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I read it earlier this year - bit like Riddly Walker meets Dark Orbit by Gilman.
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Yes, the Dashborard tab has nothing. The Moderation Tab has a bunch of things, some of which are empty (like Moderation Queue and Spam Queue and Flagged Content) because we don't have any flagged posts to deal with and haven't admitted any spammers…
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The drafts get saved automatically. Sometimes I find something I started to write months later, still waiting to be finished. But you only find these on the full site version. The phone version is limited.
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I looked around as well - didn't see anything that stood out to me. There's nothing in the moderation or spam queues, so it's not not any posts have been flagged. There is a 16000 character limit on posts, but I think a post needs to be pretty long …
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Never noticed this before. In fact, the software tends to hold drafts for much long than I’d expect. Richard or I can snoop around be we have limited ways to make changes to any configuration. Has anyone else had issues?
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> @kcaryths said: > (Quote) > They just needed a babelfish 😂 @clash_bowley If the world was run by Russians, what makes you think there would be AI translation available. I don’t ask this to make the point that Russians couldn’t…
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@BarnerCobblewood I was making light of the fact I have no idea what this person is talking about. “The voice of reason, bidding us prefer the greater good, no matter who is to enjoy it, is also nothing but the force of sympathy, bringing a remote e…
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Yes, I thought it was an AI summary as well. Probably an American one, or it might have been ‘two lads’.
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@BarnerCobblewood so, the old sub specie boni strikes again, eh? Will we never be rid of this scourge!
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@BarnerCobblewood All good points. Normally, I'm bothered by lack of these elements in a fantasy world, where I want them all the be more like Tolkien in terms of attention to history, culture, and language. I suppose I've been conditioned to not re…
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Could you explain how a noir unfolds differently from, say another kind of mystery? I agree with the onion peeling, but I didn't know that was distinct to noir (or at least don't understand the distinction).
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The may have been multi-ethnic but not multi-national. Maddie herself wasn't French - just descended from someone who was French, I could have sworn she said at one point. Americans can be very multi-ethnic and yet all be very American thanks to the…
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Which edition is that a back cover blurb for? It appears to give away the ending. Here's what I find available on Amazon Dover Books edition: A reclusive man, retreating to the Irish countryside with his sister, finds himself one day at the portal…
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To @NeilNjae 's point, in this sense at least, I do feel the motives did feel rather Russian, where individual life is cheap and duty to the national project has greater meaning. As I said in the world-building question, I rather liked the bleak, ha…
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I like the two distinctive voices and they were well-delivered in the audio version. The pacing was mostly fine. Overall rather liked the plot and the tensions between the crews. I suppose I thought that the episode of the exile being the wedge tha…
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I enjoyed the novel itself reasonably well, apart from the nagging 'how come these Russians are so American?' doubts. It was probably a bit longer than it needed to be, but not too egregiously.
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Plot wise, you could easily take this whole novel and plunk it into an episodic space opera game rather seamlessly, I think. Also, considering a rough colony environment, the reason for the kidnappings could vary. Gene farming. Protein farming (Arkh…
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While I understand and agree with Richard's points, I have to say this aspect of the book didn't really bother me during the read - I had no trouble accepting this as presented. This may have been because I was more fixated on wondering why none of …
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I didn't get noir from this at all. Where were the colourful similes?
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Yes, I'd agree - the rest of the characters definitely blended. No, I did the audio book for this one (out of necessity - the library only had a reference copy of this book, and Amazon.ca only had a hardcover for over $50). The audio used two narrat…
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I thought the world-building was fine. Settlement in space should be difficult - I'm sure like Roanoke, lots of colonies will gradually peter out.
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This was the main thing - probably the only thing - that bugged me about the novel, but it bugged me a lot. Both ship crews were from Russia - future Russia, granted - but noting about the Russian character really came through. To me it was a clear …
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By the 2/3 mark, I definitely thought they were heading into a romantic relationship. By the end I wasn't so sure they go there, but maybe. I'm glad it was ambiguous - every author and their aunt wants to write lesbian relationships these days. It h…
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I'm thinking of The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgeson for October. Penguin recently released this in a new 'weird fiction' line, so it should be readily available despite it's age. Let me know if you have any comments.
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BTW I saw this for the first time on Friday in a used bookshop.
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Now you must read the others - Wisdom's Daughter (a prequel), Ayesha: The Return of She, and She and Allan.
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Interesting - I think I've only heard of this in non-fiction terms, like in an illuminati, masons, grand ancient mystery kind of way.
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Like breaking the fourth wall in reverse?
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Have it. Been meaning to read it for some time, but haven’t so far.