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As much as I respect Tolkien, dude seriously needed an editor. I’ve read The Hobbit a few times. Great book. I’ve read Lord of the Rings exactly once because I forced myself too. So long. So boring. So much walking around. I read the first Foundation book but nothing else from the series. It...

I've bounced off Verne's 20,000 Leagues a few times. It should be right in my Venn diagram of interests, but nope. I should try it again sometime. I took a class on H. G. Wells in college. So many short stories, novellas, and novels. We barely had time to talk about them we were reading so...

It’s a book about understanding disability, so it makes sense that they’re not going for the LOLs or stereotypes. That said, the book has footnotes and every time I come across one I think the tangential info should be in the body of the text rather than at the end of the chapter.

About 1/3 of the way through How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe. She has ADHD and runs one of the biggest ADHD channels on YouTube. The book is well written and has quite a few nerd references which helps keep it engaging. I’d definitely recommend this one for people wanting to learn about ADHD. It’s...

I'm glad it's so easy to tell who the heroes and villains are. The people showing empathy are the heroes. The people who dismiss empathy are the villains. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

There was also pushback from Peter Capaldi himself. He was tired of being written as the 12th Doctor and wanted to just be the Doctor. This is one reason why there’s such a tonal shift from his first series to his second and third.

This, only for RPGs.

Yeah. That an Ray Bradbury Theater. I loved those both growing up. I'll need to revisit them soon.

Once something is in the public domain anyone can use it for anything in any medium. It’s fair game. But only what’s in public domain. So if the first Conan story is in the public domain but the rest are not, only the character and world as it appeared in that story are useable. But...

The copyright isn’t that clear. Some stories already are public domain, some aren’t. And there is contention over which are which. But Conan is still trademarked and will remain so until trademark law ceases to exist. The trademark holders are particularly…rabid…so there will be nothing produced...

For you. Not for me. I watched every one of those sword & sorcery movies multiple times back then. I loved them all. And still do. I only recognize the name Deathstalker because I saw a video about ’80s sword & sorcery movies on YouTube a few months back and started rewatching some, including...

That’s hilarious. News drops today that it’s being remade and it’ll premiere in August. At least Patton Oswalt is in the film. ETA: Nope. It’s a whole thing announced last March. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathstalker_(2025_film)

I absolutely love sword & sorcery fiction, movies, RPGs; OSR games; Robert E. Howard’s Conan; etc. So know that I say this with love in my heart for Deathstalker. It’s an entirely forgettable sword & sorcery franchise from the ’80s. One of dozens of entirely forgettable sword & sorcery movies...

Wow. So many. Classic Doctor Who. Sandbaggers. Mr Bean. Black Adder. Monty Python's Flying Circus. Fawlty Towers. Babylon 5. Star Trek. Avatar the Last Airbender. Kolchak. Tales from the Crypt. Twilight Zone. Outer Limits. Tales from the Darkside. Pinky and the Brain. Animaniacs. Legion of...

Or one referee for each group, maybe. Or bring back the idea of a caller. Either way, utterly nuts. I can't wait.

Reason has its limits. And, as you say, some people are beyond reason. It's too bad, but sometimes you just have to defend yourself and punch a bully in the face.

Breaking my own rules, but here goes... I'm responding negatively to the idea that critics know better than everyone else and should be listened to or deferred to. There's no value in that. I'm not responding negatively to the notion of peers having a conversation or discussion about art...

It's weird how "just let people like things" only ever seems to apply when someone tells you your preferences are wrong but never when you're telling other people their preferences are wrong.

I have two bachelor's degrees and two master's degrees in literature and related subjects. In all that time, in all those classes, in all those book reviews, papers, essays, class conversations, etc I've yet to come across a single compelling reason why anyone should care at all what someone...