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    Image of YoungWilliam YoungWilliam
    10/07/09

    In reply to Special Effects Artist Creates Fake Poe Corpse, So We Can Bury Him Properly
    Should I adore the "somebody call jeffrey combs" tag as much as I do?
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    crashedpc - unrein promoted this comment YoungWilliam was starred YoungWilliam was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    10/07/09

    @YoungWilliam: Yes you should. Must find other excuses to use it!
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    Image of Brisco_County_Jr Brisco_County_Jr
    10/08/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: The guy is too brilliant to waste. DS9 and Frighteners shows how good he is.
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    Brisco_County_Jr was starred Brisco_County_Jr was unstarred
    Image of Brisco_County_Jr Brisco_County_Jr
    10/08/09

    @Brisco_County_Jr: I meant he's being wasted currently, he'd be great at this!
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    Image of FrankN.Stein FrankN.Stein
    10/07/09

    In reply to Special Effects Artist Creates Fake Poe Corpse, So We Can Bury Him Properly
    I really hope they installed a bell in case of an alive burial, Mr. Poe would seriously hate even his avatar being burried without it!
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    Brisco_County_Jr promoted this comment FrankN.Stein was starred FrankN.Stein was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/07/09

    In reply to Special Effects Artist Creates Fake Poe Corpse, So We Can Bury Him Properly
    DEAR MISTER POE:

    [www.harkavagrant.com]
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/07/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: BROS
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    crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/07/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: I think that comic is historically accurate, and nobody can tell me otherwise. I WILL NOT HEAR OF IT.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/07/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I love the look on Poe's face while he and Verne are on the hot air balloon. "What the fuuu..."
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    Image of Lauren Davis Lauren Davis
    10/07/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: The world needs more Kate Beaton.
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    Image of CodenameV CodenameV
    10/05/09

    In reply to Octavia Butler's Papers Preserved For Future Generations
    the combined "Lilith's Brood" stories are some of the best I've ever read. In terms of both concept and more importantly execution.

    Few series really deal with gender ideas that in-depth of "they're this alien race that has a third sex and aren't just a reshuffling of gender stereotypes between men and women; some things they do don't exactly have a counterpart to things we do"....a lot of ripoff later writers just think that reshuffling stuff around is suddenly "innovative": Butler actually had "innovative" ideas.

    the best part? she said what inspired her to write was that as a kid she saw a godawful scifi B-movie on TV, was convinced she could do a better job, then DID. She showed them all.
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    CParis promoted this comment CodenameV was starred CodenameV was unstarred
    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    10/05/09

    In reply to Octavia Butler's Papers Preserved For Future Generations
    This is why librarians are heroes of modern society.
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    Belabras ate my dingo! promoted this comment EndangeredRed was starred EndangeredRed was unstarred
    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    10/05/09

    @EndangeredRed: And of THE MUMMY!
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    Image of m_faustus m_faustus
    10/05/09

    In reply to Octavia Butler's Papers Preserved For Future Generations
    As a professional archivist, I love seeing any story which mentions archives. That it mentions science fiction too just makes me happy all over.
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    Belabras ate my dingo! promoted this comment m_faustus was starred m_faustus was unstarred
    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    10/05/09

    In reply to Octavia Butler's Papers Preserved For Future Generations
    I've only ever read Parable of the Sower, but it's a brilliant book. It's too bad she left us so early.
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    Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon was starred Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon was unstarred
    Image of Menouthis Menouthis
    10/05/09

    In reply to Octavia Butler's Papers Preserved For Future Generations
    Octavia Butler was a great author who went way too soon. I had just read 'Fledging' right before she died and was so taken with it. I wish she were still around to write even more amazing stories.
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    Dr Emilio Lizardo promoted this comment Menouthis was starred Menouthis was unstarred
    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    10/05/09

    @Menouthis:
    Complete agreement. She wrote some great stuff.
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    Image of Soupytwist Soupytwist
    09/20/09

    In reply to Artists' Portraits of Science Fiction's Greatest Writers
    I love how Pia Guerra did William Gibson... but, then again, I love how she does everything.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/20/09

    In reply to Artists' Portraits of Science Fiction's Greatest Writers
    Just comin' off my semi-self-imposed internet hiatus to mention how lovely these are.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    09/20/09

    @Grey_Area: I -thought- there was a "gap in the teeth" around here...
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    09/19/09

    In reply to Artists' Portraits of Science Fiction's Greatest Writers
    Oh hell... I just found Anne Rice cute (in an Aubrey Beardsley kind of way)... I feel dirty.
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was starred Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was unstarred
    Image of Illogic Illogic
    09/19/09

    In reply to Artists' Portraits of Science Fiction's Greatest Writers
    No PKD?
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    09/20/09

    @Illogic:
    Yeah. I mean, seriously, MArgaret Atwood but not PKD?
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    Image of UlisesHz UlisesHz
    09/19/09

    In reply to Artists' Portraits of Science Fiction's Greatest Writers
    I thought #5 was Larry King in a spaceman suit
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment UlisesHz was starred UlisesHz was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/19/09

    @UlisesHz: I wouldn't have known it was ACC without the caption.
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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 Jeriba Jeriba
    09/19/09

    In reply to Artists' Portraits of Science Fiction's Greatest Writers
    I adore the drawing of Rod Serling. The artist captured his body language perfectly and I love his cute-creepy accessories (minions?)

    What's great about these is how well the style of most of the drawings captures the tone of the Authors' work.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Jeriba was starred Jeriba was unstarred
    Image of Lassus Lassus
    09/19/09

    In reply to Artists' Portraits of Science Fiction's Greatest Writers
    I'm not sure if it's scary or awesome that I can recognize a lot of these without even opening up the thumbnails.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/19/09

    @Lassus: Since it's the same for me, I think it's awesome. We're all educamated.
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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
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