@jayrig5:disqus Yes, to the extent that technology drives social change, the consequences of Moore's Law (etc) are making generational differences happen faster. But at the same time, the average age for having children keeps going up, so the spacing between actual generations in increasing.  
All of which, I think,…

@jayrig5:disqus Yes, to the extent that technology drives social change, the consequences of Moore's Law (etc) are making generational differences happen faster. But at the same time, the average age for having children keeps going up, so the spacing between actual generations in increasing.  
All of which, I think,…

And… Hodor.

And… Hodor.

From the band that considered calling themselves Cans of Piss, I'd say this is more than forgivable. At least I didn't have to go around for 20 years saying my favorite band was C.O.P.

From the band that considered calling themselves Cans of Piss, I'd say this is more than forgivable. At least I didn't have to go around for 20 years saying my favorite band was C.O.P.

Oh, heeeey Veep/Mother…

Oh, heeeey Veep/Mother…

I'd rank it ahead of The Big U and the Stephen Bury books, but below everything else. That said, I still enjoyed the hell out of it. A C+ on the Stephenson scale is an A- for a lot of his contemporaries.

Absolutely. What amazed me about Anathem is that it's great, but in ways that are very different from Stephenson's several other great books. I really admire an author who purposefully abandons what's worked before and goes for broke.

What, no love for In the Beginning… Was The Command Line?

The common denominator between Anathem's obscure language and The Baroque Cycle's long, slow on-ramp is that Stephenson makes you work to earn the payoff that comes later. In both cases, I found the work vastly worth it by the end.

If this episode were a movie, we'd have seen Davos doing the 'swimming underwater to safety while the surface is ablaze' effect thingy.

If this episode were a movie, we'd have seen Davos doing the 'swimming underwater to safety while the surface is ablaze' effect thingy.

Hodor?

Hodor?

Game of Thrones: Nicely confusing.

Game of Thrones: Nicely confusing.

@avclub-1d6b0e3b7a587e87857db4e74fd94a40:disqus Yeah, this was my problem with Star Wars, too. Vader almost got the droids. Luke and Obi Wan almost got caught by stormtroopers. Han almost got blasted by Greedo. They almost got squished in the compactor. I mean, it's like NOTHING happened in the dumb movie at all!

@avclub-1d6b0e3b7a587e87857db4e74fd94a40:disqus Yeah, this was my problem with Star Wars, too. Vader almost got the droids. Luke and Obi Wan almost got caught by stormtroopers. Han almost got blasted by Greedo. They almost got squished in the compactor. I mean, it's like NOTHING happened in the dumb movie at all!