From James Nicoll's review of Rocket Girls (the novel)"Japanese Space True Believers seem much less annoying than Anglosphere Space True Believers. I wonder why that is? It cannot just be that it is a comedy; Anglosphere Space True Believer comic SF exists and is generally pretty horrible ( Read more... )

Spurred by some tweets and a LJ posting of djinni's, comes the idea of the Hot Chocolate Party.

Here is my thoughts on what the position of the Hot Chocolate Party should be.

• Have a mug of cocoa, it's good for you.
• We all live here, so remember when you fight, you're fighting with family
• When the voices get too loud -- come calm down with some hot ( Read more... )

A thought inspired by the recent "School essay assignment" meme and a few other things ( Read more... )