot up to #5, but I fear its ability to hold.
Ooh, the Shadow one? I like that one.