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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/22/09

    In reply to At the End of the World, We'll All Be on Reality TV
    Why is this any more frightening than any other panopticon society?

    If you aren't ambitious, and you don't find fame rewarding, life just goes on.
    -Kle. #popapocalypse
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/22/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: BUT what if other people find you interesting and insist on making you a celeb whether you like it or not? #popapocalypse
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    Klebert L. Hall promoted this comment Jeremy Tapsell was starred Jeremy Tapsell was unstarred
    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/23/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell:
    You can always just ignore them. Privacy's dead in a panopticon world, so you don't have to worry about them invading it, anymore.

    If you don't alter your life because of the fame, it might as well not exist.
    -Kle. #popapocalypse
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    Klebert L. Hall was starred Klebert L. Hall was unstarred
    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/21/09

    In reply to At the End of the World, We'll All Be on Reality TV
    guess I'll be getting that Tom Cruise mask for christmas after all. #popapocalypse
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    bookwench promoted this comment Jeremy Tapsell was starred Jeremy Tapsell was unstarred
    Image of bookwench bookwench
    10/22/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: That's the scariest thing I've heard all year. #popapocalypse
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    Image of adminslave adminslave
    10/21/09

    In reply to At the End of the World, We'll All Be on Reality TV
    I just wanted to note that a similar celebrity-based economy is depicted in Westerfeld's "Extras."
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Edited by adminslave at 10/21/09 11:23 AM adminslave was starred adminslave was unstarred
    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    08/26/09

    In reply to L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion
    I was going to turn up my nose to this, but how can I resist "L.A. is what happens when a bunch of Lovecraftian elder gods and porn starlets spend a weekend locked up in the Chateau Marmont snorting lines of crank off Jim Morrison's bones. If the Viagra and illegal Traci Lords videos don't get you going, then the Japanese tentacle porn will..."

    HOW CAN I?
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    Image of bookling bookling
    08/26/09

    In reply to L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion
    I just read this book, and it is indeed awesome. I definitely recommend it.
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    Image of Eldritch Eldritch
    08/26/09

    In reply to L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion
    This came into my bookstore a few weeks ago and I keep wanting to get it, except that it is a TINY hardcover and still the full hardcover price. No idea why, but I'm not gonna shell out $20 for a hardcover the size of a mass market paperback. Maybe when it's out in paperback I'll try it.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Eldritch was starred Eldritch was unstarred
    Image of William Mercado William Mercado
    08/26/09

    In reply to L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion
    Just finished it last week

    It's a good read, if you've been around the block gritty fantasy wise there's nothing new. If you're a fan of Gaiman, Westlake and Tarrantino this is recommened.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment William Mercado was starred William Mercado was unstarred
    Image of Batmanuel Batmanuel
    08/26/09

    In reply to L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion
    Didn't Desolation Jones have a similar premise, except LA was a dumping ground for retired secret government agents?
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    Grey_Area promoted this comment Batmanuel was starred Batmanuel was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    08/26/09

    @Batmanuel: Only in the sense that the protagonist comes back to take revenge on the people that screwed him over. And that plot has been done before as well. At least twice.
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    Image of Frank Boisvert Frank Boisvert
    07/07/09

    In reply to Half-Blood Prince Is The Best Harry Potter Movie, Say Early Reviews
    Ya, what big climactic scene was cut?


    When Snape kills Dumbledore?
    The battle of Snape getting Drako out of Hogwarts?


    Be more specific IO9!

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    Frank Boisvert was starred Frank Boisvert was unstarred
    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    07/07/09

    @Frank Boisvert: I think we have an entry for tomorrow's morning spoilers.
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    Aidan_ was starred Aidan_ was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/07/09

    @Aidan_: if by "tommorrow's" you actually mean "july 2005's" then yes.
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    07/07/09

    @tetracycloide: You realize we're talking about what scenes were cut from the film, and not what actually is in the books, yes?
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    Aidan_ was starred Aidan_ was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/07/09

    @Aidan_: you realize you can't spoil a film by revealing things that are not in it, yes?
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of DeepFriar DeepFriar
    07/07/09

    In reply to Half-Blood Prince Is The Best Harry Potter Movie, Say Early Reviews
    It's your site and all, but I feel like instigating -

    magic is fantasy, not science fiction
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    DeepFriar was starred DeepFriar was unstarred
    Image of DeepFriar DeepFriar
    07/07/09

    @DeepFriar: Yuck, I still feel gross even though I wrote it ironically
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    DeepFriar was starred DeepFriar was unstarred
    Image of Atomsmoosher Atomsmoosher
    07/07/09

    @DeepFriar: Yeah, I think that fight has long since been lost.
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    Atomsmoosher was starred Atomsmoosher was unstarred
    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/07/09

    @Atomsmoosher: actually it was side stepped. magic is fantasy and it is not science fiction, this just isn't a totally sci-fi blog. problem solved, semantics avoided.
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    tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of Moe-B Moe-B
    07/07/09

    In reply to Half-Blood Prince Is The Best Harry Potter Movie, Say Early Reviews
    what big climactic scene was cut out??!
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    Moe-B was starred Moe-B was unstarred
    Image of Cicada Cicada
    07/07/09

    @Moe-B: They cut down the action around the final battle at Hogwarts, and they cut out the funeral scene.

    [www.aceshowbiz.com]
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    Cicada was starred Cicada was unstarred
    Image of nachtwulf nachtwulf
    06/23/09

    In reply to How Much Damage Can A Maniac And His Army Of Sock Puppets Do On Amazon.Com?
    Simple... everyone e-mail Stanik, his agent, and his publisher with the single body text "We feel that Robert Stanik needs to stop posting false reviews."


    No mail bombs, no repeaters, just a simple, polite message, once a day, for one full year.


    That should get the point across nicely.

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    nachtwulf was starred nachtwulf was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/23/09

    @nachtwulf: Does he even have an agent or publisher, though? Anybody can POD a book onto Amazon these days.


    If he does have a real publisher, this is the perfect idea.

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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of davidlouisedelman01 davidlouisedelman01
    06/23/09

    In reply to How Much Damage Can A Maniac And His Army Of Sock Puppets Do On Amazon.Com?
    I should point out for completeness' sake that I'm not entirely convinced Stanek has posted any 1-star ratings of my books on Amazon. There are a couple of them floating around, but not enough for me to believe that there's a pattern to it. As shocking as it is for me to contemplate, I think it's remotely possible that some random readers out there just didn't like my books. I know, I know! Implausible in the extreme, but it could happen. ;-)


    Mr. Rothfuss, however, is another story. Seems like a pretty obvious review-bombing campaign to me.

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    Image of transbastard transbastard
    06/23/09

    @davidlouisedelman01: In case you are the real deal, well done on the Jump 225 books so far!
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    Image of davidlouisedelman01 davidlouisedelman01
    06/23/09

    @transbastard: Yep, I am the real deal, and thank you.
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    davidlouisedelman01 was starred davidlouisedelman01 was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/23/09

    @davidlouisedelman01: Eagerly awaiting the third book here.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    06/23/09

    In reply to How Much Damage Can A Maniac And His Army Of Sock Puppets Do On Amazon.Com?
    Perhaps this is something R.O.A.C.H. should deal with.
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    LittleDragon was starred LittleDragon was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    06/23/09

    @LittleDragon: Hmmm, yes. This Stanek creature gives evil book reviewers like me a bad name.
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    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/23/09

    @Grey_Area: Shuddup, Harrietnet.
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/23/09

    @LittleDragon: Indeeeed. *steeples fingers*


    (srsly, that's a good idea)

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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    06/23/09

    In reply to How Much Damage Can A Maniac And His Army Of Sock Puppets Do On Amazon.Com?
    Perhaps the io9 crowd needs to do some creative "reviewing" of Stanek's books on Amazon?
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    EBone was starred EBone was unstarred
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