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9/2/2010 6:02:34 AM
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topic:
Jack Vance Turns 94
StevenLP
Posts 683
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The Cthulhu Kid wrote:
Well, Wodehouse is a god to many of us!
How many tentacles does he have?
444, plus a huge beak to tear apart those it feels unworthy (which is pretty much everything biological) and an immense eye whose glance dessicates the soul
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9/2/2010 5:59:53 AM
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topic:
Book to Read Next
StevenLP
Posts 683
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Amis' was one of those who disliked the literary ambitions of the New Wave, feeling it undermined SF's verve. His "New Maps of Hell" is a good read. He felt that SF as satire was the way foreward (praising Pohl in particular, and Sheckley too), but he had good words for more workaday stories too.
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9/2/2010 2:46:52 AM
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topic:
The Best New Stories of 2010
galaxie500
Posts 222
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I've just started Chiang's The Lifecycle of Software Objects, so far it's good, but not that good as I expect of Chiang (first four chapters).
It reminds me of Egan's Zendegi and of Chwedick's Dinosaur Toys stories from F&SF.
We'll see how it ends.
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9/2/2010 2:42:38 AM
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topic:
Global Warming Revelations.
jimbraiden
Posts 2680
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AGW believer loses it.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/09/01/gunman-holding-people-hostage-in-discovery-channel-building/
It seems he wanted a reduction in the earth's population and the police kindly gave him his wish.
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9/2/2010 1:53:35 AM
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topic:
The future City of New Jerusalem
natipal
Posts 665
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I've been hearing a lot lately about the dimensions of the New City of Jerusalem that will be in the future. I had always thought it would be roughly the size of the city of Jerusalem as it is today, but as a pyramid. I don't know where I got that idea. It makes a difference knowing how long a furlong is!
Some say the measurements make this future city to be a 1500 miles wide by 1500 miles long by 1500 miles high cube.
Someone postulated that over 3 billion people could fit in this city and still have a cubic mile for each person. I couldn't believe that at first, till I did the math. WHUP!
I kind of doubt it'll be a cubic mile, but how about if it were 30 feet high for each person, and a square mile? Then that would be.... 396 million in a one mile layer, times 1500 miles, = 594 billion people! Of course, there will be a setback for streets....! 50' wide? Who knows. Still a LOT of space!
Have fun with this one!
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9/2/2010 1:16:52 AM
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topic:
Let the Feast Begin
Alex
Posts 1374
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Bill Moonroe wrote:
Nah, Alex, gagh is best served live. The better to feel it wriggle its way down.
Bearded dragon, eh? And it hasn't started chowing down on pinkies yet? No, not the pinky fingers.
"gagh." Is that a noun, a verb, or an ejaculation?
I'm too cheap to buy pinkies for the dragon. Usually, the pinkies I find in the woodshed already have some hair and "Puffy" disdains the offering.
Puffy used to eat live crickets; but he got burned out and started keeping them as pets.
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9/2/2010 1:10:11 AM
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topic:
Let the Feast Begin
Bill Moonroe
Posts 4528
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Nah, Alex, gagh is best served live. The better to feel it wriggle its way down.
Bearded dragon, eh? And it hasn't started chowing down on pinkies yet? No, not the pinky fingers.
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9/2/2010 1:07:17 AM
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topic:
Let the Feast Begin
Alex
Posts 1374
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Byron Bailey wrote:
So, does anyone have a favorite pasta? I have a four year old nephew who swears by macaroni and cheese, ideally with a hot dog or two chopped up and thrown in the mix.
Beenie Weenies do not equal "Feasting."
The family Bearded Dragon eats giant meal worms.... 
A little fettucini, a little alfredo sauce.... mushrooms, onions...
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9/2/2010 1:03:05 AM
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topic:
Let the Feast Begin
Bill Moonroe
Posts 4528
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The king of foods, I think, has got to be durian. Assuming that a king is someone who whas beaten his subjects thoroughly into submission.
Envision a volleyball sized fruit. Maybe volleyball sized, but more football shaped. Easily weighs five pounts. Covered with wooden spikes. You try carrying it in a plastic bag, to find that the bag is on its way to becoming ribbons, so you try holding it underneath before deciding, ribbons are fine.
You have to let a durian ripen on its own. No problem, right? Just sit it on the coffee table as a conversation piece. The conversation quickly turning to, "What IS that smell?" It's the durian. And it's from the tropics, which is from the Latin for "bug infested". Namely, ants. Those spikes make for a perfect ant nesting site. Any anteater that tries to go for them is going to end up with a tongue like Swiss cheese.
The durian ends up on the patio table. Which, no doubt, is making it a conversation piece for most of your neighbors.
Two, three days, then the durian smiles at you. Yes, the blessed day is here. You feel like such a massive grizzley bear as you rip this mighty fruit into three lateral wedges. Inside, beween segments of white pith are what look like beans made of custard. As you pick them up, they slip apart, kind of like the tautaun being gutted in "The Empire Strikes Back".
Mmmm. It's sweet, like a rich custard. Sweet, heavy, like a rich custard. With the sweetness is sort of an onion sharpness. With just a hint of dead grandmother. Without the embalming fluid.
Initially, the pieces of edible entrails don't look that big, but you soon realize that this durian will last a few days. During which time, everytime someone opens the fridge, they'll say, "What's that smell?"
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9/2/2010 12:59:41 AM
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topic:
Let the Feast Begin
Alex
Posts 1374
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Byron Bailey wrote:
""Many food aversions have to do with texture. "
And no one mentioned Tofu?!?
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