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...another dipshit referring to Honor Harrington as a mary sue, because only men are allowed to be competent heroes.

Arrakis. Dune. Dessert Planet.


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I've decided to start posting my stories here as well as at Shifti, starting with this one. I just finished Act One (of three).

This story is one of my contributions to the Paradise shared universe. Some things might not be clear to people not already familiar with the setting, but I generally believe that readers can follow things without a lot ( Read more... )

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I mentioned awhile back that I'd discovered some of my favorite authors had livejournals, and friended them. Well, one of them, Jim Hines, recently hosted a great series of guest posts about representation in science fiction and fantasy.

Which is a subject near and dear to my heart―even leaving aside the trans part, I'm positively starved for ( Read more... )

This will be sort of a muddled mix of a post, in which only tangentially-related things are bridged together by the chain of my thought processes rather than anything more substantial.

I was inspired to reread "The Dragon Lady of Macross" last week, after getting the latest Robotech Tactics kickstarter update. I've alluded to it a couple times ( Read more... )

...and I have now friended them! Which is why it's significant that they have livejournals, specifically. Lots of authors have blogs, but I can't friend a blog.

It started with Seanan McGuire, who actually wasn't a favorite of mine before now, largely because I'd never heard of her. But the RPG blog where I found that campaign tool I mentioned a ( Read more... )

William Shakespeare's "Terminator the Second" is coming to DVD! There's a trailer now, too:



The special effects leave something to be desired, of course, but the fun part is the dialogue anyway.

TERMINATOR: I can keep honest counsel, ride, run, and deliver a plain message― *cocks shotgun*
―bluntly.

Which brings me to this:

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Of all the things, this is the most...something...thing. Actually, you know what? I'm not sure what this is at ALL. Besides a Mass Effect/Exalted crossover fanfic.

I wasn't sure I wanted to read it. I generally don't like crossovers, and fanfiction is, as a rule, an exercise in proving Sturgeon's Law*. But judging from some of the outtakes at TV ( Read more... )