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clash_bowley
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Not sure I like the 'too cool for school' narration. Probably not, but it may be a minor thing over all. It may not be so overwhelming in later chapters. Sense of place? Not so much right now.
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I don't know, as my concepts of what art is are wrong.
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Dammit, you are correct, curse you @dr_mitch! (shakes fist at sky) If I could not get through Moby Dick, I couldn't possibly wade through Ulysses!
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One thing I did for StarCluster 4 - Sweet Chariot is to do a tl;dr - a single page summary of the setting segment just described. Not only can this be used in lieu of reading the chapter, it can be used as a quick refresher. As always, the secret o…
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I am sure you will get your reward in heaven... :D
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(Quote) Yup!
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Age 10 clash was enthralled by the use of the word 'pneumatic' as a compliment to describe women, and spent much time imagining exactly what was meant by said compliment. :D Age 10 clash was such a dick!
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(Quote) Yes. Let's exclude that middle! Of the two, which sounds more appealing? :D
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"Sire! The peasants are revolting!" "I know, and agree completely."
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Neither had I!
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They weren't enemies, I think. They were examples of the world before humanity woke up.
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I agree with your observations... Which leaves the lack of any external 'enemy' in the solar system puzzling.
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If I could get through the New Sun, I can get through anything... :D
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It was certainly less entertaining that the last time I read it, age 10 or so. I found it difficult to read through sheer mind-numbing boredom. Slogging through is the appropriate metaphor for my experience. And it is the second book in a row I have…
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@RichardAbbott - Utopias always become insular. It is both the path to their utopia and it's key weakness. The larger the insula - that is the extent of the utopia - the more difficult it is to maintain. Making a partial Utopia, like Jeeves and Woos…
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It is an excellent question, @NeilNjae! And wonderful game fodder!
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(Quote) The Jeshen are not meant to be all-wise and all-good, just different. They have a visceral disgust for slavery in their culture is all, not a head issue but a gut issue. Humans are their allies and friends, though weaker and less united, and…
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The Jeshen find them a place to live and a job, but they are free to leave that once the deconditioning is complete.
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This is currently a big question in my IRC game. Is sapient slavery any less objectionable when the slaves are conditioned to want the slavery? We are playing in Jeshen Space, and the Jeshen despise slavery, although voluntary servitude is thought o…
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I am with @dr_mitch in this. God v. science is a false dichotomy.
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An Ile would be a row or column of soldiers, by extension from an ear of corn (wheat, rye or barley), which has parallel rows of kernels, or an aisle, which is long, straight, and narrow.
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(Quote) Exactly!
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He IS the first Severian. He is just talking about an alternate present iteration of himself. The time walkers have helped him get to this point because that other possible Severian failed, and they think he could have done it with an assist or two.…
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(Quote) Last batch of chapters, Apocryphal made a comment about the 'deus ex machina', and I made the rereply "No sense in not spelling out to the audience what is happening in the show!" - which is exactly what I have been feeling lately.…
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Age of Sail fiction was the gateway drug for me. I literally grew up with Mister Midshipman Easy and Horatio Hornblower on my bed headboard mini library.
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Link for the others, Chris?
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I have always wanted to get into Dawlish, but never made the plunge, @RichardAbbott! Sounds fascinating!
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Hopefully it will work out. We'll see. It's an experiment. :p
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Awesome! So we three against the world! Athos, Porthos, and Aramis! All for one, one for all! :D And congratulations on the anniversary! We've come a long way from Roludo!
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Well, then! It won't be a complete waste! Glad to have you aboard, Richard! :D