Thank you. That's very good.

Taibbi's breakdown of Eric Holder's law enforcement strategy is why I'm not sorry to see him go. Basically, the two -tiered justice system is why none of the big shots on Wall Street are in jail, or even been prosecuted. And Holder seems clueless as to why that's a problem. Give a guy with a half joint in his pocket…

What's the line?

It's minor Pynchon, filtering/revisiting themes from Crying of Lot 49 (secret conspiracies/paranoia) and mixing them w/ 70s culture. For me it just fizzles out by the end, especially Sportello's relationship with his main antagonist. Then again, even minor Pynchon is better than most fiction out there.
The film may…

Just finished The Bone Clocks. Just started Leckie's Ancillary Sword.
Later this month, Peter F Hamilton's new one, Abyss Beyond Dreams and Rothfuss' Auri novella, Slow Regard of Silent Things.

Even today we see writers leaving SF for more lucrative markets, like pure fantasy and mysteries/thrillers. Which is fine, writers have to make an living and feed their families.

My break with Vonnegut came when he started disavowing science fiction, which contributed a large part of his early appeal. As he became more successful, he didn't want to be associated with the low-brow sci-fi ghetto, which I viewed as disingenuous and ungrateful.
Same is true of a few other authors who borrow sci-fi…

Except that there's some possible weirdness(creepiness?) in the Doctor's parting comment to Clara. Considering how coy she's been about not using the word "date," the Doctor is clearly aware that he's interrupted her. "Robbing a bank, now that's a date!"

So, Missy as in short for Mistress, as in a new female Master?

Putin on the porch of his hunting lodge, looking across at Alaska with binoculars:
"Hey guys, I can see Sarah Palin's fat ass."

Never met anyone else who read that series. Admittedly it lost me about halfway. Got too dense, maybe.
I read that Wingrove is fixing (in the new reissues/rewrites) the original terrible ending that ruined the DeVore character.

Golem and Jinni is one of my favorite recent books.
Anyone else connect the two characters to the Thing and Torch from Fantastic Four? I got a vibe of the early 20th century Jewish experience in New York that led to the creation of the superhero pantheons we received from mostly Jewish creators.
Perhaps another…

It's better than Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning

It's better than Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning

I would read a Justice Lantern title.

I would read a Justice Lantern title.

Blue balls? Are we talkin' bout Dr Manhattan?

Blue balls? Are we talkin' bout Dr Manhattan?

@avclub-e2a6a1ace352668000aed191a817d143:disqus I only have 18 years on you. That's not so bad. Is it?

@avclub-e2a6a1ace352668000aed191a817d143:disqus I only have 18 years on you. That's not so bad. Is it?