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.
- 2017-08-30 15:00 - The Sequel of Shannara - link Cheriola, from your description, it sounds like the show’s producers are playing fast and loose with the backstory – note that, according to the review, Will is supposed to be the grandson, not son, of the hero of the first book. Given t...
- 2017-08-12 18:00 - The Narration of Shannara - link The dystopian angle isn't too bad. More regimentation and indoctrination and generally restricted freedoms than, say, the North American Indian Schools of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some characters die, but it's not like they're in The Hunger Ga...
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2017-08-11 22:02 - The Narration of Shannara -
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I'm curious, which book with a non-binary protagonist were you talking about?
Took me a day or two to remember the title: it was “Lizard Radio” by Pat Schmatz. Creative world-building, even though dystopias arenR... -
2017-08-11 22:00 - Ferretnibble 3 - Two Different Frontiers, One Class, and Four Text Adventures -
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gay people - the last of which the Allies didn't even free but just put in another prison
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2017-08-08 20:36 - I, Reader -
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Cheriola: I'm sure people grown up before the Renaissance had similar complaints about cheaply printed books and general literacy campaigns and the way they make memorising poems and religious texts unnecessary.
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2017-08-08 20:30 - Ferretnibble 3 - Two Different Frontiers, One Class, and Four Text Adventures -
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Arthur: If it is part of your ideological framework that everyone is brought up in a ideological or cultural framework hostile to yours, then the red pill narrative fits.
Good point.Cheriola: I got the imp...
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2017-08-08 20:00 - Ferretnibbles 2 - Beren and Lúthien, Shin Megami Tensei on the 3DS, and Sithrak Tracts -
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Oops, looks like I haven’t already commented on this one. Anyway, I’ve been hearing about a new Beren and Lúthien book, and kind of wondered exactly what material it contains, so I appreciated reading this.
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- 2017-08-05 05:00 - Ferretnibble 3 - Two Different Frontiers, One Class, and Four Text Adventures - link Congratulations! Coincidentally, I'm currently reading Sedia's House of Discarded Dreams, because I heard it recommended once as an example of a white woman writing a black main character and apparently doing a good job of it; not that I'll...
- 2017-08-04 22:00 - Ferretnibble 3 - Two Different Frontiers, One Class, and Four Text Adventures - link Good to hear from you again, Cheriola. Re: The Matrix I haven't revisited the original film since I saw it on VHS back when it came out, and I never watched the sequels. I can't really comment on the Wachowskis' philosophical depth in t...
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2017-06-30 20:30 - Kickstopper: Big Trouble In CyberChina -
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Never played Shadowrun, and unless I get infinite time at some point, I probably never will, but I enjoyed that article as usual. A couple miscellaneous points:
(a white swathe of women are involved at all tiers of societ...
- 2017-06-30 20:00 - Declare, If Thou Hast Understanding - link I got this out from the library last year, on the strength of your recommendation. I gotta admit, the whole “Secret History with Supernatural Overtones” gimmick really appeals to me. For instance, I loved the little touches like mentions of the...
- 2017-06-30 15:29 - Fool Me Once, Dzyan On You... - link Another fun read, Arthur, and I admit to being curious to read the truncated Hodgson report, if not so much the rest of the manuscript. I don’t usually nitpick minor spelling and grammar issues, but this one from the penultimate paragraph ga...
- 2017-06-30 15:14 - "There Are Things Happening In This House..." - link Man, Out 1 sounds fascinating, but from your description, it also sounds like it raises a bunch of really interesting questions about what’s really going on below the surface, but then doesn’t supply comparably interesting and satisfacto...
- 2017-06-24 22:30 - Kickstopper: Retconned Schemes - link Another entertaining article, Arthur, and it makes me excited for your write up of the World of Darkness NetFlix series whenever it comes out. I’m still puzzled on one point of lore from your summary of the background, though, which I...
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2017-06-24 20:30 - The Fouling of the Howling -
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Shim: I find it very pleasing how these articles can take something I just wouldn't watch, and still turn it into engaging and entertaining reads. Even when it's clearly very bad!
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2017-06-24 20:01 - Machen Fairies Grim Again -
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By Victorian standards in general, and particularly by Machen’s standards, any sex act not emphatically authorised by God constitutes only ye liveliest awfulness and even an enjoyable evening of light-hearted pegging constitutes a sanity-...
