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Comment on The Latest (long, read at your own peril) by Mike

Mike — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:55:06 +0000

I could nearly watch McShane read the phone book, after all he’s the guy who brought poetry to profanity in Deadwood. Assigning Kings to Sunday night and expecting it to draw given it’s apparent large budget almost makes me think they didn’t have enough faith in it. But hey I’ll watch whatever McShane’s in next.

Reaper on the other hand looks fairly doomed.

Comment on The Latest (long, read at your own peril) by dt

dt — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:21:20 +0000

I’ve been enjoying Kings, largely because of McShane, though I could do without the whole religious angle, but it doesn’t surprise me it isn’t doing well. It’s just not a network style show, the characters aren’t black and white enough. Put this on a cable channel & I think it does much better,

Comment on The Latest (long, read at your own peril) by cko

cko — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:16:30 +0000

Reaper! No, please get reeled in again next year. Sure it has its annoying side, but overall it’s light, with funny characters and a great premise. Write the CW to continue it so you have something to be annoyed by!

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Posts about Huffington Post as of April 13, 2009 » The Daily Parr — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:37:25 +0000

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Comment on A bunch of SF/F books Guardian says you should read by Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:45:47 +0000

That is indeed one I’d like to get to at some point. Probably because I had trouble staying awake during the first film and trouble watching the second.

Comment on A bunch of SF/F books Guardian says you should read by dt

dt — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:07:50 +0000

Fair enough, but even though it has had two films made of it, give “Solaris” a try. I found it to be a really good read.

Comment on A bunch of SF/F books Guardian says you should read by Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:58:29 +0000

Hey dt! Right about the space

I’m fairly unlikely to read about half the ones you listed, pretty much all the ones that have had movies made, just due to overexposure. I realize the books are probably a lot better, but I think at this point it’s a matter of choosing which books I’ll be able to read in my lifetime. I’ve got a big stack of PKD as it is (I’m in the middle of Scanner Darkly for one), but if I live long enough I’ll probably get to that one. I think that’s the lament, that I won’t be able to get to everything I’d want to.

Comment on A bunch of SF/F books Guardian says you should read by dt

dt — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:37:22 +0000

<—- So that’s why you had that extra space!

Comment on A bunch of SF/F books Guardian says you should read by dt

dt — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:36:19 +0000

You’ve read slightly more than I from that list, but knowing how much reading you have done in this area I’m a bit surprised that you’ve missed these!

Anthony Burgess – A Clockwork Orange (1960) (Though I think “The Wanting Seed” is better)
William Burroughs – Naked Lunch (1959)
Philip K Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
Aldous Huxley – Brave New World (1932)
Franz Kafka – The Trial (1925)
Stanislaw Lem – Solaris (1961)
Mary Shelley – Frankenstein (1818)
Bram Stoker – Dracula (1897)

Comment on Computer Up plus the latest by Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:47:41 +0000

Thanks, I’ll check that out when I’m ready to do so. I’ll definitely be going back to Morrowind at some point.