MugwumpHasNoLiver#588018 wrote:It was a very lovely article. I do hope you link it in here at some time in the near future.

Here's a direct link to the article, the link to my blog is in the sig.

I'm not exactly sure why but when Tolkien does this grand emulation of real mythologies that seem to draw equally from ancient pagan panthologies, Christian creation myths and host of other influences the resulting mix is utterly captivating and feels incredibly "authentic". Very few ...

Aiko Heiwa#587854 wrote:I got mugged today.

That's not good. How bad was it?

Working on some blog posts. Writing a story to my satisfaction is hard for me, and I'm on the verge of giving up. I'll at least keep the writing practice up, though, and I'll just pontificate about books instead. I've been kind of splitting my attention between a book review of Limin...

Mirai Nikki I read a teaser for it three years ago. I'm just getting started on it now. Pathetic, I know. Meh. It's actually pretty good for the first 20 chapters or so, and then the next 40 have nothing going on. It's worse than boring, it's frustratring. I guess it doesn't tak...

I got a ton of books just before New Years', and will try to read and review a book a week in 2013. (At least, that's the resolution, we'll see how it works in practice lolololol) Everyone who posts in this thread should try and do the same. Blog about it! Anyway, here's a fe...

Specifically, Blu-Rays have more storage than the regular DVD because of the laser used for read/write cycle. To store or read a bit from a disk-based medium, a laser is used. The wavelength of the laser determines the physical size of the bit on the disk. DVDs use red lasers to read/write, while Bl...

esselfortium#586268 wrote:He most likely still celebrates his birthday anyway!

It's *sniff* so nice to know you cared!

Seele00TextOnly#586261 wrote:My 2013 is starting off with a bang.
http://imgur.com/a/dO26J
Literally.

That's when the bullet opens up and a little flag that says "Happy New Year!!!" pops out.

Remember where you are, this is a fan forum for a wholly outlandish anime. Outlandishness is not a problem in science fiction. I realize that, and that's really the excuse I've given myself for writing the story. However, I tend to be a fan of harder sf, so then I start worrying about my st...

Has anyone played Pay Day The Heist? Is it a good bro-op game and is the multiplayer still active (do people still play it)? Alternatively any tips for some good bro-op games? Already got Killing Floor, Portal 2, L4D 2, Borderlands 1 and 2. Was thinking more along the lines of Killing Floor...

Fireball#586122 wrote:I think it's cocaine.

Those ruts in the last picture are where I did lines.

Some pics from the last snowstorm to come through. Some of them might be a little blurry because it was night and I couldn't see what I was doing. http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac218/jccrt1990/DSC_0113_zpsba691647.jpg http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac218/jccrt1990/DSC_0131_zps5aa327e2.j...

Part of the reason Eva piloting works at all is because Evas and Lilin are physically similar. Humanoid body plan with a similar nervous system and all that. Synchronization quite explicitly involves the Eva's CNS, and using LCL as a medium for transmitting nerve impulses. Angels basically thro...

Been working on a short story idea that's been kicking around in my head for nearly 2 years now. It's a couple of prospectors working on Mars. The Earth has been nailed by another planet from deep space, which has flung bits of its iron core into space. Martian prospectors make a living sear...

If you've seen the series, don't even bother with Death and Rebirth, it's just a recap for audiences that hadn't seen the show in a while. Just go straight into EoE. Anyway, I had been planning on visiting my girlfriend, but an ice storm in her neck of the woods pushed back those pla...

I love oddly topical sci-fi dreams. Expand this into a full story. Fill in the missing details. Throw in a foxy dame who betrays the hero. I want to know more. How do you fake your death? What's life like on Phobos? Do the rich play Polo with gargantuan Martian sea horses? I swear, CC, you can ...

You've struck a blow for the revolution on Mars CorporalChaos, but in all likelihood you've driven the planet further into the dark and one step closer to extinction. --------- Putting aside this dream's uncontrolled obsession with cutlery and the cruel trick you played on the belonging...

I read Ursula K. LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness . There's just so much to like about this book. Want a little fantasy? Sure, it's got that. Want a little science? Sure, it's got that too. Aliens? Boy, you're in luck! The story is about Genly Ai, an emissary from a galactic fe...

Mars is an arid planet, even our terraforming efforts have done little to improve that. These huge underground cities are thirsty - for power, for riches, but most of all, the oldest need of them all, water. There's just not enough of it around, and we're fast approaching a hard population l...