Wow, so that's not just a clever GIF. That's actually how the encounter played out. Dear lord.

Whoa! Proud to be selected among so many great entries...can't wait to see what happens!

Could be that his studies and pursuits changed the physical shape of his brain. Saw this TED talk a while ago talking about exactly that.

Resolution of the "UFO": About 16x16 pixels.

It's a tough slog through GRRM's insane level of detail. I recommend speed-reading when he's describing a dinner table...the words "lamprey pie" are a pretty sure signal to start skimming. Man-o-man is the story worth it though. Best book of the series IMHO.

Goooood... Gooooood. /steeples fingers

We've already seen the collision points that a lot of these ideas have with current paradigms. Primarily humanity's conventional sense of "liberty". It may be apparent to the more educated of us that radical change (in many of the directions listed in this article) are absolutely essential to our survival. But many…

YES. Bless you, sir.

This man posthumously turned me into the lay-science enthusiast I am today. I'd never heard of him until watching Cosmos online in 2009, triggering an appetite for information I'd never had before. I am ultimately more enlightened, educated, and inspired because of him. Here's to Carl...made from the very best star…

Oh my god, that image is hilarious. I think I peed a little. Please let this become a Scientology meme...

Anyone else notice that the intro here is almost identical to the "War of the Worlds" remake? A-list actor stuck in traffic with kids sees crazy things exploding behind him (transition from normal-to-unsettling-to-action in pretty much the same way). I loved the book...here's hoping the movie isn't a formulaic…

"A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer..."

Or nowadays known as digital self-publishing. A wonderful thing for people with un-categorized ideas.

That is a giant phallo-dome. Holy wow.

By the way, the dashes at the front/end of some sentences indicates inner reverie. Can't use italics in the reply window...

At the mouth of the sub-glacial cavern, the Leebs halted, standing in awe of the Sixth Strand as it loomed like a mountain pillar before them. -Like it's some kind of robo-god...- Koche had noticed that they'd been acting weird. With every survey of the Strands, that tuned stare of Leeb determination came over…

Just to make it official: http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3rk17q/

Everybody keeps showing pictures of the fake disaster. How about a fake disaster solution?

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is a glaring omission. My 5-year-old brain was ill-prepared to see cute cartoons melt in The Dip. Or to watch Christopher Lloyd turn into an insane cartoon as his BODY DISSOLVED FROM THE FEET UP. Nightmares for years.

I, for one, will be happy to see the copious "tending the campfire" scenes that happen all through the series (I'm looking at YOU, "Feast for Crows") axed. One hopes HBO will take a lesson from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Showing people complaining for scene-after-scene in a tent is pretty damn dull.