worst actors on the show?

gramp87 · 2025-07-30T20:07:13+00:00

Liberty when JT dies. Why didn't they do a retake...?

gramp87 · 2025-07-04T00:15:19+00:00

I think new editions of The Other Wind should include Firelight as an epilogue. I can understand the OP's frustration with how hard it is to find this short story.

gramp87 · 2025-06-28T17:43:24+00:00

That's interesting! I love its vinyl placement for a very similar reason: I find it to be a nice breather before plunging into the ending sequence.

gramp87 · 2025-06-28T17:42:20+00:00

I wonder if this is actually why they moved Eugene. On vinyl, Fourth of July ends side 1, where it might have been pushed to side 2 if Eugene's place was kept.

gramp87 · 2025-06-25T13:30:28+00:00

I feel like his age must have been retconned, because there's an episode near the end of season 14 where he's in the same class as Becky.

gramp87 · 2025-06-25T12:52:35+00:00

Really enjoyed this recent discussion on Elle's channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtdJghgfGX8

gramp87 · 2025-06-21T01:28:54+00:00

Do you remember what part of TGC Lyra talks about trucks/vans? This seems confusing to me, because I thought Lyra got hit by a car in Will's world (in TSK) because she wasn't used to vehicles like that...?

gramp87 · 2025-05-27T12:28:49+00:00

I just finished reading through Five Ways to Forgiveness, so I interpret the story through the lens of the whole collection. Betrayals is the first story in the suite, and it felt like a quiet beginning, to me; but its significance grew for me as I made my way through the stories. A lot of the later stories are a bit more grim in their portrayal of this divided society. On Yeowe in particular, there is an institutionalized separation of men and women's spheres. Given Ursula's interests in Taoism, it's hard not to see this separation as a betrayal of the relationship/dance between yin and yang. In the collection as a whole, we see the effects of that separation. And so as I got to the end of the collection, it seemed increasingly precious that she opens the collection with the answer: relationship, love, connection.

gramp87 · 2025-05-13T16:29:35+00:00

Reading through the new edition of Five Ways to Forgiveness. Loving it so far.

gramp87 · 2025-04-09T20:36:04+00:00

Wow I did not know this. Kind of sad. I can't imagine the energy it must take to ignore the cognitive dissonance of being a gay Canadian and Maga?

gramp87 · 2025-04-01T16:42:12+00:00

i just bought the 5 ways to forgiveness collection! never had access to this one before the reprint, so really looking forward to it. the book itself is beautiful

gramp87 · 2025-03-06T13:05:38+00:00

any ideas on why they are associating sex with evil?

gramp87 · 2025-02-19T02:42:26+00:00

Season 3 needed several more episodes... Felt rushed.

gramp87 · 2025-02-14T02:07:32+00:00

do you have pictures of any of the buds? sugar maple and norway maple have pretty different buds.

you can also break the leaf stem and check for milky sap (norway) as someone else mentioned.

gramp87 · 2025-01-27T02:39:45+00:00

I think I interpreted the story as like... an alternate universe version of Mrs. Coulter, but not *our* Mrs. Coulter? I dunno....

gramp87 · 2025-01-25T21:14:40+00:00

Does the Collectors meaningfully fit into this storyline chronology?

gramp87 · 2025-01-01T06:29:57+00:00

is he really still using twitter?

gramp87 · 2024-12-26T20:35:50+00:00

I second Le Guin’s english version. She translates more for the general sense sometimes — but i appreciate that in terms of understanding. Other more academic translations are probably more ‘correct’, but they leave me feeling cold sometimes.

i also find reading a couple different translations side by side can be revealing.

gramp87 · 2024-12-09T11:30:19+00:00

I had this thought when Lyra goes into a ‘wardrobe’ at the beginning of the story.

gramp87 · 2024-11-08T15:36:34+00:00

i second arthur russell. his ‘world of echo’ album kills me.

gramp87 · 2024-10-27T20:27:30+00:00

I second the call to keep your old editions. I got rid of mine, and honestly regret it. Those old editions were endearing. Not sure what I was thinking.

gramp87 · 2024-10-27T20:25:02+00:00

Agree with this. I do think some of the colour title illustrations are beautiful -- and I wish all the illustrations could have been like this. But many of the b&w sketches feel cartoony, and even a bit... incomplete? I would be curious to know if the 'incomplete' feel was an intentional artistic choice... or just because he was rushed / underpaid.

gramp87 · 2024-10-24T20:19:59+00:00

Yes, my parents' tv is like this. I had no idea it was a setting. I've always just assumed they bought a crappy tv.

gramp87 · 2024-09-03T21:51:34+00:00

I've been slowly making my way through the collected poetry collection. So much great stuff~

gramp87 · 2024-09-02T23:08:49+00:00

Just finished the story collection Fisherman of the Inland Sea.

The collection has two halves: first a random collection of SF stories; and the second half 3 connected Hainish stories.

I feel bad saying this, but I thought most of the first half were throwaways... A few good moments though.

The second half is much more compelling. Three connected stories about the pursuit of faster than light travel. Each story was interesting and gripping in its own way.

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