Now let's do a survey of all the disgusting, impossible-to-remove trash in public office who continually stonewall attempts at cleaning up our planet.

It haunts my dreams

the thing that sticks out to me most is how tiny the sun is

I am STOKED to see Capaldi as the Doctor, this is going to be brilliant.

I saw the movie when I was 9. Had no idea that "squeal like a pig" sequence was coming.

I jumped right off the deep end in that regard, and had picked up this book when I was twelve, in the summer of 1977:

I agree. There is a wonderful creepiness to the

Oh wow! Didn't even realize this would be a discussion book, but I did buy it after reading a blurb on this site (the second time Io9 has recommended an awesome book, the first being Leviathan Wakes).

I'm not sure I can add more to what Annalee, kyletrail, and dmwonders already said. I don't usually read this subgenre, and I've never read VanderMeer before, but I got sucked right in. I didn't think I could actually be creeped out by a book anymore, but this one did it.

I think what jumped out at me most about this novel was how well VanderMeer dealt with tone. We had this oozy, spooky Lovecraftian scenario, but it never felt overwrought or florid like Lovecraft. There was a kind of wry humor, even though there was also this very earnest intensity. Plus somehow it was a deeply…

I have lots and lots of questions, and I don't know how many of them I want answered in the next books... Super trippy. Super engrossing. Kinda Lovecrafty.

I started out a little skeptical after the first chapter or so, but was hooked soon after. It definitely pulls you in.

These gifs are amazing today

This week is gone. I'm ready for the weekend!

Bird GIFS FTW!!

Learned about the crow supremacy!

Man-Thing first appeared in Savage Tales #1 (May 1971), written by Gerry Conway with art by Gray Morrow.