Recent content by Autumnal

Some folks in this thread should read Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Allison. It’s all about ways of organizing narratives other than arcs, with many many examples, and is fascinating. It’s soeedednip me getting to my next few gaming sessions, because u want to...

I’d put some things together for the vibe from Shi’ar Imperial Guard to Legion of Super-Heroes: officially sanctioned supers representing a multi-ethnic/multi-species society, solving an escalating crisis set up by the Big Bad. Individual sessions might involve an apparently natural disaster on...

One more Wolfe bit before I move along, commenting on both the setting and Severian’s perspective:

Wolfe isn’t holding it up for unqualified admiration, either. But the language is so good. Sounds like I need to read some Aiken.

A bit more Wolfe: And even better:

I’m rereading Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun. Nobody did it like Wolfe.

Harry Turtledove has argued that we fell into a low-probability timeline when Reagan was shot but didn’t die. Is it likely that a well-established cycle, the deaths of presidents elected in years ending in 0, would just stop like that? No, it isn’t. And nothing has been very likely since then.

This is amazing. https://lordlibidan.com/star-trek-enterprise-lcars-cross-stitch-by-lord-libidan/

You can use apps like Calibre and LibraryThing to keep a record of books across devices, and take it with you. Very handy stuff. Takes a long time to set up, if you have a lot, but maintenance is easy. I started on a reread of Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun, along with the Media Death Cult...

Everyone was great both times, I should say. My level of intolerance reaction is quite rare. It took a while between sessions to identify the problem, and this time they were prepared. I have amazingly good medical care.

I got my second stent today. It went very smoothly, and TIL that the horrible two days after the first stent were an allergic reaction ti fentanyl. Holy smokes. All I can say is, if you’re thinking of developing a fentanyl habit, check for allergies first. (They use fentanyl to enhance the...

If so, then a lot of entertainment isn’t art and shouldn’t be. I prefer other definitions of art, personally. It’s not healthy to spend all day with your pulse and blood pressure where they are when exercising - I presume you know that. Likewise, it’s unsafe to run a vehicle flat-out all the...

Polk is really good. I’ll be curious to see how this turns out, but they start off high on the plus side for me.