Elizabeth Bear story over at tor.com.
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sumi - Dec 10, 2009 11:37:59 am PST #10602 of 28370
Art Crawl!!!
Jessica - Dec 11, 2009 6:24:02 am PST #10603 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Kindle is exactly like Hitler.
I am not even exaggerating. This is how the article begins:
When I hear the term Kindle I think not of imaginations fired but of crematoria lit. And when I hear the term "hi-tech" I think not of helpful androids efficiently performing household chores or light-speed rockets gliding seamlessly through space but of the fact that between 1933-45, modern technology was used to perform in ever more efficient ways the mass murder of six million of my people.
Is there an ultra-Godwin we can apply to this? Because my brain hurts trying to understand his arguments.
Steph L. - Dec 11, 2009 6:41:56 am PST #10604 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
He is completely batshit insane. I actually registered with HuffPo to comment.
He replies to a lot of comments and simply solidifies his batshit insanity in doing so.
(And the essay made me want an e-book reader, though not a Kindle. I know the iPod Touch has an e-book reader -- or maybe there's an app for that [oh yes, I said it] -- which is swaying me further toward getting an iPod Touch.)
Jessica - Dec 11, 2009 6:48:47 am PST #10605 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There's a Kindle app for the iPhone/iPod Touch, and also an app called Stanza that's got a more limited catalog.
I don't think my eyes would forgive me if I tried to read that much solid text on an iPhone screen, so I'd prefer to have Kindle or a Nook just for the e-ink display. You know, the next time I find $300 in my couch cushions.
Steph L. - Dec 11, 2009 6:59:48 am PST #10606 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You know, the next time I find $300 in my couch cushions.
The Salvation Army just picked up my old couch -- I hope The Boy remembered to take the stash of $100 bills out of it!
Kathy A - Dec 11, 2009 7:18:31 am PST #10607 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm asking family members for B&N giftcards just so I can get a Nook. And, no, I don't get a discount on it even though I work there. Damnit.
Glamcookie - Dec 11, 2009 7:27:25 am PST #10608 of 28370
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Oops, wrong thread! Reposting in Bitches.
ChiKat - Dec 11, 2009 7:28:46 am PST #10609 of 28370
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I'm sure I'm overreacting
Not overreacting. You're about to have a baby. Low key, low stress is important.
ChiKat - Dec 11, 2009 7:30:45 am PST #10610 of 28370
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Sure...make me look all crazy now!
Glamcookie - Dec 11, 2009 7:31:50 am PST #10611 of 28370
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Sorry, lady! Come to Bitches!