Yeah, the whole "trekking" part of Trek.

I think what you're getting at here is a larger problem in the media right now: the "dark and gritty" fad. Some of my favorite stories are of the dark and gritty variety—Blade Runner, for example—and some dark and gritty retellings have been spectacular—like the Frank Miller Batman comics—but I feel like the trend has…

Jordan is a case all to himself. He is the reason that SF/Fantasy writers don't get paid by the word any more.

We also need to take into account that expectations we have for novels today is much different that what they were fifty years ago. Right now there is such a capital on clarity, a driving plot with no "slow" bits, and cutting out any extraneous material—all of which are generally good standard to have, but limit what…

I struggled through them until the end of God Emperor. Then Herbert blew my mind.

Just be glad that Jasmine is in Aladdin's prince ensemble, and not his normal clothes.

Though I miss her hat. Her in a safari suit would have been fun.

Start with a chair or stool placed under you. Put one leg on it and use it to help you get up. Negatives can help as well.

In these, actually.

I hear you. I'm pretty sure I read that one way back in middle school. And I haven't the faintest idea what the book title was.

It seems to work better with books. Prelude to Foundation by Asimov and C. S. Lewis's The Magician's Nephew come to mind.

I think there are two conflicting stories written a while back. The one which I read most recently had Solo still in the Navy and being dismissed for refusing to kill Chewie.

I've taken to only accepting the parts I like as "actual" Star Wars. The rest of propaganda and poorly-recorded history :p

Except we know how all of those are going to end from the beginning. Which, at least for me, takes the fun out of it.

I'm a little torn about this one.

I would actually be 100% okay with that.

Homeworld and Homeworld 2 had some impressive mods, including a Star Wars total conversion, though they can be hard to find anymore.

I've never quite understood that part of Japan. A lot of places in Asia have a lot of emphasis on ethnic purity, including my own Korea, but not to the extent that you see in traditional Japan.

My condolences; I have an interracial family as well, and here in the States it's usually not as issue. My wife has been…

Stick with it. There are a lot of good episodes just in the first season, even though the pilot leaves a lot to be desires. If you MUST skip most of season 1, make sure you watch Duet and In the Hands of the Prophets.

Well, somebody got the reference :p