Robinson L maintains a livejournal account under the handle Arkan2, where he reviews and/or rants about books, movies, tv shows, his college, and politics. Reportedly crashed into an asteroid in late 2004 and died a fiery death. He got better. He aspires to be (in no particular order) a successful author, an activist, and a parent.
- 2017-05-12 20:02 - The Wonderful Shitbag of Oz - link I’ve been working through an audiobook recording of The Once and Future King by T. H. White, and was struck by this quote by Merlyn in The Sword in the Stone, which makes for an excellent commentary on this movie’s protagonist and...
- 2017-05-12 20:00 - Kickstopper: That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternally Restructure (Part 2) - link Next time I’m in Great Britain I shall have to make another foray out to Oxford, if only to see you in your glorious new fez, Arthur.
- 2017-05-12 15:30 - Nick-You're-Not-The-One - link Interesting. I think I heard one of Mamatas’ Lovecraft pastiches in podcast form years ago, but I remember practically nothing about it. I believe I thought it was okay, but I obviously didn’t find it memorable. I find Mamatas as a wri...
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2017-04-03 20:15 - I, Reader -
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@Arthur: That’s true about 50s sensibilities, or so I gather. Maybe he just changed his mind.
Orion: I tend to look at science-fiction as a safe space to float ideas with troubling implications or outright dangerous applications ...
- 2017-03-30 16:02 - Dissecting Lovecraft Part 8: Supernatural Horror In Biography - link Oh yeah, I also meant to say that Lovecraft sure had a classy way of saying, “sure kid, by all means include a character modeled after me in your story and gruesomely kill him off.” But I absolutely love this description: “Like a...
- 2017-03-30 16:00 - I, Reader - link Perhaps it’s another feature of the time skip between novels, and Asimov’s perceptions about what he can get away with in the 80s as opposed to the 50s. *shrug*
- 2017-03-25 20:36 - Dissecting Lovecraft Part 8: Supernatural Horror In Biography - link So this is the payoff to all the deliberately mysterious hints you've scattered throughout this Lovecraft series. Interesting. Incidentally, I recently came across “Ask Lovecraft,” a...
- 2017-03-25 20:30 - I, Reader - link And remains Mrs. Bailey throughout? So, a philanderer, then. I suppose that's not too surprising.
- 2017-03-24 18:30 - I, Reader - link I listened to I, Robot on audiobook eight or nine years ago and I found it all right, despite, as you say, Asimov’s very basic characterization. The 1950s family dynamic and attendant sexism definitely stuck out for me in the first story. ...
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2017-03-03 20:00 - Derleth Forsake Me Oh My Darling -
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Between this and the basic introduction to the Mythos, it’d almost make sense if this novel were serialised in a magazine
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2017-03-01 18:00 - Dermore I See Of Him, Derleth I Like -
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Lovecraft didn’t especially mind the term “Cthulhu Mythos”, but he vetoed Derleth’s original suggestion, “The Mythology of Hastur”, for the very simple reason that Hastur didn’t feature in any of Lovecr...
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2016-12-31 03:30 - Dissecting Lovecraft Part 7: Innsmouth, Heald, and Hitler -
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I remember you bringing up Lovecraft’s socialism in passing in an earlier article in the series, and it seemed a bit odd to me, but I forgot to make a note of it at the time. Thanks for the explanation.
He also seems to have lost...
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2016-12-22 00:00 - Red Seas Under Red Skies -
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Cheriola: book 3, when encountering a random pair of gay lovers making out in a garden and being tempted to go through their discarded clothing for their wallets, he stops his kleptomaniac impulse by reminding himself that doing malice to happy...
- 2016-12-21 20:30 - Red Seas Under Red Skies - link And now it’s time for another installment of Robinson Dissects the Ethics of the Gentleman Bastard Books. This week’s episode: Captain Zamira Drakasha Edition. So yeah, Zamira is all kinds of awesome, but like with the other mai...
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2016-12-21 20:15 - Red Seas Under Red Skies -
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Cheriola: You know, oddly most of the things you mention didn't bother me at all. Except the utter pointlessness of the opening cliffhanger.
That pretty much sums up my feelings about the book, too. I guess I just think of this... - 2016-12-21 18:02 - Dissecting Lovecraft Part 4: It's Not Easy Marrying Greene - link Fair enough, Daniel. Given your previous discussion of the story, I thought I'd inquire, but on the strength of this, I think I'll give the story a pass.
