And a fun, psychotic villain! And so much Peggy/Jarvis banter. And Mrs. Jarvis was delightful.

So do we Peggy. So do we.

Oh, Peggy...

Might have done better on the Netflix.

Ballard was never much on explanations. In The Crystal World, people and animals and plants just started crystallizing, becoming awful and beautiful at the same time, but I don’t recall any explanation as to why, ever. Read that one in about 9th grade and never got over the scenery he drew, as a boat and passengers…

The answer is never.

Are they really putting it against Star Wars?

I never expected the Spanish Inquisition!

You asked me to do your research for you, so I got you an example and another commenter got you three more; I think you can take it from there.

I’m not sure how to feel about this... the names are, as you suggest, all sort of ridiculous sounding. Setting aside for a moment the accusation of cultural appropriation, the names are just kind of... blah.

There were plenty of people who felt it was great up until Deathly Hallows, and she screwed it up on the last lap.

It’s like giving Ilvermorny two Hufflepuffs.

tbh I’m disappointed that the Wampus isn’t a giant white snow monster missing an arm.

I don’t understand how anyone can read V For Vendetta and not realize that V was Valerie Page, the lesbian actress who was subjected to experiments that altered her body. What did you think was going on in that sequence, with Valerie getting all the backstory and V getting none? What’s the point of keeping V’s face…

The novel has one of my favorite opening lines ever...