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.
- 2013-05-25 15:30 - The King of the Frauds - link Okay, I'm torn. On the one hand, this sounds like a really fascinating and unique story concept with a lot of neat ideas that quite appeals to the part of me that's always keen to discover fresh, new kinds of storytelling. It also appeals to me on the leve...
- 2013-05-14 12:36 - Ferretbrain Presents the teXt Factor Episode 1 - Monotheism - link @Cheriola: Personally, I've only read the first three Dresden books, and I found them, on the whole, decent fluff (though with significantly more sexual content than you describe in "Codex Alera," and all of it highly juvenile). In fact, I'll even go to th...
- 2013-05-11 18:30 - It's Not Easy Being Green - link According to a recent post in a fiction group I'm part of, Jay Lake has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. That's pretty grim.
- 2013-05-10 20:30 - Ferretbrain Presents the teXt Factor Episode 1 - Monotheism - link Yeah, I kinda suspected you would have a rather different take on that story than Sanderson.
- 2013-05-10 20:02 - Where Corn Don't Grow - link I have zero interest in this type of game, but the commentary in this article is just hysterical. Thanks for the belly-laughs, Drew; I hope you'll continue submitting articles to the site, and keep up the sardonic wit.
- 2013-05-09 22:02 - GOGathon: Iron Storm - link I just realized that I never got around to adding my voice to the chorus to say I'm sorry to hear you've bowed out, as I've greatly enjoyed your articles. Hope the other projects are going well for you, and best of luck!
- 2013-05-09 20:30 - Ferretbrain Presents the teXt Factor Episode 1 - Monotheism - link Thread necromancy (exactly three years later - serendipitous anniversary, woot!) because I recently watched a video of Brandon Sanderson lecturing about writing, and he said at one point that Jim Butcher essentially wrote Furies of Calderon and its ...
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2013-02-08 15:00 - Pedo Snore Screed of a Octafish -
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Arthur: Well, obviously, because patriarchal religion and deeply ingrained cultural misogyny were so rare in 14th century Europe. Wait, what?
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I'd never read any of her work before this and am unlikely to in the future; I was mainly aware of her because Beauty was honoured with a spot in the Fantasy Masterworks series, but based on valse's assessment this seems to have been a mistake...
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2013-01-29 20:36 - Delightful Fluff -
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Alice: I particularly remember liking the fact that they didn't go the "stringing out the inevitable getting-together of the love interests ad nauseum due to Hilarious And/Or Grave Misunderstandings" route, and instead just had the couple-to-be...
- 2013-01-28 15:00 - Delightful Fluff - link First off, apologies Shim, Wardog, Cammalot and all for the IBS confusion. It's the name of the fictional television network which airs DayBreak (I don't think I ever found out what the letters stand for, though). I hope my edit to the article has c...
- 2013-01-26 22:02 - Delightful Fluff - link I wondered about that when it first came out. In the end, I've come to the conclusion that it's probably down to one of those slang gaps between Britain and the US. It certainly doesn't seem like the type of film to make that kind of innuendo intentionally...
- 2013-01-24 22:00 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 9 - As You Like It - link Excellent point, Arthur. It's been years since I read the short story in question, and my impression was probably colored by a more recent experience reading an annotated collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, where the annotator pointed out a sim...
- 2013-01-24 10:36 - The Limits of Sensation - link Just so. Even Fosco-like antics would've been quite a treat. Instead, it's just how one of the characters in the love triangle (or perhaps it was her mother) refers to her romantic rival.
- 2013-01-24 10:30 - Ferretbrain Presents: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Episode 9 - As You Like It - link (Late to the party as per usual ...) Congratulations Ibmiller on your special guest appearance here. Re: Imperial March I figured it must be something like that, though I thought of it more in terms of commenting on how Shakespeare th...
- 2013-01-24 10:00 - The Limits of Sensation - link I've only read (listened to) three Wilkie Collins books so far, but The Moonstone was loads better than The Evil Genius: this orphan woman goes to work as governess for the adolescent daughter of a young couple, and there's an attraction betw...
