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.
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2015-02-28 15:39 - We Need to Talk About Conan -
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Arthur: Well, you know what they say: an armed society is a polite society that has guaranteed that whenever its members snap they do as much damage and bloodshed as humanly possible.
Brilliantly put, Arthur, and all too true.<... - 2015-02-19 18:30 - What The Fucking Fucking Fuck JK Rowling? - link Coming in waaaaay late, but I thought I might as well point out that author Seanan McGuire also believes that Rowling doesn't deserve any points for gay representation with Dumbledore, for <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/01/geeks-guide-queers-destroy-sc...
- 2015-01-31 20:36 - One Does Not Simply Parkour Into Mordor... Oh, Wait, You Totally Can - link The podcast is Riddles in the Dark; the hosts spent the past 3 years speculating about what would be in the Hobbit movies, and then dissecting the results (with plenty of tangents, mo...
- 2015-01-31 15:30 - One Does Not Simply Parkour Into Mordor... Oh, Wait, You Totally Can - link <blockqoute>he simply walks into Mordor and starts hacking up orcs like it's some sort of misorcist equivalent Oh man, that is hysterical. I enjoyed this review immensely, but not being much of a gamer, I don't have a whole lot of inte...
- 2015-01-31 03:30 - We Need to Talk About Conan - link Ditto what Arthur said. I mean, not having read Howard, I'm at a disadvantage anyway. That said, I'm amenable to wading through a transcript - which is much easier to do on my own terms and at my own pace (including, e.g., skimming) and also to double-chec...
- 2014-12-02 20:02 - Xenu Not Included - link Yeah, I figured as much. In fact, while Writers of the Future/Galaxy Press e-mails make no mention of Author Services Inc., a brief (very brief) glance at the WotF website shows it listed both as a related website and in the copyright info. That's...
- 2014-12-01 18:06 - We Need to Talk About Conan - link Arthur and Shimmin beat me to the punch. I concur that a fair review is where the reviewer gives their actual opinion of the piece in question, no matter how positive or negative; I think the qualified climate scientist vs. unqualified climate denialist ex...
- 2014-12-01 18:00 - Xenu Not Included - link Interesting. I'm on the mailing list for Writers of the Future, the science fiction and fantasy writers contest founded by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1980s, which allegedly has no connection to the Hubbard Estate or Author Services Inc., though a quick check on...
- 2014-11-24 18:02 - I Could Care Fewer - link I won't go into most of the stuff here, because frankly, I don't give a damn. (That's actually not true; to be scrupulously accurate, I just don't give enough of a damn to bother lining up my thoughts, let alone typing them out.) I will adm...
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2014-11-24 18:00 - Take a Deep Breath and Count to Eleven -
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Jack has an opportunity to look at himself and realise what he's become, and takes a final drastic course of action as a result.
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2014-10-31 22:30 - Enduring Outlast -
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So, what's the deal with the made up names in this game, then? Murkoff Corporation? Mount Massive Asylum? What kind of tone are they going for?
Alasdair: I feel we, as a society, are ready for a game with dick waggle physics. We have t...
- 2014-10-02 20:36 - Ferretbrain Presents: Fighting Fantasy Podcastingness Part 1 - link Oh I see. In that case, best of luck with your studies ("tough going but often fun" would be a good description of my educational experiences) and with finding a job afterwards (an experience about which, unfortunately, I cannot say the same). Hmm...
- 2014-10-02 00:36 - Ferretbrain Presents: Fighting Fantasy Podcastingness Part 1 - link Sorry to hear your professional situation has taken a bad turn, that really sucks. And I can imagine how difficult it must be to pull one of these podcast events together - just wishful thinking, really.
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2014-10-01 20:30 - Ferretbrain Presents: Fighting Fantasy Podcastingness Part 1 -
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Relistened to this episode recently in a fit of nostalgia and noticed this line from Kyra, which I missed the significance of on previous passes (well before I made it out to the UK for my my studies):
~11:30: This door is alarmed</blo...
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2014-09-30 20:00 - Timeo Daneos et Donar Ferentes -
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Some random scattered thoughts, not so much on the subject of the article - I was not previously aware of this whole kerfuffle, but I find your analysis all too plausible - more a couple tangential points.
this definition includes peop...
- 2014-09-24 18:00 - The Man Whose Dicks Weren't All Exactly Alike - link Ah, I see I have missed this for several months, as per usual. Anyway, I was thinking it was high time Mr. Dick had his own theme handle. I have actually read The Man in the High Castle - which is to say, I listened to it on audiobook two o...
