Subject: Re: Greetings
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Posted on: 2012-05-17 13:20:00 UTC
Hi! While Schrodinger's cookies have all been observed and therefore definitely contain chocolate, I happen to have a fresh stock of tabula rasa cake, which will change itself to be the most delicious depending on your environment.
Do you like Ender's Game?
Have a nerf gun. :)
Ender's Game is a fascinating look into the world of the military, despite being in the future. I've come across a few former officers who have confirmed that it's more or less an accurate depiction of the politics and backstabbing that goes on in the officer corps. I've always loved works of that scale, but when it starts getting into the million and billion-year timeframes, it starts to weird me out a little. That's why, as much as I love God Emperor of Dune, I'm not sure I can go further than that.
I've heard of all those, but haven't really picked them up yet and have no plans to, because I've made a detour into nonfiction and started reading Generation Kill and various other memoirs, from Grenada to Afghanistan. Also, the scale of Ender just weirds me out. It's the same reason I haven't read the Forever War or any of the Dune books past God Emperor yet. Too much of a good thing, y'know?
Even watching Gunbuster was slightly disconcerting. Good, but disconcerting.
The Dune sequels scare me away.
Hi! While Schrodinger's cookies have all been observed and therefore definitely contain chocolate, I happen to have a fresh stock of tabula rasa cake, which will change itself to be the most delicious depending on your environment.
Welcome to the PPC.
When you say sci-fi and military-related in the same sentence, my mind automatically jumps to John Ringo and Eric Flint's stuff. You read either of those? *is curious*
I've heard of them through Baen, as well as being pointed towards a now-infamous blog post about Ghost. Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, I've only just been able to start buying books again and Belisarius is on my to-do list along with some of Ringo's stuff.
A writer I've been following through the internet, Jack Murphy, offered up his book Reflexive Fire for free on Amazon awhile back so I took to reading that. Although not strictly sci-fi, it was good fun and basically an extended love letter to special operations guys and DARPA madness.
But don't read the epilogue. Seriously. Don't. And since you said money is a bit tight, have you tried the Baen Free Library? It's basically an f-you to the literary pirates, and... Ah heck. It's pretty cool. It's what I do if I'm on long trips and I've got a break.
What's Reflexive Fire about? (It seems that pretty much every military sci fi is a love letter to someone. Watch on the Rhine of the Posleen War series was a love letter to the Waffen SS of Nazi Germany... The writing is good, and at least the Nazi callbacks were (relatively) good people. Given that it's the Waffen SS, though...)
Oh, yes. That's where I got the Honor Harrington books from, and a pretty classy move if I do say so myself.
Reflexive Fire is about an ex-Special Activities guy named Deckard who gets a contract to train and lead a mercenary company from the weirdos in Bohemian Grove, then stumbles onto a bigger conspiracy. You can't turn around without bumping into a former spec ops soldier in Deckard's outfit, amusingly enough.
The letter on the front page of the library makes me laugh. It's funny. :D
I'll have to check that out. (Hey, if I point my dad at them, he'll buy the entire series so I don't have to. :D Same thing happened with Honor Harrington...) Poor Deckard. It really is a... *stops before breaking into that song*
Welcome to the Board! Have some of my hydrophobic water to commemorate the event. Also try out anti-hydrophobic water, another great product by Dubious Industries!
Do you do bulk orders? I'm in the market for at least five pallets of dihydrogen monoxide.
Welcome to the Board fellow Touhou fan.
Nice to have you a-Board. Have some Electricity-In-A-Bottle. Sure to fuel any mad science projects you might have. WARNING: Electricity is extremely volatile and should not be let out of bottle.
Hello there newbie! I'm a fellow anime nerd myself. here, have a pair of 2-D glasses, guaranteed to compress that pesky extra dimension or your money back!
Why, thank you. Am I correct in assuming you have a talent for spotting exactly what people need?
Might as well introduce myself as well. I made a wikia account and have been following for a while.
Also, you might want to create a different thread for this so that people take notice.
I just did, the one I'm using now. Its my name on the wiki as well. I am currently in the process of making the Thomas the Tank Engine page. Its tough.
Okay. I did see plenty of Badfic, but I guess it could wait. Thanks.
Have a train whistle for while you work.
Have a box of assorted chocolates. They're 100% unnatural.
Have you heard of Battletech?
I have, although my knowledge is not as in-depth as I would like (you'll hear me say this a lot!). I'm a closet Blakist at heart.
I like the Snow Ravens myself. Six Potemkin class carriers jumping in is very scary. So are their other 24 ships.
Welcome to the PPC! Here's an anti-danmaku shelter, just in case.
Hello and Welcome to the Board! Please have some chocolate, and enjoy your stay!
Hi there! Here, have a cup of tea. Just beware the leaves, they might try to eat you...
Eh, what's up, new friend? Help yourself to some fine carrot cake!
Do any writing? If so, what sort?
I do the kind of writing that never gets done because of my lack of motivation. Silliness aside, I write mostly short stories and one-shots, though I haven't been particularly prolific. My main weakness is extended stories because I tend to be good at thinking of how I want them to begin and how I want it to end, but filling in the middle part is tricky.
My main interests are in side stories in the same setting or marginally related to the main plot of the original but which do not generally intersect it. I'm fascinated by the implications of settings and like to explore them for better or worse, and once I get an idea for an OC in my head, I can't really rest easy until I've "exorcised" it somehow.
I tend to have individual scenes planned out here and there, but I don't generally know what happens in between until I sit down and type.
I like side stories too! Especially ones from less important characters' points of view, or scenes that didn't get shown in the main story.
I am a fan of military scifi too, particularly stargate and all of it's offspring.
Here, have a lightsaber. Sorry, it's permanently set on stun.
Ancient egyptian laser beams! I saw the film when I was a young lad and it was quite inspiring with its ancient egyptian fighter planes and all that.
“But I don’t want to go among mad people", Rabbit remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that", said the Cat, "We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?", said Alice.
"You must be", said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here."
I'm well-acquainted to English weather, as my alma mater was in London and I got a fair bit of the local culture on my shoe :p.
...*chuckles a bit* English is quite bad... but as I said, British. ;)
Because the Welsh weather is even rainier! XD
I've never been to Wales, actually. I've heard that it's a bit like the Falklands though - a very pleasant place to visit and lots of sheep ;).
Hi, have some fudge!
Personally I prefer pie, but if out of pie, then any sweet stuff is great. Cake is fine too. Why yes, I was a fan of Touhou a couple of years ago but I got out due to the influx of secondaries. I have no problem with people being fans in their own way but since they rubbed me the wrong way, so to speak, we parted ways amicably.
So, are there fandoms are you currently interested in? Do you have any favorites?
Let's see. I have great memories of my time in the Warhammer 40,000 fandom and if I move back to a country where I could find more opponents, I'd probably be back onto it in a flash. At various times I've been a fan of the various "non-traditional" magical girl shows like Nanoha and Madoka, Black Lagoon, Star Wars, Honor Harrington, the Type-Moon stuff, and Gundam, to name a few.
At the moment I'm warming up to Jormungand, Cat Shit One, and Armored Trooper VOTOMS. Some argue that I might want to consider a more balanced lifestyle but being a jack-of-all-trades is a little overrated in my opinion.
Pie is the greatest of treats and I will have to restock on it with all due haste.
I do see what you mean there. I really enjoy the games and the canon, but I tend to stay far away from Touhou's fandom. Memes and silly character interpretations can be fun occasionally, but I feel that it shouldn't characterize the canon itself. Or be over-used to the point of banality.
I do enjoy the efforts of cosplayers whenever I get the chance. Out of interest, what's your difficulty level? I'm mostly a Normal player myself, though I do attempt Hard occasionally.
I play on Normal when I'm on a serious run.
But, when I get bored, I do give Lunatic a stab. Sometimes I can get pretty far too, but I usually die stupidly too often to preform well there; so, I guess I'd be a mostly Normal player, too.