I always wanted to love Vonnegut, but I've never been grabbed by any of his books I've found so far. To the point where I set them aside unfinished — and that is extremely rare for me. Probably I just haven't picked up the right one yet.

@naru: He wins the rights to do it IN a chess game. Not as.

@Andy Neil: BA HA HA HA HA HA. Well played, sir. Well played.

@Hamslicer: I don't know what it's called, but the words "Detachable Penis" get used a lot. And from what little I can hear of it, it is hilarious.

@Belabras: That's why it's a safe bet. :D

@Annalee Newitz: Yeah, but no I meant like, now. Not half a century down the road.

Fifty bucks says someone's going to use this to try to gull people into believing they can buy themselves a vat-grown penis.

@farcedude: Well, that's why I'm saying set it well down the road. Hell, have it only tangentially involve the original characters. Then they can take the books into account (which could be awesome for the authors as their royalties would surely come pouring in as people rushed to catch up) and it would appease the…

Not logging onto FB at work. Somehow I get away with io9. I'd rather not push it.

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): BA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Damn it. I really need to start writing faster and getting published. Because except for the reincarnation thing (well, and the lover thing), that's an awful lot like one of my story ideas.

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Jumper didn't flip through realities. His thing was straight teleportation.

@melissa grey: Totally agree; I'm a graphic artist by trade and a "regular" artist by inclination and I've seen it firsthand.

@Bill-Lee: Oh. Well, so much for that idea.

Framistamit. Accidental double-post.

@JazzNeurotic: et al:

Just a thought here; I'm not a hard-core Star Wars guy. But my understanding was only Jedi/Sith had/could use light sabres? Soooooo... couldn't their workability in defiance of the laws of physics be an outgrowth of Force powers?

Yeah I'm not going to look too deeply because I want this film as unspoiled as possible. It looks amazing though, lots of good actors and other talent involved, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it. Which I plan to do on opening night.

@Magnetar_Melon: When you say "200 million", are you using the British or American "million"? Because this figure you're throwing around confuses me somewhat. (I'm a smart guy but numbers are my BANE, no messing.)

@Pam Blome: I actually liked Moonlight as well. It didn't launch savage attacks on my intelligence on a regular basis. Alas, if it were coming out now, I doubt I'd give it a chance. I've definitely reached saturation on this particular creature.