I never thought about it before but reading this I'm surprised that I meet none of the requirements whatsoever! Not one! And I really don't think of myself as a hopeless case. Verily, these astronauts are like unto gods!
I tried one of the Orson Scott Card books (Shadow Puppets) recently because he is so often recommended here on/. Terrible. Maybe I just happened upon a weak book in the series but it was complete rubbish. No redeeming features whatsoever. I think the only reason I was able to finish it was because a) big type, so actually very short and b) I had nothing else to read at the time. After that experience it is unlikely I'll read anything else by him.
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne is a great read as is A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. I avoided Jules Verne for years because of over familiarity with hokey film adaptations of the books (I'm not talking about recent films), but really the books are very good.
Iain M. Banks as Iain Banks stuff is also good (The Bridge, Espedair Street, Complicity, Dead Air, Transition etc.). Not all of it but then neither is all of his culture stuff great. In my opinion he hasn't written any actually bad books, but when he is on form he is truly great. As Iain M. Banks I think my current favourite is 'Use of Weapons'.
This single homogeneous entity notion seems dodgy to me. It is not a requirement for civil wars to occur that there be ethnic, religious or racial differences.
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I never thought about it before but reading this I'm surprised that I meet none of the requirements whatsoever! Not one! And I really don't think of myself as a hopeless case. Verily, these astronauts are like unto gods!
Are you sure they are particles? Couldn't they be waves - or both particles and waves at the same time? What is the speed of poo? So many questions...
I implied no such thing.
They have truncheons though, don't they? That's a pretty serious weapon.
OK, I did that. So what is a 'smart vagina' as opposed to just a 'vagina'?
You can't talk on a cell phone in a bank? Really? Is that a fact? Never heard that before.
People that know you - family, friends, work colleagues - need you to have and use toilet paper.
Gah! I meant 'kind'.
I'd like to have one but can't afford one! Perhaps Roblimo could be so kinds as to buy me one. No?
But success is exactly what I'm seeking!
Hmm. Lived there 25 years and never, ever heard that then or since. I think you are making it up!
Gogol - Dead Souls / Taras Bulba / any collection of his short works
Flann O' Brien - At Swim Two Birds / The Third Policeman / The Hard Life / The Poor Mouth
Jules Verne - The Mysterious Island / A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Iain M. Banks - Use of Weapons (and tonnes of other stuff)
Josef Conrad - Heart of Darkness / Secret Agent / Nigger of the Narcissus
Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting / Maribou Stork Nightmares / The Acid House
Philip Jose Farmer - The Riverworld Series
Martin Amis - Money
Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim / The Green Man
I recently read Monstrous Regiment by Pratchett and would recommend it. Nothing deep, but clever, funny and entertaining.
I tried one of the Orson Scott Card books (Shadow Puppets) recently because he is so often recommended here on /. Terrible. Maybe I just happened upon a weak book in the series but it was complete rubbish. No redeeming features whatsoever. I think the only reason I was able to finish it was because a) big type, so actually very short and b) I had nothing else to read at the time. After that experience it is unlikely I'll read anything else by him.
That's a good one. I had forgotten about it. I hope I still have my copy of it so I can re-read it. Thanks for the reminder!
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne is a great read as is A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. I avoided Jules Verne for years because of over familiarity with hokey film adaptations of the books (I'm not talking about recent films), but really the books are very good.
Iain M. Banks as Iain Banks stuff is also good (The Bridge, Espedair Street, Complicity, Dead Air, Transition etc.). Not all of it but then neither is all of his culture stuff great. In my opinion he hasn't written any actually bad books, but when he is on form he is truly great. As Iain M. Banks I think my current favourite is 'Use of Weapons'.
Gobsheen? What is that?
This single homogeneous entity notion seems dodgy to me. It is not a requirement for civil wars to occur that there be ethnic, religious or racial differences.
wasabi is Japanese not Korean.
I voted for Ron Paul because a guy told me to do so in the comments section of /. where the guy said 'Geeze'.
Still swallowing things that are not food at age four? That kid has bigger problems coming in life!
I would hope that they would make an effort to have a basic understanding of all the areas they deal with. Why is that so much to ask for?
whale farts!
I thought he was dead already.