I tried to read Germain’s review this week, but only made it a paragraph.

I could go into so much detail about how similar our stories are, but suffice it to say, they’re REALLY similar. Right down to being the “youngest” child of my grandparents (who also had a son — my uncle — and a daughter). My husband’s family is also sane, thankfully, and my grandparents were what I needed, obviously.…

Knew I'd find my people here. I change it up depending on the season, but I've been addicted to the coconut and pear one for a while now. I've also been using the acai berry recently, and it's surprisingly wonderful. I'm a big fan of Burt's Bees products in general, actually. I especially love the lotion. Everything…

Knew I'd find my people here. I change it up depending on the season, but I've been addicted to the coconut and pear…

That sounds absolutely lovely.

I love this one and was not expecting to see ol' Ute in here! My partner would no doubt be jealous of your encounter, as he idolizes Utah Phillips. You just felt comfortable enough to pee on his knee. I highly doubt he minded. haha

Thank you for sharing that! I hadn't even looked at his site yet.

I'm a sir! And so glad! 2312 was the first of his books I've read, and as The5thElephant mentioned in their comment, it is pretty heavy reading at times, but it's a beautiful book. I didn't think it was an actual follow-up to his previous books; I actually thought it was a standalone with similar concepts but in its…

Oh yeah, totally forgot to mention the hollowed out asteroids! That was great.

I just finished reading Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 a few weeks ago, and this has given me the visuals that I was grasping for while in the middle of it. The colonized Iapetus ridge! The space elevators! Clouds of Saturn! Come on! This is wonderful. I was beaming through the whole thing.

Jesus Tapdancing Christ, that's uncalled for. My partner's mother gave him that book for Christmas the year it came out; he started it; I judged him for it because I have never been able to fathom the to-do over Jonathan Franzen. He's just another Oprah-approved fair-to-mediocre writer (in my opinion). He didn't make…

Totally agree. It's really been hitting a great stride with these recent issues, which makes it even more sad. Charles Soule is fantastic, and also a workhorse. I don't know how he produces all of the books he does each month PLUS keeps a small practice going. Insane. Hopefully we'll see a relaunch of some sort for…

OH MY GOD.

I'm with you, man. I miss all of those, but I really loved Silverhawks and only recently did I even remember the name of the show again. Which made me miss it more. I also loved M.A.S.K., and I'm glad to see it gets a lot of love these days. And David the Gnome! Oh man, you're killing me with the memories. A lot of…

Nope. You're an awesome person. Or I'm a terrible person. But at least I'm in good company if that's the case, because I do that shit alllllllll the time. Also, I just have to give applause for all of the Prince action in this thread. Good show!

Oh yes.

I find the man repulsive, but the late-1970s/early-1980s films will always have a place in my heart, and largely in part due to the fashion of the female characters. I'm a 31-year-old gay man, for what it's worth. Interiors is a woefully underappreciated film, and one that I had actually never seen until about four or…

I just finished Alastair Reynolds' House of Suns (which I deeply, deeply loved, as well as the short story that originally set up the universe). I'm now in the midst of his Blue Remembered Earth which, I believe, is the beginning of a series, yes? If so, totally righteous; I love the world building so far and the…

I think the last book I finished was The Left Hand of Darkness by Le Guin. Amazing. We've had it in our house for years (my partner's copy), but for some reason I had never read it. I think I saw it recommended in a comment thread on io9, actually. I was in love with it immediately. I loved it so much that I loaned it…

I've been trying to get into 1Q84 for about seven months now - I don't think it's going to happen for me. The size didn't intimidate me, but the more I read it the more that changes. I don't know if I can muscle through the rest of it, which is a shame because my friend who loaned it to me said it pays off. But I'm…