I love Rush to death, but dread the thought of a sci-fi novelization. If you've read the liner notes (and lyrics) of 2112, you'd know why. Absolutely rocking, amazing album, paired with the most hackneyed-grade school "sci fi" plot this side of Plan 9.
But it's Rush, so I'll buy it. Like I said, love 'em to death.
The show is enjoyable cheese, but it's hard to get over the improbability of criminals from 50 years ago smoothly popping into the present day and easily navigating society in order to resume their criminal ways. Take any person from 50 years ago, and pop them into 2012, and they would be a fish out of water with the vast social and technological changes. And probably even worse if they were criminals.
Umbrielle: "I want you to make a merwoman out of mer-me"
(lots of passionate kissing)
Umbrielle: "what the hell is that?"
Fry: "I'm a little confused too....how do i with the tail and all?"
Umbrielle: "I'm not your first am I? I lay my eggs and i leave... and you release your fertilizer"
(Fry runs away)
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(lots of passionate kissing)
Umbrielle: "what the hell is that?"
Fry: "I'm a little confused too....how do i with the tail and all?"
Umbrielle: "I'm not your first am I? I lay my eggs and i leave... and you release your fertilizer"
(Fry runs away)
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You got metal fever boy...METAL FEVER!
I got an ARC for this through LibraryThing's Early Readers program, posted my review and brief thoughts here:
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And how cool would it be if the Enterprise took on a Star Destroyer?
I'm kidding, by the way. Yeah, it would be geeky cool to have crossovers, but it would suck artistically.
The book was mildly entertaining as a piece of lyrical post-apocalyptic meditation, but it was not realistic. In the book, the oil runs out apparently at once (as opposed to a slow decline over decades) and furthermore, people don't seem to utilize alternative energy like coal. For a much more realistic (and entertaining) portrayal of a post-technological America after the oil runs out, check out "Julian Comstock" by Robert Charles Wilson.
May I suggest you hold one of these during Macworld Expo next month too so that out-of-town geeks can come too (at least those of us traveling to your beautiful city for Macworld!)
I got the entire Baltimore Orioles scouting organization plans for the 2009 season in my Gmail last spring, sent from the Orioles director of scouting.
Based on my last look at the standings, it didn't do that team much good. Still it was funny, and it came a week before my fantasy league draft too :-)
So if I am in Kansas City Kansas, I get notified, but if I am in Kansas City Missouri, right across the river, I don't?
Toyota ought to notify everyone, even in warmer states. I mean, you might live in Florida but drive up north.
Please no. The original was one of the best horror movies ever. It won't be topped by any possible remake.
Why do movie studios make great movies and then release them in like 2 cities in the whole country? I'm not saying Moon is a 1000-screen blockbuster, but most major cities have a couple art-film theaters....is it too much to ask that this at least be released in most major cities?
Oh well, hopefully it will be on DVD soon.
This book looks really good. I'm a sucker for a creative post-apocalyptic novel :-)
This is awesome...I do hope Reynolds returns to the Revelation Space universe at some point though!
This brings up a related point -- why isn't there any way to back up the contents of your facebook profile? People these days spend hundreds of hours creating a profile on facebook...your list of friends, links, photos, etc.
THis is valuable data, at least based on the amount of time it took to create and the effort taken to maintain it...but there is no way to back it up.
Facebook ought to provide a way that users can "download" their profile in some standard xml format, as a backup.
This is a larger problem then just facebook -- most "cloud" services suffer the same issue (backed up your gmail account lately?) but this may become a real consumer issue.
Hey, no dissing of Life After People. That show has been a pretty fascinating trip through diverse topics including evolution, hydrology, geology, mechanical and structural engineering, and other scientific and engineering disciplines, backed up by some really cutting-edge (for television) special effects and simulations.
It is a great mediation on the nature of our planet, and the nature of humanity and our relationship to the natural world. If all you see is disaster porn and "things decay and get covered with plans" then you are so totally missing the point.
I also was totally thinking Dark Tower when I saw this. North Central Positronics!
Beware the Melding Plague!
This movie would be more awesome (and just as scientific) if they added dragons.
Kif Kroker: Captain, may I have a word with you?
Captain Zapp Brannigan: No.
Kif Kroker: It's an emergency, sir.
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Come back when it's a catastrophe.
[a huge rumbling is heard]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Oh, very well.
Captain Zapp Brannigan: No.
Kif Kroker: It's an emergency, sir.
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Come back when it's a catastrophe.
[a huge rumbling is heard]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Oh, very well.
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Don't blame yourself, Kif. We were doomed from the start. I guess all that remains now is for the captain to go down with the ship.
Lt. Kif Kroker: That's surprisingly noble of you, sir.
Captain Zapp Brannigan: No, it's noble of you, Kif. As of now, you're in command. Congratulations, Captain.
[Zapp runs off]
