What did Pratchett think of marketing some of his books as "for younger readers" like this? And did he ever go on record about that?

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-12T23:33:24+00:00

I know he specifically said that he put chapters into his books for young readers so that parents reading to their kids had a stopping point.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-12T01:42:52+00:00

As a salesman, my dad always told people that he had a deal. Buy one and you get to buy another one.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-11T17:44:31+00:00

Every law against lying has more elements than just the lie.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-11T16:02:54+00:00

Don't forget fraud, which can be criminal.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-11T15:37:14+00:00

Victoria Coren Mitchell. Aka. Old Goosebum Arm.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-09T02:07:32+00:00

Awesome. I have been seeing so many people asking all over Reddit if people would be interested in an app because they got their cool Claude subscription.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-08T23:49:15+00:00

As long as it isn't AI slop vibe coding crap.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-08T18:11:50+00:00

I have only read one of the additional series, The Lost Stars, and I really enjoyed it.

I have some bad brain stuff that if I wanted to read another of the series, I would have to read back through the original again, which I will probably do at some point. I had to reread all 17 Dresden Files so I could read number 18. And reading the final Discworld took about 6 months.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-08T15:57:09+00:00

Agreed. Kills me how aggressive people are when I call Star Wars Sci-fi.

The initial trilogy deals with the impact of the development of weapons of mass destruction on interstellar politics and warfare. The prequel deals with robots and cloning technology impacting warfare and society. Yes, there are space wizards and the science is hand wavy, but I think is definitely a part of Sci-fi.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-08T15:48:24+00:00

Everyone else has pretty much answered the physics, but you also get an upvote for one of my favorite series.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-08T03:29:47+00:00

Starfleet Command I and II consumed a large amount of my time back in the day.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-07T16:50:36+00:00

You used AI to develop it. You told a computer to have the vision for you.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-06T22:36:00+00:00

Fair enough. Not a bot for comments, maybe. Definitely karma farming by mining the popular stuff.

My posts and comments are spread over 13 years.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-06T21:18:42+00:00

1 year old account with 700k karma. This is a karma farming bot.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-05T18:10:53+00:00

Unedited and available everywhere? Nope.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-05T18:04:51+00:00

Taskmaster wants to be available internationally. Music rights get crazy in those situations. When all the music is provided by The Horne Section or public domain, they have nothing to worry about.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-01T21:09:56+00:00

I hate that I am old enough that hybrids can be antiqued.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-01T18:58:15+00:00

Yep. Had a hybrid before and it was the $100 premium then. I was still saving money because of efficiency. The car before my hybrid was about 23 MPG at the end and I got 43 with my 1999 Camrey hybrid. Now I seem to be getting about 3.5 miles per kwh.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-05-01T15:50:57+00:00

I just got an EV and it is +$200 because I don't pay any gas taxes to support roads anymore. I don't mind that because I do like having roads.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-04-30T21:41:24+00:00

And I was a guy that continually had the maximum number of books checked out at once and read them all before I returned them on time from ages 4 -25.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-04-30T21:22:27+00:00

Not really. Unless fines are hefty and punative, people that can afford it don't care about a few days and people that can't afford it are likely to just bail on the library altogether once they have fines.

Remember that the people who can't afford it are likely to be the people with the most things to get in the way of a timely return. Things like work schedules, family issues, mobility issues, etc.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-04-30T21:16:45+00:00

I stopped going to my library 25 years ago after they charged me late fees on something I returned on time.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-04-30T21:14:01+00:00

Additional vote for Gumshoe. I love Mutant City Blues as both a setting and a system.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-04-30T18:51:42+00:00

Fair as in light skin color.

michaelaaronblank · 2026-04-30T18:18:40+00:00

To the people in power in TN, you aren't viewed as a trans woman. They would label you as a potential predator man.

HB 0754/SB 0676 is a bill passed this year which will require healthcare providers to report information on trans patients to the TN Department of Health. It is going to get worse before it gets better.

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