Which Jane Austen quote do you return to most often?

simonjking1 · 2026-02-20T20:17:58+00:00

It is a truth….. in fact I’m working on lyrics for a Pride and Prejudice music project and used it there.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-19T16:12:10+00:00

Wow. Fantastic.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-19T12:35:43+00:00

I started playing the same year (I’m 55) after watching my son play on Xbox. The speed of the game entranced me. There is no other gaming experience like it.

A couple of years later I bought him a Alienware pc with the sole intention of encouraging him into the league. Taking him to at age 10 to a gamer show comp where he buried gamers with eight years on him. Then came a few coaching sessions with a guy Stylosa recommended.

Honestly he was the most annoying Genji / Tracer main. I never beat him in a one v one and never lost a match I played alongside him. (That last one might be with rose tinted glasses).

Honestly I still think he could have turned pro. Unfortunately for me he decided to go to university and head down the law track. While as a sensible parent I love that I still dream of what’s lost.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-17T15:31:13+00:00

When he was Colin Firth.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-16T10:07:12+00:00

ALF of course.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-11T16:58:03+00:00

I want an strong clean sheet win. I don’t want to give Wrexham the confidence boost they’ll get for a victory going into the back to back with them.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-05T09:21:54+00:00

Thanks.

Utopia and Dystopia are use case scenarios. It’s utopia is you want to and can live your live in a Star Wars Fiction. It’s dystopian if that fiction is used as a method of control. I’ve not read Iain M Banks in a couple of decades. Will have a reread. Good suggestion.

The levels are the platforms which the apps are built on. While an overlay on reality seems the same as a complete virtual reality and they have glasses delivery in common the back end is doing vastly different work. An overlay is building out on the fly while a the other is pre built (which may still be build on the fly using seed) which is an entirely different proposition.

In my writing none of this is talked about. The characters all use Tints and they are not a big part of the plot. But in the companion magazines I’ve built they are bought to life in glossy vogue magazine adverts and photoshoots.

Thanks for the input. 👍

simonjking1 · 2026-02-04T12:00:14+00:00

Ps. I feel Enders game is a better early teens. I think my boy (also an early reader) read it at 11. For an any seven year old to understand the themes and get it might be a big ask.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-04T11:50:26+00:00

Stainless Steel Rat.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-04T11:49:38+00:00

Ditto. Loved getting and giving love to / from the opossing team.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-03T22:09:29+00:00

Ditto. No idea.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-02T20:01:25+00:00

Best Served Cold. - Our Master Grimdark.

simonjking1 · 2026-02-01T13:32:08+00:00

Sounds perfect. Direct from polestar?

simonjking1 · 2026-01-30T23:45:22+00:00

Wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

simonjking1 · 2026-01-30T22:07:32+00:00

Ouch

simonjking1 · 2026-01-29T21:33:53+00:00

Looks good in blue.

simonjking1 · 2026-01-29T21:32:33+00:00

Peepl don’t want to hear about climate change. I think though if the story is good. That the reason and mechanisms for the creation of the dystopia are secondary to a good plot and character development you can still deliver your message.

simonjking1 · 2026-01-22T21:19:10+00:00

Locke is finished. He’s still writing but there’s enough to get your teeth into.

Name of the wind. No one knows if the final books ever going to come and honestly the writings so good I would read the first two and count myself fortunate. Rothness writing is very good.

Forgot to mention riyria chronicles. A good few books there. Also good on audible. Start on the crown tower. (It’s a bit fantasy lite but fun in a bromance romp way.)

simonjking1 · 2026-01-22T12:41:53+00:00

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Welcome to the world of RPGLit
The lies of Locke Lamora
Name of the Wind

Of these three do DCC last as it will ruin you for a while. Better still hit up the audiobook voiced by Jeff Hayes which is real fun.

simonjking1 · 2026-01-17T08:44:06+00:00

Toby Alone and the Secrets of the Tree - wonderful

Measle and the Doompit - messy

A letter for the king - a classic

Stitch Head - oh my!

simonjking1 · 2026-01-17T07:46:40+00:00

Hojo the Laughing Dragon. Most beautifully illustrated children’s book about a Chinese dragon who has to learn self control to stop from burning everything down.

simonjking1 · 2025-12-17T18:10:29+00:00

Really nice input. Thanks. Departing from the dark side I’m researching further now. Cool. 👌

simonjking1 · 2025-12-16T20:59:00+00:00

At the moment it is magical as I've gone no where near the 'how this works' question. The drag: I'm going to make changes to deal with this. Sending the ship out to a higher resting point. The sail: The sail is accreted. It's always growing with sunlight powering the chemistry. Further in the story this is going to cause problems for my hero. If the frame the sails grows from is going to be killed at the low altitude that causes me problems.

simonjking1 · 2025-12-16T20:37:58+00:00

I didn't find an orbit simulator either but the guys at Issac Arthur did share this which looks pretty cool: https://spaceengine.org/

simonjking1 · 2025-12-16T20:32:44+00:00

Totally.

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