I honestly attempted to read this as well. To be honest, it wasn't half bad - in terms of the flow of the prose narration, if it kept the reader involved, etc. I got over 100 pages into it, and it was surprisingly nice. The real problem was the sheer *length* of the book. Even 100 pages in, things just were not…

The first novel is tough, mostly exposition. Seriously, by the second novel...EVERY chapter is amazing, endlessly re-readable like a book until itself. The problem is he needed to set it up first with book one.

Arguably it does.

In all fairness, even the *men* in Foundation are not written as full characters. Asimov responded to this criticism directly, actually, pointing out that he doesn't write "characters" well - male or female - and his stories are more about thought experiments and puzzles than characterization.

That being said,…

The worst part was when my professor pointed out that some people think that parts of the Republic, Plato was being sarcastic.

It's like reading the Old Testament. It isn't "bad", it's just like reading a historical account of what happened, not a narrative. Once you get to the point when the Noldor return to Middle-earth and the actual warfare begins, things get moving pretty well.

The first third to half is setup - once you get to Rohan and Helm's deep the plot actually starts moving (roughly the point you abandoned it).

It was supposed to be a comic book, and *did not* transition well. The problem is that it *does* contain many interesting concepts, indeed from start to finish. But it meanders between new subplots that don't seem interconnected - they actually are, and it *sort of* makes sense by the very end. But the narrative…

How many god-damned times do we have to tell people that *the CGI Beowulf film was not an accurate "adaptation" of the Beowulf saga, nor was it intended to be*

Grendel's Mother being a naked Angelina Jole who seduces Beowulf? The whole point of the film was that it was a *subversion* of a literary classic. Now take…

Arguably, he died along with much of the rest of humanity from close exposure to apes carrying the redesigned virus.

OH MY GOD.

This was perfect. They even had Paul McGann adamantly deny he would be part of the 50th special in any way, right up until this aired. And I love how they worked the Sisterhood of Karn from Moebius back into it.

good

Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what cats know that makes them scream like babies in night. Looked at sky...and God was not there. The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever and we are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Born from oblivion; bear children, hell-bound…

Thanks for the memories.

Realistically, I can understand if they were just dragged into the show and honestly didn't want to be there. Like, a girlfriend who isn't into Game of Thrones but gets dragged to a viewing party, never wanted to watch it. That's at least understandable - they honestly weren't even trying to pay attention.

But it's…

I don't know what's worse...insufferable people who need to shout out spoilers, I dislike but can comprehend. But any TV show I'm in the room for *I attempt to pay attention to*. I can't really understand people who don't pay attention then blame the show for being "complicated".

I mean people who physically sat in…

War...war never changes.

Well it's not as if Wan killed him. He made his choice.

The thing you have to understand, is to step back from the absurdity of Castro's statements - he is not a poorly written "crazy person" from a comic book. Rather, he is following the *textbook* pattern of clinical Psychopathy. He maxes out Hare's Psychopathy checklist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Psyc……