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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Sounds like yet another case of a "literary" writer getting way too much praise for writing about an idea that SF used up and wore out decades ago. zz... more »
    Jordan Buller: would it be possible to put a link to Amazon or something when you guys put up book reviews? more »
    Lamar Henderson: Starship by Brian Aldiss more »
    icelight: Since everyone seems to be comparing it to previous works, it also seems very similar to the Book of the Long Sun books by Gene Wolfe. There's also at... more »
    Mount_Prion: ...and this wasn't written by Killgore Trout? more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Interesting... post-apocalyptic morons. I have a gigantic backlog of books but I'll see about adding this one. more »
    materialist_zen: I'm glad the US ending deviated so much from the original, even if the execution seemed a little forced. They might have built up to it a little more ... more »
    sallybrownies: I love British TV so I am biased but I think The Office is the only transplant that we have done better than the original. Somebody else mentioned San... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Also, Charlie, the poll's weighted: you've got 3 equal, one US better and two UK better, with the UK better ones having stronger word choices. So you'... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: They both end the same way. Sam went through all that stuff, and everything we watched him do was all a dream and then he woke up. So, really, anyone ... more »
    josh.green: Quick plug - Serra Tinic from the University of Alberta has a great essay on the history, challenges and politics of adapting content from the UK for ... more »
    Elpon: I think the ending was dumbed down so that the stupid people would get the meaning of the title. more »
    Meirelle: Where is Answer 5? more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: US LoM had the courage of its convictions. It started out as an SF show, and it finished as an SF show. English LoM wanted to have it both ways: use t... more »
    RhettElephenor: Please to remove the spoiler photo for the UK ending from the article?! Pretty please? more »
    Ed Grabianowski: I really liked the U.S. ending. It left me satisfied. I mean, it was no Answer 5, but still... more »
    Sarah Katherine Hayes: Personally. The American LOM can DIAF. The UK version, both seasons of it were vastly superior, explained everything and included the rather nasty f... more »
    Communist Pope: I thought the U.S. ending was thoroughly enjoyable, but haven't watched the Brit series so I can't compare the two. Try as I might, I can't think of a... more »
    amadyce: The U.S. ending was kack. It totally negated everything that had come before. What was the point of going thru that whole story only for it to be reve... more »
    bmfrosty: The funny thing is, even though it's the series finale, and the ending more or less explains everything, if they did somehow decide bring the series b... more »
  • #bookreview

    Talkin' Bout My Generation Ship

    In Toby Litt's Journey Into Space, a generation ship gives rise to two generations of idiots. It's not really about space travel, so much as people who forget history and are doomed to distort it. More »
  • #poll

    How Did The U.S. Ending To Life On Mars Compare To The BBC Version?

    I still can't decide whether the U.S. Life On Mars ending was awesome or horrible. Please help me make up my mind! (Spoilers ahead.) More »
  • #robots

    Israeli Bomb Disposal Robot Has a Terrible Job Cleaning Up After Humans

    Yesterday in Israel, a bomb disposal robot inspected the scene of a suicide bombing at a shopping mall in the town of Dimona. The bot is remote controlled, and used an articulated arm to remove the jacket of the alleged bomber to be sure he doesn't have more explosives on his body. Want to see what else the robot does as it finishes its inspection of the area? (Warning: Images of a corpse may be disturbing.) More »