It is insane that no one has suggested LeGuin's Earthsea novels. They are top-tier (seriously, tippy top) fantasy and feature incredible female characters.

I think your reading of Pale Fire is a little misguided, Mythagoras. Most people agree that Kinbote is a persona created by a somewhat cray-cray professor Botkin, who is mentioned in passing as the one professor that Kinbote actually liked (anagrams in Nabokov, no surprise). I would personally argue that Kinbote is a…

I'm not sure that the lack of instant death traps is a bad thing…

I think the C+ grade is silly. The album needs more credit for Problem and Bang Bang, and I would say that there are at least two other excellent songs (Why Try, Break Your Heart Right Back). Even if the album does not cohere, and I agree that it does not, you need to give credit for it as a carrier of some really…

I view the two year window as an amazing mind game on Netflix's part. They increase the likelihood that you will keep your subscription constant over the next two years in order to keep the lower price.

Also, how much of a factor is syndication at all these days? I'd be surprised if post-airing online streaming wasn't the bigger revenue source these days.

Season 5 was kind of crappy, especially at the beginning, and it came on right after Game of Thrones and against Veep, neither of which have commercials.

At least she's consistently pro-life rather than someone who is anti-abortion but pro-death penalty. If she were also vegan I would excuse the anti-abortion position entirely.