I read the Viriconium books a year or two back. The language truly was lush and beautiful, rendering the story of the eternal city as a poem from the end of time. The only problem was, the stories themselves... Kinda sucked. The first one was great, and I think that's where the problem lied. It was an adventure story…

Did anyone else notice that because of his actions, the "bee colony" of alphaville got smoked out of their home?

Actually, the most ironic thing about Ryu is that he betrays his own premise. Yes, Ryu is all about the fight and all about bettering himself. At the end of SFII he leaves the glory behind to walk into the sunset and towards the next fight, forsaking fame and fortune, love and glory.

How to make it worthwhile, marketable, and interesting to a worldwide audience with less violence and zero nudity? Hah! Easy:

Worse, it says: "We don't care what you like, this is how it's going to be". I would have thought the higher-ups at gawker would have realized this was an issue after the user hit they took with the last redesign.

I fear I am not a fan of this system. In fact, it is directly opposed to how I like to view comments. I am a browser, I like to see what multiple people have to say, skimming through quickly. This system instead takes a not insignificant amount of time to read more than just the latest thread. It almost seems like…

Allow me to second that hope. Something like that would greatly improve the useability of this interface.

Can they make it? Hah, this is probably the easiest one to do. Here's how you sell it to a movie executive:

Compared to what you get for real estate here in California, that seems totally reasonable. Well, assuming they have permits.

The way I see it, there are multiple layers of enjoying a work of fiction, be it a book, film, play, game, or whatever. A well constructed work can be enjoyed in multiple ways, and is designed to be enjoyed multiple times, often revealing hidden depths unavailable the first time. However, there are several ways that a…

My fiance and I both love Farscape. It was the first set of DVDs I noticed on her shelf. She refers to it as "One man's hilarious descent into space madness", and I've found that a very apt description. That or "Where Body-Horror meets Buck Rogers". Either works

The Vampires of myth exist, like many myths, to deliver more than a story. They are a fictionalized warning, a memorable metaphor, for certain types of people that you will encounter in your life. Everyone knows someone who drains the life of those around them, or seems to have other people in their thrall, or who…

"Until someone gets sick. Then you'll probably just die. Oh, and hope the weather doesn't turn on you. Yeah, that could kill a lot of people. Not that there will be as many people, because since you'll basically be subsistence farming at best, you won't have a large population. And if anyone nearby decides to get the…

I fear this is a concept that is probably better conveyed by it's illustration than by an entire novel. I am left wondering if there is a point to this sort of exercise? In the "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies" model, there is at least an inherent humor and surprise to be found in the act of threading action/horror…

This is the core of what leads us to truly science fictional thinking. First, question your assumption: If a relationship that needs drugs to work shouldn't be, then should a person who would need drugs not be allowed to live? Our society says that life is important, assuming you can sustain the economic cost of it…

Ma Kent raised a foundling god to act like a humble man. I don't think she'd have to say a word to me, either.

I already figured out #10:

All of our memories are of a world that doesn't exist. Not after we're done remembering them, or re-telling the story to ourselves with all the little omissions and flourishes recall adds and subtracts. If anything, Olivia is a fore-runner of sorts. As our technology advances, the ability to make radical alterations…

This is becoming an actual philosophical challenge. I was stunned at the very difficulty of trying to decide between Highlander II and Last Airbender. There is no criteria or justification for making either choice, as the counter-awfulness of the other provides just as much weight to the other side.

Then watch highlander 2, and understand why so many of us are so torn.