The part of Crest of the Stars where Lafiel explains to Jinto that mothers who choose to carry their fetus inside them are considered eccentric in Abh culture—but not discriminated against.

With pretty much any human related issue there are of course lots of little subtle overlapping causes...but if you want to see the BIG one, you just have to look at who solves this problem.

As I understand it, their main breakthrough that brings us closer to practical fusion is in the smaller size of their reactor design, the main advantage being that the construction time for a prototype would be much shorter, allowing more rapid testing of design changes and through that faster progress in general.

I actually thought that was the most touching part of the trailer... It showed that in this version of the future, science and religion had come to a certain understanding, and perhaps even respect of one another.

Okay, seriously. What in the actual fuck, folks?

I teach English at the college level; last year, I was privileged to teach ENG 230, which at my institution is a rotating (through the faculty) course that is generously labeled "Special Topics in Literature."

I taught my course, for two semesters, as "Gaming: Literary…

As I repeatedly keep bringing up in these open channels, Muv-Luv. It is a plot twist that results in a complete genre shift.

I have a lot of favorite twists, but I love this one. It really IS a birthday present! Everyone (literally) has ice cream.

SHODAN reveal. System Shock 2.

There's a lot of suggestions flying around here, but I'm very perplexed by the lack of even a guerrilla mention of Muv-Luv.