I think people have misunderstood that it’s cool to be on certain famous people’s shit lists, even if you like them. If Harlan Ellison rails against you, you’ve made it in SF.

I would argue that even the Doomsday Machine is about revenge and obsession, and thus may be too highbrow for what the SP's are shooting for. Sadly, some of them have forgotten that, like Asimov's Robots, Golden Age SF still had something to say.

They had a blank spot on the schedule, and allowed me to go wild. We've designed aliens, read Phil Plait's Death From the Skies, covered SF stories like "Repent Harlequin," "The Jaunt," and "They're Made out of Meat," and launch rockets made from 2 liters. I got to call the class "Starfleet Academy;" life is good.

David, for me, but yes.

ALien Planet. Show it in my 8th grade astrophysics class every year.

They've explicitly said that, if a cover has a guy on a planet with a laser rifle, they don't want it to be a metaphor for social issues. They want an adventure story about a guy on the cover with his laser rifle. Serious literary content is not in their MO.

My local library has a 741 for graphic novels in the kids section and one in the adults section. Walking Dead and Vertigo go upstairs, Avengers tend to go downstairs.

Gods of Galador! Rom!

So, I looked at Correia's page at the link. Is there anyone in the public eye who uses the phrase "SJW" that isn't a raging asshole?

Just finished this, having picked it up based on this article. Entire ethics classes could be written as to Tuf's choices, but I gotta feel for the guy. All his most difficult choices are made when someone is holding a gun (or a fleet) at his head.

That is the first time I’ve ever thought the Zero Suit looked cool.

Ah, Grunts. The book I had fun with until that immortal line, "Pass me another elf [child] Sergeant, this one's split!"

The guy from Avatar: TLA who constantly has his cabbage stand destroyed in almost every city fight.

There's a deli down here which offers the East Side Bomber... a Reuben using Knishes instead of bread. It is MAGICAL.

In my house, we still do the "Someone's at the door, someone's at the door, someone's at the door..."

It's the law enforcement reporting rules. Until most states, Florida has an open book crimes policy where any reporter can access the police reports online. This leads to an over-reporting of Florida crime, as journalist on deadlines rush to the Florida databases like my students rush to Wikipedia.

I realize it doesn't really matter ultimately to the quality of the show... but I live in Hollywood, and that's not really what it looks like. Maybe more like Pembroke Pines. Still, funny show.

That was the problem my wife always raised at the gaming table. We never realized it was a deeper societal issue.

I will somehow find a way to use this in my middle school science classroom.

Yeah, an Irishman I was acquainted with said that the best way to get someone killed and get away with it was to convince them to go to an Irish bar on Paddy's day and order a Black & Tan. He was a cop, interestingly enough.