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The Summoner and the Women
Thread here.
"Did you ever have one of those summers when you are just surrounded by awesome women? Maybe you were attracted to a few of 'em ( Read more... ) -
Thursday that feels like a Friday
Reading: Finishing up The City & the City. Enjoying it quite a bit.
Wearing: Jeans and a new button down with a muscle-y tank top underneath.
Planning: July 4th trip this weekend.
Writing: Outlining a sci-fi thing and continuing to edit the sci-fi story that looks like the first chapter of a novella. You know me, pushing the line from ( Read more... ) -
When faced with a bad review.
Graciously thank the reviewer for taking the time to read and review your work.
Thank you, Malcolm.
"Dictionary of Mu marked the final degeneration from “trend” to “affectation” and finally, “masturbation.” By and large, strangeness for strangeness’ sake (mixed with pulp pastiche as part of a male-nerd thing) is getting monotonous. “It has a ( Read more... ) -
Tired, a little hung over Friday
I went and visited Janaki, who was staying at a bed and breakfast/winery for work. That was a splendid evening. The morning, not so splendid.
Reading: I've been looking at Lovecraft short stories and bits of books about the Bikini Atoll and aircraft carriers. Yes, it is all connected.
Planning: A nice weekend with my ladyfriend. Tonight I'm ( Read more... ) -
The Summoner and the Pig-Spirit of the Bachus
Thread here.
Then it was time to hit the belief:
I will write a treatise on the Cult of Sargon; I will summon Obias and pay his price.
This got together with my instinct:
Never allow otherworldly beings to wander our world unchaperoned.
and had a party.
Enter the Pig-God.
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Monte says it.
From here
"If you’re not playing what you’re publishing, if you’re not loving what you’re creating, and if you don’t really care about the enjoyment of the end users, your customers will see right through you and you will fail." -
Soggy Friday
My shoes are still wet from my walk to the car yesterday. Soggy socks. Ick.
Reading: I have been listening to Perdido Street Station on my iPod, reading comic books and reading City & the City when I have the time.
Planning: This weekend, meeting up with some friends about a writing project and just relaxing. This is the first weekend this ( Read more... ) -
Mieville says neat stuff.
From a goodreads interview here.
"In the broader sense, I absolutely do think that the implicit politics of our narratives, whether we are consciously "meaning" them or not, matter, and that therefore we should be as thoughtful about them as possible. That doesn't mean we'll always succeed in political perspicacity-which doesn't mean the same ( Read more... ) -
Ingition City
Ignition City is a comic book, "an ongoing epic told in five issue series," written by Warren Ellis, drawn by Gianluca Pagliarani ( Read more... ) -
Shock:s I want to see.
Next to Burning Wheel, Shock: Social Science Fiction is the game I have probably played the most in the last year.
There are a few games of it that I want to play, things that are roaming around in my head.
Spaceships with Fins
Inspired entirely by too many downer games of Shock: and Ignition City (more on this delicious comic book by Warren ( Read more... )