Well, the problem is that Haneek gets the last word in the discussion (including a pretty good zinger about how Bajor isn't the holy land she thought it was), and the best response Kira can manage is a pained look. This makes it seem as through the Skrreeans have the moral highground, at least in the writers eyes,…

Ha, that's a funny joke you're telling right—

@LetoII:disqus Totally made up. I've been listening to The Wolves of the Calla audiobook lately, so I have the language stuck in my head.

Well, that's still technically a promotional picture, since they were using it for promotional pictures. Completely forgot to mention Laurie directed this one. The direction was fine? Yeah, I'll go with that.

@avclub-38b1499febaaf938ab1bd279a5cd26ba:disqus Ah! Completely forgot about that. Thanks.

@avclub-82c8a17a21df5450b67d6c302b2fd4f4:disqus I'm still trying to figure out how the hell Bag Of Bones got a mention in that list.

I think you'll still like this—the editing (which was hugely problematic in this series, especially in the later books) is much better, and there's little to none of the metaphysical, "This story is dying so I'm going to try and make it a story about how this story is dying" stuff that plagued the latter half of the…

Yes. I have a gun and everything.

I think if Cuthbert had been around, he'd have been the one to bond with the boy, not Roland. Cuthbert was the charming one.

Nope. King provides a few helpful reminders in an Author's Note, but most of the story is self-explanatory.

While I like W&G (loved it the first time I read it, hated it the next time, on the fence from then on), saying it has a propulsive plot is odd to me.  Even if you love the book, the story works because it's a loooooooong build-up to a devastating conclusion, not because it's a wild rush. It has a "this is going to…

"Have I missed something?"

@avclub-97d6c074b974838257db17a02f8784c4:disqus That's kind of silly, though. "This is so out there that you'll probably hate it!" is, to put it kindly, a bit of authorial chickenshit. If King didn't want it in the story, he shouldn't have published it at all.

I liked the last book because it felt tighter and had actual consequences in it; but I've only read it once, while I've read Waste Lands half a dozen times. (Waste Lands seemed fine to me as a kid, and it might still be, but going through it recently I couldn't help noticing how it's not really a novel—it's just a lot…

And Arya Stark can pop in occasionally as Sally's main rival/best friend! THIS MUST HAPPEN.

I don't hate Wizard & Glass, although calling it "some of the best writing of his career" is, to me, going a bit far in the other direction. The book is moody as hell, has some powerful scenes, and also has a bit where everyone hangs out in the Emerald City of Oz for… some reason. The reason it gets the hate is…

Ahh, I think I understand the confusion. TV Club reviews aren't like movie reviews, or DVD reviews, or book reviews—these are specifically designed as post-episode analysis, and are written for people who have already watched the episode before reading it. This is a pretty standard convention for TV episode review…

Who is not a plastic bag? You, sir. You.

For me, it works because it starts out as this sort of twee, sixties British Revolution style pop song, and then gets more strident—and then Kimbra starts singing, and you realize what an asshole the guy probably is. I like the contrast, but while I have the whole album on my iPod, I've never bothered to listen to it.

Aw, you're my favorite spambot.