tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post6489863225346808269..comments2024-02-16T05:17:21.690-05:00Comments on No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons (Reloaded).: Whiney, Shiney, CerebrospineyPeter Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-61109054104605280062008-08-28T12:29:00.000-04:002008-08-28T12:29:00.000-04:00Thank you. For a reason unknown I was misinterpret...Thank you. For a reason unknown I was misinterpreting the "timeline" diagram; the <I>Starfish/Maelstrom/Behemoth</I> and <I>Blindsight</I> lines diverge from <I>now</I>, not from a later point.<BR/><BR/>I'll start from <I>Blindsight</I>, I think. I've been reading science-fiction for two thirds of my life, from <I>Foundation</I> when I was 9 years old to <I>Thirteen/Black Man</I> last week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-90090016244744579802008-08-28T11:53:00.000-04:002008-08-28T11:53:00.000-04:00What bec said. Starfish is the book that non-sf re...What bec said. Starfish is the book that non-sf readers can get into. Blindsight is the grotty-yet-exclusive club with the bouncers at the door who make you answer skill-testing questions before letting you inside.<BR/><BR/>That said, though, for all its inaccessibility Blindsight has proven far more successful, both critically and commercially, than Starfish. I was not expecting this myself. Peter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-36333005387062027892008-08-27T10:11:00.000-04:002008-08-27T10:11:00.000-04:00I was trying to figure out if I can start reading ...<I>I was trying to figure out if I can start reading it immediately or if it would be better if I read Starfish-Maelstom-Behemoth before.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>They are not in the same specific universe, so no, however ...Starfish is smoother, a better read than Blindsight, much more accessible. <BR/><BR/>I wouldn't throw anyone unprepped into Blindsight, unless they were an Arthur C Clarke fan - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-9118290449661036032008-08-27T06:30:00.000-04:002008-08-27T06:30:00.000-04:00Hello. Excuse me if I'm offtopic but I couldn't fi...Hello. Excuse me if I'm offtopic but I couldn't find an answer somewhere else... I just bought <I>Blindsight</I> in trade paperback and I was trying to figure out if I can start reading it immediately or if it would be better if I read <I>Starfish-Maelstom-Behemoth</I> before.<BR/>Also, I downloaded the "Vampire domestication" wmv file and I don't know when I'm supposed to watch it...<BR/>Could Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-16744766064455229872008-08-22T23:41:00.000-04:002008-08-22T23:41:00.000-04:00Watts said:I've never actually met either of those...Watts said:<BR/><BR/><I>I've never actually met either of those two, although I suppose the well could have been poisoned from a third source.</I><BR/><BR/>I'd rather not devolve into nay-saying without a person present to defend themselves, but they seem like the type that would find a way to sever your brake lines despite your not owning a car.<BR/><BR/><I>By the way, you looked pretty hot in aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-9240864094181838772008-08-22T20:42:00.000-04:002008-08-22T20:42:00.000-04:00nicholas wondered...was Blindsight the first use o...<B>nicholas</B> wondered...<BR/><BR/><I>was Blindsight the first use of r/K theory slang?</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, I don't even remember Blindsight doing that— but it was all over the rifters trilogy. I've been using "r's and K's" for "boys and girls" since at least 1998.<BR/><BR/>But as usual, John Brunner beat me to it by decades. In Stand on Zanzibar, the Peter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-87040852506414273752008-08-22T18:29:00.000-04:002008-08-22T18:29:00.000-04:00The Amazing Capt. Sunday said...Who knows how in b...<B>The Amazing Capt. Sunday</B> said...<BR/><BR/><I>Who knows how in bed they are with Tor - and it's no secret that Theresa and Patrick hold a grudge like Boudica.</I><BR/><BR/>I've never actually met either of those two, although I suppose the well could have been poisoned from a third source.<BR/><BR/><I>Frankly, I'm surprised your brake lines haven't been severed yet.</I><BR/><BR/>I'd be morePeter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-81569039033170921152008-08-20T19:25:00.000-04:002008-08-20T19:25:00.000-04:00I could never get in to io9. The writing seemed w...I could never get in to io9. The writing seemed weak and horribly rambly. I often follow a link to an io9 article, only to be most heinously disappointed by it.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you should just try and appreciate that your books are beyond such people.Theomanichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590137085228790478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-78891695366739633902008-08-20T17:50:00.000-04:002008-08-20T17:50:00.000-04:00Don't look at me, I'm 700 pages into an ARC of Nea...Don't look at me, I'm 700 pages into an ARC of Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" right now. I don't have time not to read.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561666880371974930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-37043654445821396692008-08-20T17:31:00.000-04:002008-08-20T17:31:00.000-04:00al - so is the entire output of network television...al - so is the entire output of network television. Nothing wrong with that as long as the content is entertaining.<BR/><BR/>That said, the bloggers at io9 seems to spend too much of their time looking for clips of cheesy Italian B-movies on YouTube and probably don't have enough free time to actually read books.Michael Grosberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201845206647945409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-67046615410165030322008-08-20T13:50:00.000-04:002008-08-20T13:50:00.000-04:00Bloody blogger.OK, to get the date let's start wit...Bloody blogger.<BR/><BR/>OK, to get the date let's start with who they are at: <BR/>http://io9.com/about/<BR/><BR/>http://io9.com/385047/meet-io9-associate-editor-meredith-woerner<BR/><BR/>http://io9.com/374854/meet-a-bunch-of-new-io9ers<BR/><BR/>http://io9.com/338371/meet-the-bloggers-at-io9<BR/><BR/>Apparently, they're a video and game focused lot and probably don't read near as much as they Strannikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087783366276504178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-68175210831940648332008-08-20T02:24:00.000-04:002008-08-20T02:24:00.000-04:00Gawker Media = Doing it for Page CountTheir blog i...Gawker Media = Doing it for Page Count<BR/><BR/>Their blog is just a vehicle for ad revenue.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561666880371974930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-17582320410913599702008-08-19T23:07:00.000-04:002008-08-19T23:07:00.000-04:00i like ben, can i keep him?i like ben, can i keep him?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05194202629078211570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-31539088474192375402008-08-19T17:13:00.000-04:002008-08-19T17:13:00.000-04:00/Totally/ bogus that you're not in either of those.../Totally/ bogus that you're not in either of those io9 articles. That being said, I stopped reading it about 2 or 3 days in. Pretty much a fluff site. I bet they liked Clone Wars.<BR/><BR/>Still...to disrespect Peter-friggin' WATTS?! I'm gonna have to go off on somebody. Can I comment over there w/o creating Yet Another Useless Log...hey, cool, I can use email. I have tossed a comment on the pile.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455392902128303614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-86219091008316978112008-08-19T16:23:00.000-04:002008-08-19T16:23:00.000-04:00you are the greatest living hard SciFi writer.All ...you are the greatest living hard SciFi writer.<BR/>All the rest are just wannabes. So say we ALL !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-41916162131432797712008-08-19T15:33:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:33:00.000-04:00"Has anyone seen hard-hatted grizzly bears pumping..."<I>Has anyone seen hard-hatted grizzly bears pumping their shit into our living rooms since Gary Larsen went away?</I>"<BR/><BR/>"<I>...Which would logically make the liberation of Auschwitz at the end of WW2 "a miracle of the Russians and Nazis"</I>"<BR/><BR/>"<I>and I'm sorry r's and K's but I own that particular bit of the genre.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Kick. Ass. Especially the last one...was <I>Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154776123543786428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-44971845761534527722008-08-19T15:26:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:26:00.000-04:00I stopped reading iO9 a few months ago because I f...I stopped reading iO9 a few months ago because I found myself wanting to fix almost everything they wrote. Which, at their dime-a-dozen post rate, would have taken me all day. <BR/><BR/>It wouldn't surprise me if there was something intentional going on here, and I mean that in the most paranoid sense. Who knows how in bed they are with Tor - and it's no secret that Theresa and Patrick hold a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com