If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

And like a nob, I forgot the main bit of the post I was going to include... You may find this link useful, it's a blog I stumbled upon about a year ago (back before I realised that Kindle self-publishing even existed), written by Joe Konrath. 'Tis largely because of reading that blog that I kicked t...

Thanks for the link, Tigzy. I should maybe mention that my day-job, right now, is online marketing? :P But yeah, you're absolutely right that there's going to be a lot of hard graft involved in making the series a success, way beyond just the writing itself. The chances of having an international be...

@JG: And thank you in return, for the reminder, I keep meaning to read the Rama books, and never bloody get round to it! I know I have one of his short story collections knocking about on a book-shelf somewhere, but I'm buggered if I can remember what it was called. I do know it had "The Nine Billio...

Tigzy, if you write, yourself, have you looked at self-publishing through Amazon, on the Kindle Store? That's something I'm looking at, myself.

Ooh, nice choices, JG. Once I've got through the final two books of the Quantum Gravity series (by Justina Robson), the next one on my list is Childhood's End. Been bloody ages since I last read any Clarke, I reckon it's about time I rectified that.

I wouldn't be British if I didn't say...

Aye, you can't beat a bit of Dick, ooer matron, etc.

I'll be honest, going to a convention is one thing I've never actually done. I just devoured anything I could find, books, films, TV, you name it. Mind you, it probably shaped my views a lot, that my first exposure to sci-fi, after WOTW, was Transformers (yes, I know it's an advert for toys, it's st...

Oopsie, fucked up the link...

The Properly Big Science Fiction Thread

I think the purpose of this particular thread is about spent, at least I am really hoping so. I see Lsuoma was thinking longer term than this thread. I'd not mind talking Science Fiction elsewhere with some of you lot that Lsuoma has brought together. Well, since I've been obsessed with sci-fi sinc...

After reading what Dilurk said about liking the idea of discussing sci-fi with us all, I figured I'd make a thread to do just that, because why not, right? 'Tis completely away from the topic of baboons, but what the hell! As for me... been a fan of sci-fi since I was about four, when I first heard ...

I've seen stuff about Secret World, and I'd have loved to have given it a go. But alas, shit PC (I got it just for work, and for music production, so the soundcard's pretty good, but it's got onboard graphics), innit. I can just about run Terraria on it, but I tried the original Portal, and it made ...

Ye know, I can't help but laugh every time they say the Slyme Pit is full of libertarians, because, being not a Yank, I have precisely fuck all idea what a libertarian even is . You dont know what a Yank is either. Yankee is a Northerner. Call someone from Missouri a 'Yank' and youre going to eithe...

Thanks JV and Git! See? The Slyme Pit made me learn something! :D Jason Thibidoobedoo really hasn't a clue, about videogames or gender . There was someone dressed as the true Commander Shepard from Mass Effect (e.g., not DickShep) Sorry to tell you, but the game has male and female versions of Shep,...

Ye know, I can't help but laugh every time they say the Slyme Pit is full of libertarians, because, being not a Yank, I have precisely fuck all idea what a libertarian even is . According to Wikipedia (although I'll admit, I got bored halfway through reading it), that means I shouldn't actually supp...

Jason Thibidoobedoo really hasn't a clue, about videogames or gender . There was someone dressed as the true Commander Shepard from Mass Effect (e.g., not DickShep) Sorry to tell you, but the game has male and female versions of Shep, and you can even make your own version of either male or female....

Okay, now I know why Benson is scared.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/photosizer ... 102911.jpg

I'M SCARED TOO, NOW!

From the rationalia thread: The sure do like their tu coques...or is that just one person that does....? Is it wrong that every single solitary bloody time I see them use that phrase, the only thing I can think about is two enormous penises with French accents and berets...? Somebody on the jref th...

What a surprise, PeeZus bottled it, and logged out of Rationalia, where he wouldn't have the full support of his swarm. :lol:

What a reprehensible little coward that man is.

From the rationalia thread: The sure do like their tu coques...or is that just one person that does....? Is it wrong that every single solitary bloody time I see them use that phrase, the only thing I can think about is two enormous penises with French accents and berets...? It would help if they s...

Skeeve wrote:From the rationalia thread:

The sure do like their tu coques...or is that just one person that does....?

Is it wrong that every single solitary bloody time I see them use that phrase, the only thing I can think about is two enormous penises with French accents and berets...?

BarnOwl wrote:Also, isn't it ridiculously expensive to change flights on short notice? Or did she claim bereavement?

Does the death of her credibility, sanity and self-esteem class as "bereavement"?

I'm about to get all video game-y, so apologies in advance to anyone who has bugger all idea what I'm on about... For anyone who's ever played Mass Effect , I always think of Franc as 'Renegade Shep', whereas somebody like Jean Kazez is 'Paragon Shep'. The point there is that renegades are explicit...

I'm about to get all video game-y, so apologies in advance to anyone who has bugger all idea what I'm on about... For anyone who's ever played Mass Effect , I always think of Franc as 'Renegade Shep', whereas somebody like Jean Kazez is 'Paragon Shep'. The point there is that renegades are explicitl...

And like that, the lulz are back in full force. :lol:

Should we assume Dawkins is now doing this face?

https://p.twimg.com/AqnsomQCMAE_xtf.jpg

Trolololol, indeed!

We need BRIANBLESSED on these boards, then you'd know what true yelling is... :P

Right then, that moment, right there, is where JG was so glad the edit function exists! :P

Y'know, I still remember when my mate introduced me to "Santa Claus You Cunt". Ahhhhhhhh, nearly as good a christmas song as Rage Against The Machine was, here, in the UK, when we stuffed it up The X Factor. On-topic: does anyone realise what we've done here?? We've created a safe space from porcupi...

Just to make dustbubble feel at home, BAWBAG. :P

Ooooh, it's been years since I've heard the word goolies. Now I feel properly at home!

I agree, a big thanks, it's looking nice and sleekified, now!

Cheers, Lsuoma!

@ decius I had a look on your Twitter, where you were talking about it, and one thing Justi said stuck out, to me, like a sore thumb, that's been hit with a mallet somewhere in the region of 17,000 times. Specifically, it was this: I'm not throwing in with liars. And people who stab me in the back. ...

@ Lsuoma

It's really weird, but one of the overriding thoughts that keeps popping into my head every time I see something about the FC5 is the words "Mary Whitehouse".

@ BarnOwl

Indeed. See, my view on this is simple. Everyone should be treated equally, and given the exact same opportunities as everyone else. Actual, real equality, like. A fool's dream, perhaps, but sensible people will make progress, slowly but surely.

franc wrote:
Lsuoma wrote:Now works for YouTube. Thanks, Franc.
Excellent. Nectar can goto town.

Now that I'm looking forward to!

Don't know much about BDSM but since I'm a chemist I found this funny: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rubisco.png I very nearly doubled up laughing at that! heh EDIT TO ADD, since there's no point adding a new post when no-one's replied after me: On topic, it baffles me why anyone would go looking for...

Hear hear.

Big up yerself, Lsuoma! /pointless Ali G reference

As for me, I'm 34, from the UK, and I was originally on ERV a year ago as Marco the Beagle, then came back recently, forgot I'd used that name (the memory's going, I swear), and became Senor Beagle. Writer for a living, and a drummer in my spare time (though I ain't played in about a year). I've got...

I'm going to try out serious mode, for a sec, see how it fits me. On the topic of 'social justice', is it just me, or is that a term that positively reeks of wanting payback? I always look at it, and think (rightly or wrongly, tis just a gut feeling) that when people talk about social justice, they'...

Lsuoma wrote:
John Greg wrote:I'm liking "porcupine-free zone" more and more.
As opposed to a Free Porcupine Zone?

Amazing what ye can get on ebay, these days!

Anyone with even an iota of knowledge about the scene would know that in BDSM the power equation is so completely in favour of the sub in ways beyond pretty much any other aspect of human behaviour. Off-topic, but: Nail. On the head. You just hit. The thing they never seem to realise is that the ke...

I think getting a general consensus out of this group is like pulling chicken teeth. Post what you like about what you like, though. I don't see any reason why we can't broaden the scope. If a topic takes root, it's worth exploring. If it doesn't, no harm, no foul. Well, let's face it, getting us l...

Darren wrote:I like the curtains.

I like trains.

...fuck's sake, my first post, and that was it? :P

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