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Talking to my roommate last night, and she was telling me how, among other annoyances, she hadn't been able to get into reading Redwall*. So we had a little discussion about her reading habits (mostly vet school textbooks; but loves SF, nonfic, and somewhat fantasy; not a fast reader; liked...

There was a point in my life when I loved Orson Scott Card's work. Now...I don't. It's been years (decades, probably) since I've read Ender's Game, and I read the first few sequels when they came out and then stopped. They definitely decline.

Sure. Pick the one I haven't read. (It won the Hugo. Should be OK. ;) ) (OK, she's apparently written less than I thought. I was sure I'd read at least three different series from her, but it's gotta just be Inheritance and Dreamblood...) In other matters, I do not recommend Sam Sykes. I'm...

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I adore NK Jemisin. One of my recent (past 10 years?) favorites.

I've got a policy of disregarding any "Best Fantasy Books" list that doesn't feature either Tigana or Bridge of Birds, or preferably both. (The very best list ought to have Little, Big too....) There's a scene towards the end that always brings tears to my eyes. Not many books do that. And...

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Gah. I dunno, I've seen the trailer twice so far and been bored both times.

Yeah, it's a mystery why anyone would talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe after a reference to a film in the "Marvel universe". So far 2/3rds of the respondents have assumed he was talking about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is a not at all arbitrary distinction and logically...

The Marvel (Cinematic) Universe is a very clearly defined thing, like D&D. Logan, and all the X-Men and Deadpool movies, (and Fantastic Four), are Marvel properties but they are not "in" the Marvel universe of films and tv shows. And I certainly can argue that all Spider-Man films released so...

I'll echo what trappedslider says above. I in no way am questioning or dismissing his opinion of the film in and of itself. Whether or not Logan is part of the MCU is not, however, an opinion. It's not even an "alternative fact". If someone had made this statement: Actually I was disappointed...

So it's not in the "Marvel universe" as referred to by Garamal immediately previous. It might be the best recent movie from a Marvel property, but it's not part of the defined Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's possible the people in charge of the MCU will look at *Logan* and make a few...

The books are...I don't know that I'd call them deep, or game-changing, but they're *solid*. They are good SF, with alien goop, and people getting spaced, and power armor, and spaceship guns, and all that stuff. It's a lot like a really good D&D campaign in space, I think.

I read the books, and just reread them in the past month. Frankly, The Expanse is one of the best adaptations I've ever seen. The books are excellent, and the show is, in many ways, even better.

We've lost satellites in Earth orbit, and Planet X is hiding pretty well. I'm not sweating stealth ships in space. :D

This has unquestionably hit "must-watch" status for me. It's SF done about as right as can be done. It's incredible.

I've seen it twice now. - There are no (known) plans to do anything with the mutant kids & X-23. The X-Men movies timeline is all kinds of crazy, and Logan seems to have dealt with it by ignoring it and telling the story they wanted to tell. Which I absolutely think was the right call, except...

2/3rds of the way through it. It's not...fascinating, but pretty easy to just keep chugging along. Finished. About what you'd expect, given that the mcguffin is a bacteria "weaponized" to eat sauerkraut. I got and reread Cibola Burn - was prepared to be all caught up on The Expanse (book)...