I think it’s pretty common for people to feel nausea/vomit when they are coming up on any hallucinogenic. I do every single time. I think it’s psychological though, like suddenly my perception shifts and everything is wonky and my mind goes NOPE. Usually I’ll throw up a couple of times and then I’ll be fine for the…

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I have two co-workers who warch the show and know I have read the book. I had both of them come up to me this week going "It wasn't Tyrion! I bet it was Sansa, or Tywin... ooo was it Margaery, or the Queen?" On and on and on. Keeping a straight face was so hard.

I agree completely. The end goal is so worthwhile and here in the UK £8million has been raised and CRUK can now carry out 10 clinical trials that they couldn't fund before. It's incredible and I don't think the naysayers can argue with 10 clinical trials. I think the people complaining are being complete arseholes to…

No worries :) That is really very interesting (if a bit disheartening.) I don't normally read romance so I cannot do anything there but next time I'm in a bookshop looking for a new sci-fi/fantasy to read I'm going to look for something by a female author and do my (tiny) bit to buck this trend.

That's what I've been told, that he brilliantly executes multiple plot points which all come together and that it is worth the frustration you feel at the start, and you stopped and started 3 times? That's determination! I'm going to wait a while and pick it up again when I'm feeling more patient and motivated to…

Equal opportunity objectifying... how it should be.

Judgemental much? Why shouldn't we listen to white people with dreadlocks? Why is this a thing? I know quite a few white people with dreads and they are mostly lovely interesting people. I've had synth dreads myself occasionally, very useful when I'm camping or festivalling and can't take proper care of my hair,…

Not sure I agree with him about comedy not getting the same respect as tragedy... on a purely personal level someone who can pull off a really clever dark comedy or a well thought out satire gets full respect from me. And I have to say Shakespeare's comedies are a lot more fun to watch than the tragedies, I'd take…

I read book 1 of Gardens of the Moon (about a quarter of the whole book) and then put it down. I've yet to pick it back up. My main problem with it was that all the characters seemed pretty one dimensional and the only one that sparked my interest didn't turn up after the first few chapters. Coming off ASOIAF and into…

Buuuuuuuuuut I enjoyed reading all the descriptions of food in ASOIF, though there was the minor annoyance of getting really really hungry every time there was a feast! Personally I like GRRM's prose too... it's easy enough to read and draws you in to both the setting and the characters. I do admit though that on my…

I wouldn't even consider electronic dance music as a genre really... drum and bass is a genre, house is a genre, electro swing is a genre, calling electronic dance music a genre is to me akin to lumping all instrumental music into one basket without taking into account the diversity that can be found between the…

NOOO! Not George Michael!

As I said before, that is pretty depressing. I'd like to think that if I ever published a book (unlikely) I'd use my own name, but I imagine that saying that is easier than doing it, especially if it really can have an impact on sales. Do you see this alot in other genres outside of sci-fi/ fantasy like literary…

I'm still wondering why Peter is so damn important... quite like the idea that it's because his existence allows for the Observer invasion but September did save Peter from the lake in the original blue verse timeline which he wouldn't do if he wanted to stop the invasion from happening. I've always assumed that the…

Well this is really really really depressing... thank the old gods that my male friends have no such prejudices. I'm curious about those studies though, do you have any more information about them? I'm wondering if it's really the case that men won't by books buy female authors, or if the publishing industry just…

Lady Dent was idling between the trees in the orchard, enjoying the solace they offered. Her home was full of diplomats from the west and she was tired of constantly entertaining her guests. The mid afternoon sun burnt hot above her and she settled down in the shade of her favorite tree absorbing the tranquility of…

Aliens for life! I enjoy the Aliens plotline! I'm not sure the Aliens are real but I like that they are there.

I was living in denial for the past week... the nice doctor is so nice he CAN'T be Bloody Face. Then he convinced Kit to "confess" and the second he turned that tape recorder on and Kit starting talking I knew it was a done deal. I agree he isn't the present day Bloody Face unless he's a ghost or one of Arden's mutant…

I think that if someone feels the need to fake an interest in, or knowledge of, something geeky to be accepted (what other motive could there be?) it says more about the subculture and community than the individual who feels like they need to pretend.