I would have at least liked an honorary mention, but oh well, I guess Stross can console himself with the heaps of critical acclaim and success he's received.

Oh, they're excellent. They're a little different than Stross's usual work, for a multitude of reasons, a few of them being that he did this in the style of a big fantasy series, and that the first couple of novels are actually two larger novels split apart for feasibility's sake. But I absolutely recommend them; each…

I don't know if Charles Stross's amazing Merchant Princes books play it too coy or ditch the idea of magic too quickly for the standards used for this list, but I was genuinely surprised to see that it didn't get a mention here.

'E said "Captain!" I Said "Wot?"

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is actually kind of shit out of luck, because the blind can hear him approaching and quietly lie in wait to ambush him at night with lengths of pipe.

You could have him start having to help people who find themselves living in both realities at once— though it would be interesting to see whether these were new characters who didn't "exist" beforehand, or characters who existed on both sides suddenly becoming a unified personality, or characters who existed on one…

I foresee a story arc where his partners in each reality are investigators from Internal Affairs in the other who both suspect him of involvement in some kind of case.

If you want a take on them that's not conceited, boring, or obnoxiously radical in its reimagining, the BBC's Being Human is good for werewolves and vampires. Dunno about zombies, though, I've only seen the first season. And I haven't seen the US version, either.

This is one of the few times that I have hoped that there would be a bare minimum of fan overlap between shows; I don't know if Fringe can survive battling with two other cult shows for viewers.

Sort of.

Yep.

I went to that resort when I was four. I wanted to go on the ride in the picture so badly.

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I knew he'd fit in comedy from the first episode of Being Human that I saw. He's just really good at making George believable as this almost-hapless man who's got the miserable luck to turn into a wolf once a month.

Ooh! I love Aardman Animation, but Russell Tovey in this? I've only seen him in Being Human, but I really like him.

Exactly. Some people who are obese don't do anything to try and change. But that doesn't somehow negate the existence of those who are actively working to become healthier, and it doesn't make them guilty by association.

Some things, people have a hard time helping. Understanding that they're on a journey, and that they *are* trying to control their eating habits better. What part of "not everybody has it as easy as you" are you too "weak-minded" to understand?

So you think people would be weak for using whatever means available to them to get healthier? Do you scorn people who take antibiotics rather than sweat it out in a cot for a week, too?