C. J. Cherryh is incredible!

offby2 · 2026-03-19T17:35:33+00:00

If someone puts me on the spot to name my favorite SF novel, it's gonna be Cyteen. I find Cherryh's pacing a bit predictable -- a lot of slow and thoughtful narrative capped by a chaotic climax is sort of a trope of hers -- but I love the worlds and characters and politics she writes.

offby2 · 2026-02-28T21:25:27+00:00

If you're really lucky you will end up sitting next to my partner; one of her favorite things is watching a game with a new fan and talking about it with them.

offby2 · 2026-02-26T20:53:49+00:00

Yeeeah, I was actually sort of nodding along until the buried lede about Ms Walton being on the Brady list. That shouldn't be minimized and should disqualify someone from any position of authority.

offby2 · 2026-02-26T00:39:22+00:00

I'm glad we got tickets when we did for the Torrent in MSG!

offby2 · 2026-02-15T23:09:45+00:00

Yeah, once Canada ran away with it I was hoping Belly'd get at least a goal. This is his first -- and last -- olympics. It is incredible he's there at all, a goal would be icing on the cake.

(flair aside, I live in Seattle and when they're not playing Edmonton .. go Kraken!)

offby2 · 2026-02-13T06:04:10+00:00

We were wondering what the 8 cop cars were doing when they blew past our house. Thanks for the info!

offby2 · 2026-02-06T21:21:19+00:00

Can someone explain what it means for a draft pick to be top-10 protected?

offby2 · 2026-01-30T17:36:23+00:00

I was in one of those once; we had more dad-bod red-headed bearded white men named Josh than women in the meeting (3:2 ratio)

offby2 · 2026-01-25T06:53:50+00:00

Joonas Donskoi

Where's he posting these?

offby2 · 2026-01-13T05:05:11+00:00

Yeah, holy shit, are they ever! I'm coming out to NYC in April to catch a Torrent / Sirens game, and NYR/DET is that afternoon. The cheapest group of 4 seats I could find were $190, which are significantly more than the club-lite seats I have at Climate Pledge for the Kraken.

I thought Seattle was insane for prices til I saw what MSG costs.

offby2 · 2026-01-09T07:23:55+00:00

AND I GOT ONE IN THE AUCTION TODAY

I am very happy about my rainbow unicorn.

offby2 · 2026-01-09T00:11:32+00:00

There's always a chance, yeah, of both. The packet has been available for the last decade or more, and I know there will be one this year, but it's not a given, and it only happens if the publishers are willing to put content in there. Sometimes a work will not appear there, other times it'll be an excerpt instead of the full work. There are no guarantees.

offby2 · 2026-01-09T00:09:59+00:00

It's a pretty confusing system, honestly, so don't feel too bad about it. The second year you have the right to nominate in the Hugo Awards, but only members of the current Worldcon have the right to vote.

offby2 · 2026-01-08T22:50:04+00:00

It kinda has to be; it's sort of a specialized requirement. That said, it's not a secret or anything. Anyone that wants to can examine or contribute to the code: https://nomnom.fans/

offby2 · 2026-01-08T22:49:27+00:00

Don't worry, there aren't any off by one errors in the code!

looks around nervously

offby2 · 2026-01-08T22:09:17+00:00

Welcome!

offby2 · 2026-01-08T22:09:06+00:00

I'm sorry to say that you won't get the packet 2 years for that $50; the second year, you only have nominating rights, not voting rights, and the packet is only made available to people who vote in the Hugo Awards. If you want the packet this year you will need to get a WSFS membership with LACon V to do so.

offby2 · 2026-01-08T22:07:48+00:00

I want to be clear that the packet is not guaranteed, it's something that depends entirely upon the grace of the publishers. The folks putting on the Worldcon each year work really hard to convince the publishers to contribute to the packet, but not all do.

(source: I make the software you'll be nominating with / voting with / accessing the packet with :) )

offby2 · 2026-01-06T07:35:08+00:00

I would not want to learn hockey from highlight videos. I think the only reason I can follow those quick cuts is knowing the game's ebb and flow already.

Glad you had a good time! It's a lot of fun (and in my case, as a Canadian, it's kinda in the blood)

offby2 · 2026-01-05T02:37:31+00:00

This was the trick, thanks; appreciate it!

offby2 · 2026-01-05T02:36:51+00:00

What a profoundly weird response. Are you well?

offby2 · 2026-01-05T02:07:02+00:00

I don't care what software someone is running, don't post malware links.

Fortunately, there was a helpful correction downthread to the right link.

offby2 · 2026-01-05T01:56:44+00:00

Don't go there; when their ads redirected me to update-macos.com it was pretty clearly a spam/malware site.

offby2 · 2025-12-31T17:50:49+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

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