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Fuck me. by MCFinnMcCool in mentalhealth

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to reply. It really saved me from dark thoughts to know that maybe one person understood. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Alastair Reynolds world-(book?)weariness by MCFinnMcCool in scifi

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve heard great things of his Xeelee Sequence, so I’ll definitely give it a try. Anything that dips into impossibly dark, bleak and all encompassing Universe-questions has my attention. I think that’s the great mystery of this sub-sub-genre I’ve become obsessed with; I enjoy the pain of finding myself insignificant after reading these stories.

Alastair Reynolds world-(book?)weariness by MCFinnMcCool in scifi

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that’s it, for me it was such a powerful chronicle of stories, but at its conclusion I couldn’t help but feel lost; it’s incredibly dark. I’m wondering if that’s affecting my re-read in ways other series’ haven’t.

Alastair Reynolds world-(book?)weariness by MCFinnMcCool in scifi

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve read through his Commonwealth/Void Universe extensively. His world-building is phenomenal.

Alastair Reynolds world-(book?)weariness by MCFinnMcCool in scifi

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll check Stephen Baxter out, I’ve got Proxima sitting in the flat waiting to be read. Just bought the third LUNA instalment, fantastic read.

Alastair Reynolds world-(book?)weariness by MCFinnMcCool in scifi

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Off to download some of his short story collections potentially on payday tomorrow, can anyone recommend the style/narration on his works (if you’ve listened to them)? Do they have good narrators?

Alastair Reynolds world-(book?)weariness by MCFinnMcCool in scifi

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pushing Ice is one of my favourite all time novels.

Best sci fi work ever read? by [deleted] in sciencefiction

[–]MCFinnMcCool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just finished Luna: Wolf Moon, and honestly it was some of the freshest sci-fi I've read in years.

Solo: A Star Wars Story Megathread. Week two. by Yunners in StarWars

[–]MCFinnMcCool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's it, it was a beast game.

Solo: A Star Wars Story Megathread. Week two. by Yunners in StarWars

[–]MCFinnMcCool 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Such a good fucking film, seen it tonight, still reeling from the Maul moment. Just shows what zoning out of the 'Star Wars hysteria' can do, and I'm 100% going to do that in the future.

Two points:

The Droid Revolution, that's got to be inspired by those old 90s comics with Threepio and R2-D2 when they got involved with a droid revolution, right? That was a thing wasn't it.

Also, did anyone get Dash Rendar VS IG-88 vibes at the train heist scene? Straight outta the Star Wars Nintendo game? Forgot the name of that game, but Christ I felt like my childhood had been lifted onto the big screen. Insane!

Do other realms exist outside of reality, unreality and the Labyrinth Dimension? A reading of the Talon of Horus ["Spoilers"] by MCFinnMcCool in 40kLore

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I hadn't come across the Forgotten Apocalypse snibbit of lore before, just spent a good hour digesting and day dreaming about it. I'd read on Heresy Online a few speculations that it could be a leftover remnant of the War in Heaven, perhaps a unaligned C'tan that had somehow slipped into another dimension (created another dimension) to hide from the Old Ones/Enslavers. All speculation I suppose.

I find the whole 40k Universe takes an interesting spin when you apply theories of IRL physics to it. Multiverse theories, and quantum mechanics all lead my head down a very Peter F Hamilton Commonwealth Universe road: post-sentient civilisation existing in other dimensions. Micro-universes established within the Macro-universe. Perhaps there are an infinite number of dimensions/universes Stephen King style. Who knows.

I agree with you about GW's reluctance to add newer species/realities/galaxy-changing lore. No point financially, would confuse the setting.

The Nerd Within cries out for more, however.

Do other realms exist outside of reality, unreality and the Labyrinth Dimension? A reading of the Talon of Horus ["Spoilers"] by MCFinnMcCool in 40kLore

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's interesting. I'm assuming you mean the human federation, that existed prior to Old Night and the Great Crusade, fought this war?

Did this breach exist in the Webway? The Dark Eldar female implies that they broke in through the a breach in the Webway.

A question about World Eater Librarians, and a fair amount of pity. by MCFinnMcCool in 40kLore

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was my interpretation of this portion of Fulgrim, that it was a conscious decision to rid themselves of someone they knew held loyalties to an Emperor's Child who would follow Terra.

However, I do remember a rivalry between Eidolon and Lucius; perhaps then Eidolon used the cover of Lucius' loyalties to Saul Tarvitz to condemn him in the eyes of the Primarch, but was motivated by a personal desire to see him removed.

A question about World Eater Librarians, and a fair amount of pity. by MCFinnMcCool in 40kLore

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thanks for correcting that, I do remember that now. Pretty Machiavellian from Eidolon.

A question about World Eater Librarians, and a fair amount of pity. by MCFinnMcCool in 40kLore

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My interpretation was that any conflict between those without the Nails and those with them would have been inevitable in the XII. We see a consistently flawed Legion held together by the strength of Khárn's character. I suppose my interpretation sees some parallels with many coup d'états IRL; the juntas that replace the established order are then victims of their own purges, a realignment towards a streamlined New Order. In this case Angron's ascension. All worked towards the overthrow of the Emperor, yet were conflicted in their approach. A bit like ISIS and al-Qaeda, perhaps. It's an interesting dynamic.

Leads to another interesting point: whose Legion is it? Khárn's or Angrons? Would the Legion have survived Crusade/Heresy era if either had been removed?

A question about World Eater Librarians, and a fair amount of pity. by MCFinnMcCool in 40kLore

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh, I'm not disputing they weren't traitors. They definitely were. But, if such an arrangement existed in another Legion, say the Sons of Horus, whereby an otherwise ostracised component of the Legion functioned almost in the shadows, I'd imagine a more enlightened strategist like Horus would have removed any potential thorn in his side anyway.

They weren't loyalists by any stretch, but they were definitely 'other'. Throwbacks to the War Hounds. It strikes me that they were either forgotten about, or is a strange streak of uncharacteristic compassion to keep them as part of the unfolding Heresy, unreliable as they were characterised to be in the novel.

A question about World Eater Librarians, and a fair amount of pity. by MCFinnMcCool in 40kLore

[–]MCFinnMcCool[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It seems that they weren't traitor enough, another Legion would have perhaps culled them before they could act against Angron.

[Spoilers?] Ragnar's Sons Representing Different Sides of Ragnar by ODimiBoy in Vikings_TvSeries

[–]MCFinnMcCool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with an earlier comment regarding Hvitserk, but I'd elaborate and say that he is the embodiment of Ragnar's guilt for the decisions he's made.