I went through all the trouble to log in only to find you posting exactly what I was going to say.

Seriously; I loved both The Magicians and The Magician King, but both left me absolutely wrecked.

This is exactly the reading that seems best to me. It puts all the pieces into place: Odin's visit, Loki's declaration that he won't beholden to anyone, and Loki's realization at the end. Loki was acting in his nature in biting back at Morpheus. It seems like Puck was assisting as a deadly prank.

As was explained while the guy had cash in his hand, yes, you get your money back if the judges were wrong. It's pretty easy to see why they require a payment for the appeal: so coaches don't appeal every little thing they don't like in a competition. It's like losing your time-out by appealing a ruling on the field.

As was explained while the guy had cash in his hand, yes, you get your money back if the judges were wrong. It's pretty easy to see why they require a payment for the appeal: so coaches don't appeal every little thing they don't like in a competition. It's like losing your time-out by appealing a ruling on the field.

Do we know that the calls are made after-the-fact? It would seem easier for them to do the calls at the time, and I've also seen instances where the calls weren't prescient. When a South Korean swimmer was disqualified for a purported false start, the announcers were dismayed, but didn't give any indication that they…

Do we know that the calls are made after-the-fact? It would seem easier for them to do the calls at the time, and I've also seen instances where the calls weren't prescient. When a South Korean swimmer was disqualified for a purported false start, the announcers were dismayed, but didn't give any indication that they…

It's only plausible if you know nothing about how sovereign debt works, and therefore think it would be bad if China stopped buying Treasuries.

Tim, the question isn't whether you'd prefer to have more money; it's whether the government should strengthen your government-granted monopoly on certain expression (either through new law or stricter enforcement of existing law) in order to incentivize you (or, more accurately, writers generally) to continue to…

I, too, find it implausible that a covert agent might be able to pretend things.

Archer.  The wee baby Seamus is comedy gold.

Unless the snappy dressers who control human history and destiny also happen to be aliens who can shoot lightning, I'm just not interested.

DC rules all of your cities. Literally.