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by SandChigger
Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:53 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Obits
Replies: 71
Views: 111911

Re: Obits

Yep... :(
by SandChigger
Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Obits
Replies: 71
Views: 111911

Re: Obits

A friend from FB/Amazon alerted me to this when Banks announced his illness.

Very, very sad, in a very, very selfish way: No more Culture books. I really enjoyed the last one, too. :(

Ah well, I still have all his non-M non-scifi things to read...
by SandChigger
Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:34 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dreams and Dreaming
Replies: 70
Views: 65027

Re: Dreams and Dreaming

A Thing of Eternity wrote:Some of my friends got eaten though, which was very sad.
The ex wasn't among them, was she? OH PLEASE GODS NO!!! ;)
by SandChigger
Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:32 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 2012 Olympics
Replies: 42
Views: 39649

Re: 2012 Olympics

When's this bullshit start again? :roll:

(And, are these the REAL Olympics or are the winter games the real ones? I never can keep that straight... shows how much I care, yes? :lol: )
by SandChigger
Tue May 22, 2012 3:12 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
Replies: 540
Views: 1724421

Re: The saying "hello" thread.

Achlan wasachlan! :)
by SandChigger
Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:51 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: Jan2012"Explorers...universe" Bri&kev, by Allen Pierleoni
Replies: 2
Views: 4335

Re: Jan2012"Explorers...universe" Bri&kev, by Allen Pierleoni

Brian's a fucking nudge.

Has there been any movement with that "rewriting the New Testament" crap of his that came out in December? :roll:
by SandChigger
Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:51 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Shameless Commerce Thread
Replies: 51
Views: 45481

Re: Shameless Commerce Thread

Books rec'd with thanks, Omph! :D
by SandChigger
Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Shameless Commerce Thread
Replies: 51
Views: 45481

Re: Shameless Commerce Thread

Omphalos wrote:When Gravity Fails, by George Alec Effinger (signed)
Hey, Omph, if you see this in time, save this one for me, eh! :D

(Should have been logging on every day. Grrrrrrrrrrr.)
by SandChigger
Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:07 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: date unknown Simon & Schuster, disgusting fluff interview
Replies: 14
Views: 10783

Re: date unknown Simon & Schuster, disgusting fluff interview

D Pope wrote:I've added some more undated fluff.

I never knew 14evin identified most with Charles Dickens!
I don't think he does, really, it was just his way of seeming relevant while Simmons' Drood was out.

KJA wanted to do his own, more turdy version. Was going to call it Droodle. ;)
by SandChigger
Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:52 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2009 Fandomania, Kelly Melcher interviews kja.
Replies: 6
Views: 7463

Re: 2009 Fandomania, Kelly Melcher interviews kja.

I saw the third one of those terror incontinentia books in trade paper yesterday. That was quick. I thought only book one was released ... these books don't even make a single ripple in the ocean of releases. :lol: Nope, there's definitely three of them. Haven't looked at any since the first, thoug...
by SandChigger
Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:43 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

Yep.

Ultra-conservative to the core. :dance:
by SandChigger
Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:24 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

Enabler. :snooty:



:lol:
by SandChigger
Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:07 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

Until 'Rider has his way with it... :shock:

:lol:
by SandChigger
Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:10 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2003: Writers Write Interview
Replies: 9
Views: 7091

Re: 2003: Writers Write Interview

I'm tired.

Seriously.
by SandChigger
Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:32 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

SandRider wrote:what did the scientist whisper in the sheriff's ear before the CDC blew up ?
"I bet yer butt is bitchin' in leather chaps."
by SandChigger
Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:29 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Another Earth
Replies: 8
Views: 10164

Re: Another Earth

Freakzilla wrote:Found it on demand... is it worth $5?
I tapped it to the top of my Netflix queueueueeue last night. :D
by SandChigger
Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:28 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Feedback
Replies: 189
Views: 461241

Re: Feedback

Dar-es-Balat is nice.

Has resonance. ;)
by SandChigger
Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:34 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Feedback
Replies: 189
Views: 461241

Re: Feedback

LLB wrote: :lol: 'Cause i'm a "lazy socialist frog bastard" :character-kermit: (http://www.fuckfrance.com)
:doh:

Not a sentiment I share, I hope you know. ;)
by SandChigger
Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:42 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Feedback
Replies: 189
Views: 461241

Re: Feedback

I like A Right Bunch of Bastards myself. Rob done :lol: (Um... how did I end up group leader of the Dunelogists A Right Bunch of Bastards ? :shock: ) [td=1,]WE ARE ALL SANDCHIGGER :happy-jumpeveryone:WE ARE ALL SANDCHIGGER :happy-jumpeveryone:WE ARE ALL SANDCHIGGER :happy-jumpeveryone:WE ARE ALL SA...
by SandChigger
Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Feedback
Replies: 189
Views: 461241

Re: Feedback

Just don't drink the grape, m'kay? :naughty:

(Um... how did I end up group leader of the Dunelogists? :shock: )
by SandChigger
Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

It's all done with mirrors. 8-)

Mostly in third-world countries. :shock:
by SandChigger
Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:53 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

Somehow... that made it feel even worse. :(



;) :lol:
by SandChigger
Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:19 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

NOW you're just being rude. :snooty:



:lol:

(I wish. sigh...)
by SandChigger
Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:38 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

A Thing of Eternity wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:If some multi-lingual person wants to volunteer to be a full-time moderator we can get rid of that rule. :D
Chig seems to know about 95% of the languages on the planet...
Oh kiss kiss kiss. I guess you're wanting something for Christmas? :roll:


:lol:
by SandChigger
Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:09 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

Not on this forum. ;) :P
by SandChigger
Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:07 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

It'd be cool if we could get 'Rider to use the justify one. ;)


Just saying! :shifty:
by SandChigger
Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

I've seen that button, too.

Given the meaning of "bumping", it would make sense that it doesn't show on active topics, no? ;)
by SandChigger
Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:56 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Test Forum Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 114246

Re: Test Forum Thread

Boogah boogah!

Looks good. :)
by SandChigger
Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:56 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
Replies: 540
Views: 1724421

Re: The saying "hello" thread.

Hello again! It's been a long time! :)
by SandChigger
Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:11 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SF Survey Worth Taking
Replies: 25
Views: 27076

Re: SF Survey Worth Taking

Itchin' & scratchin'.

But not sniffin'. :D
by SandChigger
Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:07 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SF Survey Worth Taking
Replies: 25
Views: 27076

Re: SF Survey Worth Taking

Freakzilla wrote:What exactly is a "fluid" sexuality?
That's what I went with. :lol:

I like to jazz these things up. :dance:
Eyes High wrote:You guys are so full of it. :roll: :P :lol:
Yeah, and it's all just wanting to get out! :dance: :o :pray: :whistle:
by SandChigger
Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:03 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Still haven't seen any of the new season...
by SandChigger
Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:33 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: They've remade The Thing?!
Replies: 12
Views: 12457

Re: They've remade The Thing?!

A prequel?

GODDDDDDAMMIT! :angry-screaming:
by SandChigger
Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:44 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: They've remade The Thing?!
Replies: 12
Views: 12457

Re: They've remade The Thing?!

Well at least he doesn't seem (yet?) to have a full political & religious agenda, like that little Greek cuntboy over on FED2k, afannytosis or whatever the fuck his name was. Talk about one annoying piece of dried out but still sticky goat shit. :roll:
by SandChigger
Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:06 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: They've remade The Thing?!
Replies: 12
Views: 12457

They've remade The Thing?!

:doh:

Have we talked about this one? (I didn't see any "thing" threads) Or did they just slip it in on the sly.

Fucking slimy unoriginal Hollywood shitheads. :angry-screaming:

What next? :roll:
by SandChigger
Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:15 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Post your instrument
Replies: 67
Views: 70028

Re: Post your instrument

(I didn't figure any comment was necessary. I did roll my eyes, though, if that makes any difference. :lol: )
by SandChigger
Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:52 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Have you heard the song? :lol:

(And it is a real place!)
by SandChigger
Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:25 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

They had one of those on the happy hour buffet at Big Dick's Halfway Inn, near Cincy. :doh:

("Liquor in the front and poker in the rear!")
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:31 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New Board
Replies: 68
Views: 65809

Re: New Board

Congratulations! :clap: :D
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:47 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Lego Alien Conquest
Replies: 4
Views: 9329

Re: Lego Alien Conquest

Mine, too. :)

(Yeah, they're THAT old! :lol: )
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:32 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New Blade Runner Project
Replies: 6
Views: 8780

Re: New Blade Runner Project

Oh, just fuck 'em.

I'm tired of this remake bullshit.
by SandChigger
Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:26 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Rise of the Apes
Replies: 27
Views: 29608

Re: Rise of the Apes

:lol: I'm a big fan of his. I like what I know (which admittedly isn't a lot, just what I've gleaned from trailers) about how they've updated the backstory for this one. But I'm afraid to go see it after the disappointment of Cowduds and Aliens . :( (By the way, don't bother with the graphic novel o...
by SandChigger
Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:37 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Those crazt Swedes
Replies: 7
Views: 10529

Re: Those crazt Swedes

Yeah, fear and moan monger Marilyn Martin already posted a link to the story over in one of her threads in the Amazon Science Fiction forum; wondered "how many haven't they caught yet". :roll:

Not too worried here.
by SandChigger
Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:31 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Cowboys and Aliens
Replies: 20
Views: 13693

Re: Cowboys and Aliens

Meh. Not really telling me anything I don't know already. ;)
by SandChigger
Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:48 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Cowboys and Aliens
Replies: 20
Views: 13693

Re: Cowboys and Aliens

If there was, I couldn't find it, either.

Has anyone read the graphic novel? Does it have the same dea-ex-machina problem as the film? :roll:
by SandChigger
Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What are you listening to?
Replies: 198
Views: 320159

Re: What are you listening to?

:shock:
by SandChigger
Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:44 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Cowboys and Aliens
Replies: 20
Views: 13693

Re: Cowboys and Aliens

Could've sucked more.

"They want our gold? That's bullshit." :doh:
by SandChigger
Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:53 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Cowboys and Aliens
Replies: 20
Views: 13693

Re: Cowboys and Aliens

:lol: :clap: :clap: :clap:
by SandChigger
Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:23 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Cowboys and Aliens
Replies: 20
Views: 13693

Re: Cowboys and Aliens

:hand: :snooty: :lol:
by SandChigger
Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:04 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Cowboys and Aliens
Replies: 20
Views: 13693

Re: Cowboys and Aliens

:dance:
by SandChigger
Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:09 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Another Earth
Replies: 3
Views: 6572

Re: Another Earth

Trailer looks interesting; I might actually like this one! :lol:

Didn't read much of the article, because I don't want to spoil it. (At least not just yet....)
by SandChigger
Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:03 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Cowboys and Aliens
Replies: 20
Views: 13693

Re: Cowboys and Aliens

Awwww... don't tell me bad things about this one. I've been SO psyched for it FOR-EVAH! :lol:
by SandChigger
Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:30 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: I am offended
Replies: 5
Views: 7646

Re: I am offended

Ugh. :roll:
by SandChigger
Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:19 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2010: FANTASY AUTHOR’S HANDBOOK (Wordpress Blahg)
Replies: 6
Views: 6046

Re: 2010: FANTASY AUTHOR’S HANDBOOK (Wordpress Blahg)

He obviously meant Islam during the medieval period. I've only looked at the first book of his Terror Incoherenta trilogy, but my impression was that the "Arab" side was just sketched in with very rough (broad?) strokes. If he put any research into it besides hitting a few Middle Eastern f...
by SandChigger
Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:32 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Goodbye Pi, Hello Tau!
Replies: 4
Views: 7732

Re: Goodbye Pi, Hello Tau!

Have you seen the video on YouTube where they play tau as music? Much more melodic and beautiful than pi. ;)
by SandChigger
Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:04 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Obits
Replies: 71
Views: 111911

Re: Obits

He had his glass eye upon you... :lol:
by SandChigger
Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:22 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New and Newish TV and Films
Replies: 12
Views: 11588

Re: New and Newish TV and Films

Rook[ie] mistakes... like? :D
by SandChigger
Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:37 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New and Newish TV and Films
Replies: 12
Views: 11588

Re: New and Newish TV and Films

I heard from my friend in Dayton that the Outcasts series is showing on BBC America. Anyone watching it? (Anyone in the UK see it?) Any good? (Has it been discussed here anywhere?)
by SandChigger
Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:48 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Great Find!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 13773

Re: Great Find!!!

:lol:
by SandChigger
Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:25 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New Dark Tower book in the works
Replies: 11
Views: 12790

Re: New Dark Tower book in the works

I forget which one was the last I read... I think the group of characters ended up in an alternate reality after a plague had wiped out humanity?

Meh. (I didn't stop reading because I didn't like them, btw, I just got occupied with other stuff and forgot to keep up. ;) )
by SandChigger
Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:41 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Upcoming Collector Auction
Replies: 1
Views: 4860

Re: Upcoming Collector Auction

September, huh? :think:
by SandChigger
Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:37 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: My Dream House
Replies: 18
Views: 14467

Re: My Dream House

Eyes High wrote:Ghosts don't take up much space. :mrgreen:
Reminds me of the premise behind a really BAD self-publisher's book (and website?!) over on Amazon last month (or so). ;)
by SandChigger
Mon May 30, 2011 5:38 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: My Dream House
Replies: 18
Views: 14467

Re: My Dream House

Hairy feets has he, Precioussssss? :P

Towers. Dream house has to have towers. And rooms full of windows and overhanging a garden.

Don't need no zombies, though. :?
by SandChigger
Thu May 26, 2011 3:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Feedback
Replies: 189
Views: 461241

Re: Feedback

I haven't noticed any problems since the other day. But then I've been pretty busy offline the last couple of days. ;)
by SandChigger
Wed May 18, 2011 10:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books
Replies: 15
Views: 14592

Re: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books

You would. :P :lol:
by SandChigger
Wed May 18, 2011 4:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books
Replies: 15
Views: 14592

Re: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books

I know we've discussed it, but it's pretty clear that the adult worms produce enough oxygen to maintain a given level in the atmosphere. (Remember the quote about the output of one adult worm being equivalent to a square kilometer of jungle vegetation, or something like that?) I think what we were h...
by SandChigger
Tue May 17, 2011 8:16 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books
Replies: 15
Views: 14592

Re: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books

As Roberts mentioned, nowadays he only ever sees the negatives - but he still voted for it as his favourite SF novel ever, so why is everyone slagging him off :roll: ;) Well, for me, the point is that one of his supposed negatives is a mistake on his part. I posted some derogatory things he said ab...
by SandChigger
Tue May 17, 2011 12:35 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books
Replies: 15
Views: 14592

Re: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books

There's some love there; you just have to search for it.

(Tosh? I thought that was what Captain Jack calls the Japanese bint on Torchwood... :think: ;) )
by SandChigger
Mon May 16, 2011 5:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books
Replies: 15
Views: 14592

Re: SF Authors & Their Favorite Books

Adam Roberts wrote:Herbert is sometimes praised for his "worldbuilding", but this isn't quite right (on the level of worldbuilding the novel has notable flaws, not least the absence of any means of oxygenating the planetary atmosphere).
Another close reader, obviously. :roll:

(Adam Roberts... who?)
by SandChigger
Fri May 13, 2011 5:11 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Zombie Ants!
Replies: 13
Views: 11546

Re: Zombie Ants!

Yeah, there's a book I won't be looking for and a link I ain't gonna click! :lol:

There is (or used to be) a parasite museum somewhere in Tokyo.

Never been, obviously, and never plan to go. The stuff about it I've seen via the media was bad enough! (shudder) :hand:
by SandChigger
Tue May 10, 2011 9:43 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 10 Crocheted SF Figures
Replies: 3
Views: 6672

Re: 10 Crocheted SF Figures

:lol: Cute!
by SandChigger
Tue May 10, 2011 9:41 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Zombie Ants!
Replies: 13
Views: 11546

Re: Zombie Ants!

Really? How's that work? Is there like a gradation in the general Siffy stench, or an increase in the nose-hair burning acridity? :think:

:lol:
by SandChigger
Wed May 04, 2011 10:32 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New Film: Skyline
Replies: 29
Views: 27793

Re: New Film: Skyline

Well that settles it: if L-K gave it the thumbs down, it's gotta be good for B-Movie Night! :lol: :dance:
by SandChigger
Sun May 01, 2011 10:50 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New Film: Skyline
Replies: 29
Views: 27793

Re: New Film: Skyline

Mine, too. Just with less excitement now. ;)
by SandChigger
Sun May 01, 2011 4:43 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New Film: Skyline
Replies: 29
Views: 27793

Re: New Film: Skyline

Have you seen the Battle Los Angeles one yet? Was just wondering how they compared. (Since the Battle one appears to have been really shitty—I think it was supposed to start around the first of April over here and I saw maybe one or two commercials for it on TV and then nothing—and you're really lik...
by SandChigger
Sun May 01, 2011 7:17 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New Film: Skyline
Replies: 29
Views: 27793

Re: New Film: Skyline

Really?

Hmm... :think:
by SandChigger
Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:59 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Moon
Replies: 26
Views: 22872

Re: Moon

(Don't look, Eyes! :shock: ) Well, yeah, if we're going to worry at it, the memory implantation bit and large reserve store of fully grown clones (in the chamber hidden underneath the return/cremation pod) are real problems. But then again... not so big that I couldn't just go with it. Far less offe...
by SandChigger
Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:12 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Book of Eli
Replies: 35
Views: 38411

Re: The Book of Eli

Sounds like good enough reason to wait for satellite or DVD, then. A year and change later and it turns out I was so right to wait and not spend any extra money on this one. Look, I like Washington and Oldman and none of the acting really stank and it was OK while I was watching it... But as soon a...
by SandChigger
Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:13 am
Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
Topic: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
Replies: 167
Views: 379430

Re: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self

Hunchback Jack wrote:Ah, fuckit.
Winning, d'uh! :dance:


:lol:

Sorry, just kidding! I've wanted to use that all afternoon for some stupid reason.... :oops:
by SandChigger
Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:34 am
Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
Topic: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
Replies: 167
Views: 379430

Re: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self

They have the same effects... but I'm not sure if it means they're the same thing. :think: Either way, I still don't see the Holtzmann field generator as creating gravity (or its equivalent). You would have to be accelerating in the correct direction and cancel out the effects of massive gees to som...
by SandChigger
Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:44 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Moon
Replies: 26
Views: 22872

Re: Moon

Finally saw this on one of my movie channels. Excellent! We definitely need more NEW movies like this and less remake/reimagining bullshit! :D SPOILER ALERT (for anyone else who hasn't seen it yet): Only downside: the idiots at WOWOW (the movie channel) ran previews right before that showed two Sams...
by SandChigger
Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:00 pm
Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
Topic: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
Replies: 167
Views: 379430

Re: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self

A Thing of Eternity wrote:
D Pope wrote:I'm still a little weak on why you go faster if you've got a trail to follow.
That's a starwars question?
(sniff sniff) No... SMELLHOLE. :lol:
by SandChigger
Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:11 pm
Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
Topic: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
Replies: 167
Views: 379430

Re: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self

I wasn't implying that there's any comparison between KJA fuck-ups and FH's omissions. Something in the FTL discussion just reminded me that there's a bit of a hole that FH never explicitly filled... SUSPENSOR: secondary (low-drain) phase of a Holtzman field generator. It nullifies gravity within ce...
by SandChigger
Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:50 am
Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
Topic: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
Replies: 167
Views: 379430

Re: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self

You know, we kind of gloss over this with FH's stuff and assume that because the Holtzmann field stuff is about canceling gravity (in the suspensors, at least) that they can also counteract weightlessness in space, but being able to cancel gravity doesn't necessarily entail that you can create it as...
by SandChigger
Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:39 am
Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
Topic: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
Replies: 167
Views: 379430

Re: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self

"Tanker" gets you this from TBJ (Ch.17): Loader robots scurried among larger pieces of AI equipment that moved about on glider fields. Small scouring drones climbed into engine tubes and exhaust cones; maintenance machines scanned large drive components for needed repairs. Tanker robots re...
by SandChigger
Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:40 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Voyage
Replies: 1
Views: 4717

Re: Voyage

In the wake of (ironic) The Walking Dead's run-away (also ironic) success, ... Um... a sure sign that this guy has no faith in the ability of his readership to pick up on the puns. (Non-ironic.) What say you? Would you like to see some alien action back to back with The Walking Dead, or would you r...
by SandChigger
Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:29 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 17
Views: 16777

Re: Total Recall Remake

No, it's never the time to mention Colin Farrell.

Unless he's died.

:lol:
by SandChigger
Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer
Replies: 41
Views: 42768

Re: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer

:clap: :clap: :clap:
by SandChigger
Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:31 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 17
Views: 16777

Re: Total Recall Remake

(Whoa... comment got cockblocked by Freak! :shock: Speaking of which...)

"Colin who? Farrell? ... Oh, right, The Irish Penis!"


Oh well, at least news of this remake allowed me to get some movie & dick jibes in at @TheKJA & @DuneNovels. :lol:
by SandChigger
Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:17 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 17
Views: 16777

Re: Total Recall Remake

What's right with him? ;)

(Sorry, is he regarded as a serious actor these days? :lol: )
by SandChigger
Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:06 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 17
Views: 16777

Re: Total Recall Remake

I fucking hate Hollywood.

(Colin Farrell? :lol: )

I'll see it on the movie channels. If at all.
by SandChigger
Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:44 pm
Forum: Book Reviews
Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
Replies: 20
Views: 19229

Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair

Robspierre wrote:seemed to of used
Oh, Robbo, lad, sometimes you make me weep! :(

;) :lol:
by SandChigger
Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer
Replies: 41
Views: 42768

Re: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer

(Oh thank goodness: I was waiting to see if anyone came out on the other side before setting foot in there myself! :lol: )

I don't know for right or whack on this one, 'Rider, but your point of view, as well as the telling of the tale, is always worth the effort. :)
by SandChigger
Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

Whoa... definitely.

(Until you realize that's exactly how it looked to him. :shock: :lol: )
by SandChigger
Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer
Replies: 41
Views: 42768

Re: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer

Seriously? :shock:

Hence the "Sign our petition to get it in your theatres!" thing. ... :lol:
by SandChigger
Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

Says the owner of the avatar whose side view is not appreciably different from his front and whose flap is never shut. :P
by SandChigger
Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer
Replies: 41
Views: 42768

Re: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer

Ooh, but they'll look purdy!

And isn't that what it's all about now, the appearance? :lol:
by SandChigger
Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:00 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer
Replies: 41
Views: 42768

Re: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer

Omphalos wrote:The butler did her, right?
Oh hell, who didn't do her? :P
by SandChigger
Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:10 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

ZonSys wrote:In Stock.
We are not able to ship this item to your default shipping address.
MOFO BIOTCH! :angry-screaming:

:lol:
by SandChigger
Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:07 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer
Replies: 41
Views: 42768

Re: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer

Hmmm.

I know it's been at least 30 years since I read that. They do end up doing it, if I remember correctly.

:lol:
by SandChigger
Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:01 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

I finally broke down and bought a laptop. Congratulations! Welcome to the world of portability! :P This is fucking awesome! I can jack off practically anywhere now. :shock: Er, Freak, a laptop doesn't make you invisible , you know. ;) HBJ :laughing-rolling: MUCH better than what I came up with! :lol:
by SandChigger
Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:36 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

I finally broke down and bought a laptop. Congratulations! Welcome to the world of portability! :P Synching can be time consuming, but once you get the idea, setting it up can go quick. Yeah, it went pretty fast. The longest part of the process was authorizing the laptop for use of purchased items ...
by SandChigger
Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

I didn't bring it in with me to the office today (looks like I'm going to get to keep it, whoohoo! :dance: ), but I've downloaded iBooks, SketchBook, Tetris & Time FX and am going to take them home and try to install them from the MacBook. (Also downloaded the newest Safari to install on the MB,...
by SandChigger
Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:07 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
Replies: 540
Views: 1724421

Re: The saying "hello" thread.

Who's "the dark skin"? :? I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and assume he meant Black Pearl. You remember her, right? ;) [=One of the board themes?] I don't think italicizing it is doing what you want it to do. Either way, that's a mess 'o' Hyppos. HBJ, trying for a "hippopot...
by SandChigger
Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

Has anyone tried the Kindle for iPad thingie?
by SandChigger
Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

The iTunes account requires a credit card, but I've only actually purchased two apps in the years I've owned an iPhone. Right... but when I buy music I always log in with my MobileMe/DotMac account. (Did we have to enter the credit card info separately for iTunes? I forget.... :? ) Also, for Twitte...
by SandChigger
Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:12 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

I checked that during the set-up and I have the latest version of the iPad system already, so that's one less thing. But of course the new iTunes keeps bitching that it needs Safari 4-point-whatever to work properly. I went through that shit with the office machine when the iTunes Store suddenly sto...
by SandChigger
Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:28 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

Bloody hell. :twisted: I wish I'd opened the thing up in the office, rather than waiting till I got home. I had no idea you had to set the fucker up using the latest version of iTunes. Which I didn't have on my home machines yet. :roll: Took SIX FUCKING HOURS to download. :doh: Ah, but ain't it purd...
by SandChigger
Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:15 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

iPad & keyboard came this afternoon! :dance:

Will be gettin' jiggy with 'em tonight & tomorrow. :D
by SandChigger
Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:29 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Passwords
Replies: 9
Views: 11296

Re: Passwords

Has Ragabash had a look at the access logs to see where they're coming from (or pretending to come from)?
by SandChigger
Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:03 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 1992 interview with Brian Herbert and Marie Landis-Edwards
Replies: 11
Views: 9140

Re: 1992 interview with Brian Herbert and Marie Landis-Edwards

Oh yeah! Tried to forget about that! :lol:
by SandChigger
Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 1992 interview with Brian Herbert and Marie Landis-Edwards
Replies: 11
Views: 9140

Re: 1992 interview with Brian Herbert and Marie Landis-Edwards

He needs an enema using a fire hose. :twisted:
by SandChigger
Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The OBR
Replies: 7
Views: 10031

Re: The OBR

No probs. ;)
by SandChigger
Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:49 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The OBR
Replies: 7
Views: 10031

Re: The OBR

Um, meant to mention that earlier: they still look that way to me. :(

(Safari 5.0.3 on this machine, probably 4-something on the laptop at home.)
by SandChigger
Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:51 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The OBR
Replies: 7
Views: 10031

Re: The OBR

Looks pretty sharp. :)
by SandChigger
Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:29 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: V: The Second Generation
Replies: 132
Views: 125718

Re: V: The Second Generation

I thought the initial previews looked kinda interesting, but that is all I've seen of the thing. (I looked around for reruns while I was home back last year, but never found anything.)

Oh well.
by SandChigger
Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:27 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay
Replies: 12
Views: 10512

Re: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay

Yeah, it really pisses me off that a fucking hack and a half-braindead zombie get to decide what the world can and cannot see of FH's materials.

And that everything they do release is only in a form half-digested and shat explosively from their "creative" bowels. :evil:
by SandChigger
Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:18 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

So there were just six episodes in the first season?

What was the reason for that again? :?
by SandChigger
Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:37 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay
Replies: 12
Views: 10512

Re: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay

Thanks, Nekhrun! I got to thinking last night that, seeing how it's the Winds tour stuff, I may have downloaded all those videos back when they were first uploaded. I'll check the office machine again tomorrow. KJA,"A lot of them (the notes) were just doodles, they didn't mean a lot." I wo...
by SandChigger
Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:13 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay
Replies: 12
Views: 10512

Re: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay

Seems to be loading, but that's 13 MB and there's no way I'm waiting for that here at home. I'll try it from the office again on Wednesday. (By the way, did YouTube change their format again, preventing you from downloading their videos? It used to be easy to download things in .flv format through t...
by SandChigger
Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:47 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay
Replies: 12
Views: 10512

Re: 2008 Macmillan, link, three video interviews & essay

Those videos don't want to load and play for me for some reason. :?

Could you get the information and post it here?
by SandChigger
Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:21 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: Fantasy Book Critic Interview with KJA 13Feb2008
Replies: 7
Views: 6484

Re: Fantasy Book Critic Interview with KJA 13Feb2008

It's all about selling, selling yourself and selling your product. Sell sell sell sell sell! :roll: Browsing through reviews, the novel received sort of a mixed response. What reviews of Sandworms were there, even? The usual Publishers Weekly one-paragraph blurb, probably something from Booklist and...
by SandChigger
Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:11 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: Fantasy Book Critic Interview with KJA 13Feb2008
Replies: 7
Views: 6484

Re: Fantasy Book Critic Interview with KJA 13Feb2008

Well it couldn't possibly be HIS fault, now could it?! :lol:
by SandChigger
Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:56 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: Fantasy Book Critic Interview with KJA 13Feb2008
Replies: 7
Views: 6484

Re: Fantasy Book Critic Interview with KJA 13Feb2008

I think I remember reading this one...
by SandChigger
Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

TextEdit also opens most stuff, including the .docx format. I used to let the synchronization stuff handle transferring stuff to my iDisk, but then it started eating up too much processor time and disk space, so now I just use my FTP client (Transmit) to access it and transfer stuff; much, much fast...
by SandChigger
Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:59 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16370

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

How rude. :snooty:

Ah, almost makes me miss the days on boards of yore, when a forceful masculine moderator would brusquely bend your posts over and have their way with them!


Anyone else miss Arrakeen and Hyppo? :lol:
by SandChigger
Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:43 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: SG: U
Replies: 6
Views: 8218

Re: SG: U

I was completely UNinterested in Atlantis when it started, but ended up watching a lot of it just because there'd be nothing else on. The one episode of Universe I've seen, while back this year, looked much, much better.

Oh well. :roll:
by SandChigger
Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:07 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16370

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

That probably pretty much sums it up. :)
Hunchback Jack wrote:Are there any other references to Paul of Dune in the other nu-Dune books, Chig?
Sorry, HBJ, forgot to answer this one earlier: No, there are no other references in nu-Dune/McDune that I remember or can find by searching my files. :)
by SandChigger
Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:51 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16370

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

Nice! :D I didn't see that in the epigraph text at all. But you know, that makes me wonder now if it isn't really something they found in the Notes and appropriated. It sounds like it might have been a fairly common meme in the early sixties (like "May you live in interesting times" is now...
by SandChigger
Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:15 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16370

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

KJA: ... We also plan to do another trilogy about Paul Atreides, and maybe something more with the Butlerian Jihad time frame. They may have had everything planned and mapped out from the beginning, or very soon after they started working together. (Or Kevin may have.) I was going through my file v...
by SandChigger
Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:50 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16370

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

:shock: Cancer of the eyes? Ouch, that's rude! :lol: It's the tongue you have to aim for, though. Take that out and he'll have to spend years learning to type. Best thing of all, though, is it will break his spirit! :P I didn't know he was married before this, either. Someone should track her down. ;)
by SandChigger
Fri Dec 31, 2010 3:57 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16370

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

They're all obviously sycophants. No, I'm thinking they're leeches, too. I mean, do you honestly think Jabecca's father and sister are reading the manuscripts FOR FREE?! ;) Boy oh boy, the Andersons & Moisties really lucked into it when Kevin landed that Dune gig, huh? And don't forget all the ...
by SandChigger
Thu Dec 30, 2010 7:11 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16370

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

He's a year younger than I am, so he's 48 now. (Wikipedia says: "born March 27, 1962") And I wish ypu'd stop calling me "Mow". :snooty: Nyak-nyak-nyak! Whoooopooopooopooopooooo! (A CNN report the other night used a clip from an old Three Stooges movie and I've had this terrible h...
by SandChigger
Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:21 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: BBC Zombie Drama: Dead Set
Replies: 4
Views: 6597

Re: BBC Zombie Drama: Dead Set

I wasn't around in the States to see this, but I think I've mentioned that last year when I was back I watched and quite liked the first season of that Being Human series about the vampire, werewolf and ghost sharing a flat. I caught a couple of episodes of the second season while I was back this ye...
by SandChigger
Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:00 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16370

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

We wrote the novel straight through, though it'll be published in two (more-conveniently-sized) 700-page novels, Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune. :hand: They wrote the "Dune 7" novel "straight through"?! Funny, that's not exactly how I remember it playing out... :think:
by SandChigger
Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:56 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy
Replies: 27
Views: 16370

Re: 2006 SF Site interview by Killian Melloy

In my early 20s, I had a brief and unhappy marriage to a complete Mundane, who had no aspirations beyond working a day job, living in a tract home, and bowling on Thursdays; I could have decided to give up my dreams and stay in that dull life. I'm glad I made the right decisions, for the most part....
by SandChigger
Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

Try to find a prettier one, though, eh! :lol:
by SandChigger
Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:21 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

:lol:

A jelloid future is thine! :P
by SandChigger
Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:03 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

Omphalos wrote:The virtual keyboard that is native to the iPad, Smartass. :wink:

I have not purchased a wireless yet.
:lol:

OK, I thought I'd read somewhere that you had bought a Bluetooth keyboard for it. Or was that Robbo? I get you two confused all the time. Must be the manskirts. :P
by SandChigger
Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

Omphalos wrote:I've tried everything I can think of. The problem is that this keyboard has no arrow keys.
:shock:

Did you think of trying to buy a new keyboard? ;) :P

(Or was this the new keyboard? What kind of keyboard doesn't have arrow keys? WTF?!)
by SandChigger
Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

Sounds like a glitch in the browser software. Great. :roll: (I'm assuming you've tried moving the cursor down into the invisible part of the edit field. Or dragging while highlighting? Those sometimes work for me on a regular Mac if the software's acting up. [Usually in some other app, not a browser...
by SandChigger
Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:50 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Merry Christmas!!!
Replies: 16
Views: 21433

Re: Merry Christmas!!!

Cherry Mistmass, every one! :P
by SandChigger
Sat Dec 25, 2010 2:56 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Merry Christmas!!!
Replies: 16
Views: 21433

Re: Merry Christmas!!!

Chinese seafood for Christmas? That's almost as odd as the Kentucky Fried Chicken and cake for Christmas Eve that the Japanese do. :shock: (They were already lined up grabbing their pick-up orders at the KFC down on the main drag when I went to fill up the car around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. Later ...
by SandChigger
Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:18 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
Replies: 23
Views: 16999

Re: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome

Freakzilla wrote:Blood and Chrome? Sounds like a defensive driving class video.
:lol:

Seriously, though, FUCK Siffy.

Spinoffs are just another form of the "Remake Disease". Feh.
by SandChigger
Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:00 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: SG: U
Replies: 6
Views: 8218

Re: SG: U

I think The Hack Twatted about this the other day.

Siffy: Think STD-Brain-Damageder! :D
by SandChigger
Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:09 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: V: The Second Generation
Replies: 132
Views: 125718

Re: V: The Second Generation

Only in the Frankenstein sense. ;)
by SandChigger
Fri Dec 17, 2010 6:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Happy Birthday, Willis!
Replies: 4
Views: 7773

Re: Happy Birthday, Willis!

Sad that he's gone.

In addition to being very cool in his own right, he knew FH personally.

A lot of the people who can still say that are dicks with agendas. :cry:
by SandChigger
Fri Dec 17, 2010 6:20 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Battle: Los Angeles
Replies: 8
Views: 8689

Re: Battle: Los Angeles

Yep. And it doesn't help if you've been eating moon squid sashimi for years and washing it down with the purple cool-aid. (Marilyn's been pretty quiet this week. I bet she's writing another of her eighth-grade level "research" papers. :lol: )
by SandChigger
Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:03 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Happy Birthday, Willis!
Replies: 4
Views: 7773

Re: Happy Birthday, Willis!

:(
by SandChigger
Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:58 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Battle: Los Angeles
Replies: 8
Views: 8689

Re: Battle: Los Angeles

They can travel FTL, but they can't grow some potatoes? :lol: You just reminded me of Marilyn in the Aliens forum over on Amazon: when asked why the ships of these super-advanced aliens who can whoooosh across the galaxy (or through inter-dimensional wormholes) seem to crash so often, she claims it...
by SandChigger
Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:00 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Maid-droid
Replies: 17
Views: 23894

Re: Maid-droid

Hmm... good ide...er, I mean, question! :think:

Could be a... wide open field? ;)
by SandChigger
Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:22 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Maid-droid
Replies: 17
Views: 23894

Re: Maid-droid

"You're still too young to be thinking of such things, Young Master!"

:dance:
by SandChigger
Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:57 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Maid-droid
Replies: 17
Views: 23894

Re: Maid-droid

Oh dear. :roll:
by SandChigger
Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New gizmo
Replies: 108
Views: 124945

Re: New gizmo

Hey, is it true they still don't have the MultiFinder on them? (That you can't run more than one app at a time?) A friend told me that a while back and I had really checked into it myself; kinda cooled my interest. (Was going to blow my research budget on getting one to play around with. ;) )
by SandChigger
Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:42 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New Film: Skyline
Replies: 29
Views: 27793

Re: New Film: Skyline

That's what I was thinking, from watching the (three) trailers: a (hopefully) fun, fast-paced, throw-popcorn-at-the-screen scifi groaner! :D And I DO mean groaner, because I could tell just from the trailer that there's gonna be LOADS of silly "science". :roll: (Like, an alien "grabbe...
by SandChigger
Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:36 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Battle: Los Angeles
Replies: 8
Views: 8689

Battle: Los Angeles

Just watched the two trailers for this. Looks like adventure/splatter fun with alien machines! Due out in March. Oddly enough, it also looks to be based on an "It was UFOs, Billy Bob!" interpretation of the same WW II incident that that Skyline flick in the other thread was based on. Heard...
by SandChigger
Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:32 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New Film: Skyline
Replies: 29
Views: 27793

Re: New Film: Skyline

Has anyone seen this? Evidently it came out (straight to DVD?) in November?
by SandChigger
Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:08 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Saw the Merl's hand/Latino stand-off episode last night. I was REALLY irritated when they withdrew to think things over, but then the twisty changed my mind and it was pretty cool. And the end was great, except for that wee voice in me head going, "How fucking lame is it that they had NO ONE on...
by SandChigger
Sat Dec 04, 2010 2:12 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

I imagine you know LOTS of things I don't know.

But what ya gots to aks yourself is... is it gonna bother me? ;)

:lol:
by SandChigger
Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:40 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: date unknown Simon & Schuster, disgusting fluff interview
Replies: 14
Views: 10783

Re: date unknown Simon & Schuster, disgusting fluff interview

Will never happen. :naughty: What we need to do is find someone who would be willing to lure KJA into a face-to-face interview, at a con or other appearance, and then just totally bushwhack the fucker. :twisted: Sure, the coward would probably get up and walk, but even THAT would be fun to publicize...
by SandChigger
Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:10 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Omphalos wrote:I wanna know what happens in {censored}.
You're not cute.

You do know that, right?

Not at all.

Just wanted you to know that. :snooty:



:lol:
by SandChigger
Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:03 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: date unknown Simon & Schuster, disgusting fluff interview
Replies: 14
Views: 10783

Re: date unknown Simon & Schuster, disgusting fluff interview

Omphalos wrote:How about "e-mail interview" for the type of thing you did with Spinrad, and "form interview" for the other kind?
That sounds pretty good, actually. :)
by SandChigger
Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:01 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Yeah, I'm still watching it. I think the last episode I saw was the one where at the end they go back to get Merrill (sp?/that his name, or the bro?) on the rooftop and the dumbfuck had sawed his own hand off to escape. (You know what FH would say about that .) That kinda killed a little of my enthu...
by SandChigger
Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:02 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Terra Nova
Replies: 14
Views: 13988

Re: Terra Nova

Who, me? :shock:

Wasn't planning on it! :lol:

I figure if nothing else, my hate of stupidity will keep me going a LONG time. ;)
by SandChigger
Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:14 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Man in the High Castle miniseries
Replies: 22
Views: 17377

Re: Man in the High Castle miniseries

D & d.
by SandChigger
Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:17 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Man in the High Castle miniseries
Replies: 22
Views: 17377

Re: Man in the High Castle miniseries

:lol:

And yet... many apparently still do not know Dick...
by SandChigger
Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:41 pm
Forum: Book Reviews
Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
Replies: 20
Views: 19229

Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair

Hmm... interesting, but I think I'll pass. :|


(By the way, you know that thing you do with sparing on the apostrophes in contractions? You should have done it again, but didn't, in the last line. ;) )
by SandChigger
Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:03 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Tron
Replies: 20
Views: 18712

Re: Tron

Another one where the new CG tech demo aspect is more important than the story, like Avatar?

My impression from one trailer viewing is that I'll probably wait for it on the little screen. ;)
by SandChigger
Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:38 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Tron
Replies: 20
Views: 18712

Re: Tron

I just saw my first trailer for Tron 3-D.

Hmm... :think:

(Was there a newer thread about this one? Or is it over on Jacurutu?)
by SandChigger
Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:10 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 28 July 1999, space.com, KJA
Replies: 8
Views: 9179

Re: 28 July 1999, space.com, KJA

Hunchback Jack wrote:What do you think this means???
His mouth was on autopilot and no one knew how to stop it. Him. Whatever. ;)
by SandChigger
Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:31 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 31 July 1999, space.com, BH, very short
Replies: 4
Views: 5753

Re: 31 July 1999, space.com, BH, very short

I think he put that same spiel in Dreamer . I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't his way of trying to take a little credit for there being a "Dune 7" outline: "Look, world! If it wasn't for me, we might not have this wonderful two or three page outline that you'll never ever get to see...
by SandChigger
Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:25 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 28 July 1999, space.com, KJA
Replies: 8
Views: 9179

Re: 28 July 1999, space.com, KJA

Why the hell should he? Soon he'll have written TWICE as many "DUNE" books as FH!

:cry:
by SandChigger
Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:17 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 31 July 1999, space.com, BH, very short
Replies: 4
Views: 5753

Re: 31 July 1999, space.com, BH, very short

He never has been much of one for the interviews, has he? :roll:
It took him five years (from 1958 to 1963) to write the novel.
"But we're going to try to do ten times that in only twice the time!" :evil:
by SandChigger
Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:14 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 28 July 1999, space.com, KJA
Replies: 8
Views: 9179

Re: 28 July 1999, space.com, KJA

This is something that I'm putting so much effort in - and Brian is too - because, let's face it, to have the audacity to write a book with 'Dune' on the cover, you have to deliver something good.
May his cock cleave to the roof of his mouth! :evil:
by SandChigger
Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:50 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Oh... not even 5 minutes in and he blew away a little blonde bint... YESSSSSSSS! :dance: (Payback for characters like that screamy little bitch in the War of the Worlds remake, etc. :D ) Edit: Just finished. Kewl. :D Evidently they cut a bunch of the truly grotesque scenes (according to the complain...
by SandChigger
Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:10 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Just a little over seven hours to go! :dance:
by SandChigger
Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:01 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

I can't get one past you, can I? :P
by SandChigger
Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:25 am
Forum: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Topic: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Replies: 192
Views: 554529

Re: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography

Guillemets? I thought that was French for "Williams". :P
by SandChigger
Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:22 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

:lol: Isn't it a bitch when someone quotes you before you can correct the mistake yourself? Idn't it a bitch when someone quotes you before you can correct the mistake yourself? Bitch! Got me, myself! :twisted: (What's funny is that's how I really say it. :P ) Anyway, Day of the Dead ruled. Dead of ...
by SandChigger
Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:09 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Damn... there's always some catch. :(
by SandChigger
Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:42 pm
Forum: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Topic: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Replies: 192
Views: 554529

Re: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography

Je pense que... non. ;)

(Pourquoi écrit-il tout le monde le français en italique?!)
by SandChigger
Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:35 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

First epi tomorrow (Friday) night at... 25:00. (Isn't that fucking clever? :roll: ) Looks like that and Sunday nite at 8:00 are going to be the regular time slots. I'm not really all that into zombies, but this looks kinda fun and, well, I guess Omph has kinda rubbed off on me. :P (His "enthusi...
by SandChigger
Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:31 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Man in the High Castle miniseries
Replies: 22
Views: 17377

Re: Man in the High Castle miniseries

Still Dicking around? :roll:
by SandChigger
Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:43 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Man in the High Castle miniseries
Replies: 22
Views: 17377

Re: Man in the High Castle miniseries

:doh:

Dick obsessed.
by SandChigger
Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:42 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

And become a zombie! :P

The kids might think that was cool. For a few days... :o
by SandChigger
Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:36 pm
Forum: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Topic: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Replies: 192
Views: 554529

Re: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography

Well... it's hardly what I would call "fan labor". (The only way I could see to justify that would be to say that, well, at least someone thought to do one on Dune-related articles, so they might be a fan of Dune. But one of those companies literally had nearly 10,000 different titles avai...
by SandChigger
Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:05 am
Forum: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Topic: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Replies: 192
Views: 554529

Re: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography

Oh, hell, don't bother! Don't you know about these guys? There are several outfits doing it, besides Books LLC, at least one based in India that I know of. They just take a bunch of articles from Wikipedia, usually linked by some topic or theme, and offer them in printed & bound form. And usuall...
by SandChigger
Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:54 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Still five more days to go over here. :(
by SandChigger
Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:53 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Avatar Trailer
Replies: 157
Views: 120061

Re: Avatar Trailer

Well... that's not something I really wanted to be reading before bed, let me tell you. :shock:
by SandChigger
Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:05 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Avatar Trailer
Replies: 157
Views: 120061

Re: Avatar Trailer

Meh. If it's going to be more of the same sanctimonious bullshit, I'll pass.
by SandChigger
Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:05 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Sears Zombie Page
Replies: 2
Views: 7304

Re: Sears Zombie Page

Sweet! :lol:
by SandChigger
Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:02 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
Replies: 23
Views: 16999

Re: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome

Thanks, Mandy! :) Syfy is run by a bunch of idiots. Well, we've kinda known that since the name change. ;) I managed to catch one SGU episode while I was back this year. (The one where the ship is on a collision course with a star and running out of power, so they do a lottery to see who gets to go ...
by SandChigger
Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:30 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
Replies: 23
Views: 16999

Re: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome

So Caprica ended up with two seasons, or just one? :?
by SandChigger
Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:15 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Terra Nova
Replies: 14
Views: 13988

Re: Terra Nova

To an end of September message on Facebook.
by SandChigger
Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:10 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
Replies: 23
Views: 16999

Re: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome

Moore's not even a blip on my radar. I just thought the scenario for Caprica sounded like it was going to suffer from KJA/Legends-style "time compression" & "character incest": important events all occurred within an implausibly short period of time, and everyone who turned o...
by SandChigger
Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:25 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Terra Nova
Replies: 14
Views: 13988

Re: Terra Nova

He hasn't exactly been inactive: he evidently did the soundtrack for The Expendables. That was out this summer, right? :?: :?: :?:
by SandChigger
Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:32 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Terra Nova
Replies: 14
Views: 13988

Re: Terra Nova news...

Brian Tyler slated to score Terra Nova

From October 7th; posted by the admin of the Tyler fan page on FB.
by SandChigger
Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:04 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
Replies: 23
Views: 16999

Re: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome

:roll:

Go Siffy. (yawn)

Remind me, did Caprica turn out to be any good, or just shit?
by SandChigger
Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:02 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Man in the High Castle miniseries
Replies: 22
Views: 17377

Re: Man in the High Castle miniseries

Cool! :D

MitHC IS my favorite Dick book EVAH.
by SandChigger
Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:38 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Replies: 105
Views: 104518

Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

I actually saw a short preview ad for this the other day. Just checked Wikipedia and it says the show is to premier the first week of November on various Fox International channels. I don't know if that means they'll really start it up then or not (I didn't catch a date when I saw the ad), because i...
by SandChigger
Sat Oct 02, 2010 5:18 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Event
Replies: 13
Views: 12112

Re: The Event

Why did I first read that last as "I'm going to have to get on her in there." :shock:


Sure, I've a naturally dirty mind, but I think the last couple of years have primed me to expect that sort of comment from you.

:shifty:
by SandChigger
Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:07 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Event
Replies: 13
Views: 12112

Re: The Event

:lol:

Well, if they had some sort of Prime Directive, they blew it out the window with the jet routine, huh? ;)
by SandChigger
Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:21 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Event
Replies: 13
Views: 12112

Re: The Event

They confirmed the prisoners are "not of terrestrial origin," which was of course a prime suspicion during the first episode. Yeah, that wasn't too much of a leap, was it? :) If I were still back in the States, though, I don't know if finding out about it this soon would kill a lot of the...
by SandChigger
Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:38 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Eden Log
Replies: 4
Views: 6880

Re: Eden Log

Omphalos wrote:A power generating tree? Sounds like Blish's A Case of Conscience.
I was thinking the same thing, having just read it this summer, but after watching the video decided there wasn't that much in the way of a similarity. :D
by SandChigger
Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:37 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Big Bang Theory
Replies: 8
Views: 10355

Re: The Big Bang Theory

Okay. I guess I'm going to show my geekness now, but who watches the Big Bang Theory (sitcom) and what do you think about it? Who's ready for the season premier later on tonight? Well, I've only seen the first season so far (evidently they started season 2 this month, but of course I was back in th...
by SandChigger
Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:49 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: The Event
Replies: 13
Views: 12112

Re: The Event

I watched it. Only really enjoyed the last three or four minutes.

Skipped around worse than a McDune book. Maybe it'll get better, but since I'm flying back on Thursday morning, I won't know unless you tell me. :lol:
by SandChigger
Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:49 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)
Replies: 10
Views: 9814

Re: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)

There were also alternate scenes and endings for Messiah . I thought they were great, either way. Not canon, though. I've always wondered about how "pure" they are: whether "someone" has taken the opportunity to tweak or "improve" them. Teg claims they're all from Fulle...
by SandChigger
Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:13 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Zombieland?
Replies: 30
Views: 29884

Re: Zombieland?

Is this out on DVD? I'm assuming it is but haven't made it round to Blockbusters yet this year. :D
by SandChigger
Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:02 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)
Replies: 10
Views: 9814

Re: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)

Wait, were they all "alternate drafts"? Some were passages cut for the serialization, right? Would those qualify as "drafts"? Not trying to be stroppy, just curious and I don't think I have a copy of RtD here... :? (Too many books... I seem to remember picking up a copy of the pa...
by SandChigger
Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:46 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)
Replies: 10
Views: 9814

Re: 2005: Preface to The Road to Dune (w/ KJA)

The Herbert Family, and Brian Herbert in particular, are literary criminals. There should be laws that would abrogate their inheritance rights and enable their prosecution.
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:50 pm
Forum: Book Reviews
Topic: Matter by Iain M. Banks
Replies: 59
Views: 46788

Re: Matter by Iain M. Banks

:doh:

SHOOT me now! :lol:
by SandChigger
Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:46 am
Forum: The Orthodox Herbertarian Jihad
Topic: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?
Replies: 31
Views: 27946

Re: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?

I shat figuratively on Brian Herbert's fuzzy head as I passed over Port Elizabeth and Seattle at around 3:30 AM their local time. We passed too far south of Denver to do the same again later on KJA's. :twisted:
by SandChigger
Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:37 pm
Forum: The Orthodox Herbertarian Jihad
Topic: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?
Replies: 31
Views: 27946

Re: The Safe Deposit Box, Why would they lie?

Even though she (Beverly Herbert ) died in 1984, I am certain that she guided me to meet Kevin J. Anderson in 1997, and that she approved of us as a writing team enough to show us where to find missing notes that were needed to resume the Dune series. Science Fiction Weekly Issue 350 http://www.syf...
by SandChigger
Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:38 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 25/05/2008 SFX, Jonathan Wright, KJA int. spin-off fiction
Replies: 6
Views: 6955

Re: 25/05/2008 SFX, Jonathan Wright, KJA int. spin-off fiction

Sev wrote:
KJA wrote:in medieval Japan
Er, 'no-technology' in the 'House' trilogy???
Iie, chigaimasu! Sore wa Noh-tekku desu!

Image

:P
by SandChigger
Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:13 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: SciFi.com. 2000. SciFi Chat transcript
Replies: 3
Views: 4599

Re: SciFi.com. 2000. SciFi Chat transcript

Moderator: Can you type, Brian and/or Kevin???
Brian-and-Kevin: Yes!

Moderator: Great!
:doh:
by SandChigger
Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:16 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2010 Peter Orullian, Kev is a class guy
Replies: 2
Views: 3997

Re: 2010 Peter Orullian, Kev is a class guy

I like almost everything Dan Simmons writes.
Must be why he pinched so much of the Hyperion books for his own S7S. :roll:
by SandChigger
Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:06 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2006 by Sandy Auden, 7 Suns only
Replies: 3
Views: 4447

Re: 2006 by Sandy Auden

merkin muffley wrote:Hack. Whore. Cheeseball.
Mind if I Tweet that at him later? :lol:
(Hi DPope, good to see you here! :D )
Quite. :)
by SandChigger
Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:58 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2005 Lynne Jamneck, Writers-World
Replies: 4
Views: 5111

Re: 2005 Lynne Jamneck, Writers-World

Yeah, I'm just a failed wannabe-writer, consumed by jealously of fat boy. :roll:

:lol:
by SandChigger
Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:56 pm
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: June 04, 2009 John Ottinger III, TOR interview
Replies: 4
Views: 4802

Re: June 04, 2009 John Ottinger III, TOR interview

Ottinger is a complete, butt-sucking shill.
by SandChigger
Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:48 am
Forum: Byron Merritt
Topic: 2004: Russian FanSite Interview
Replies: 5
Views: 6457

Re: 2004: Russian FanSite Interview

I got as far as the "there wouldn't be any market demand for the notes" part and couldn't go on; there's just so much bullshit you can read in one sitting.
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:17 pm
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 1999: Afterword from Dune: House Atreides
Replies: 10
Views: 8961

Re: 1999: Afterword from Dune: House Atreides

So there may be even more lies to the thing than we've previously suspected. Wonderful. :roll:
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:05 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2001: infinity plus
Replies: 9
Views: 6708

Re: 2001: infinity plus

there's one I can't find right now, cause I'm kinda toasted, but Keith poo-poos the idea of "other writers" doing Dune stories, because they've got Brian's concordance and Dune is so complex and vast and the less experienced would have trouble keeping facts straight and end up publishing ...
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:00 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 1999: Afterword from Dune: House Atreides
Replies: 10
Views: 8961

Re: 1999: Afterword from Dune: House Atreides

Good god, man, even I wouldn't have the stamina for that. :shock: :lol:
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:18 am
Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
Topic: 2001: infinity plus
Replies: 9
Views: 6708

Re: 2001: infinity plus

What better proof that he just doesn't get it? :roll:
by SandChigger
Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:37 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2007: Sci Fi Week WebChat
Replies: 2
Views: 4102

Re: 2007: Sci Fi Week WebChat

Even Anderfuck doesn't get that it's TWENTY-THOUSAND PLUS YEARS IN THE FUTURE. :roll:
by SandChigger
Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:55 am
Forum: Brian Herbert
Topic: 2003: Fed2K Website Interview
Replies: 2
Views: 3970

Re: 2003: Fed2K Website Interview

Go ahead and put him in the "rubber room" already. :roll:

And Byron's really getting a lot of the experience he'll need to write Dune in the future working in the ER and writing film reviews. :roll:

Assholes.
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:47 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35254

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

Well, this one's gonna be "Battleship vs Aliens" so how about "Battleship vs Pride & Predators"? :shock:

(OK, maybe I skipped a step. :P )

With zombies! :dance:
by SandChigger
Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:03 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Feedback
Replies: 189
Views: 461241

Re: Feedback

I'd forgotten all about that! :D

In Fremen it's Harbarti (fem. Harbartiyya) :P
by SandChigger
Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:39 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 8
Views: 10790

Re: Total Recall Remake

Not at all: I can live without Hollywood.

I'm starting to think our media-avoiding mystic friend down in South Africa has the right idea. ;)
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:38 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35254

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

Sev wrote:there's no way I'm going to explain that game to a board of Americans :hand:
Oh thank GOD! :lol:
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:28 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Sunshine(: 2057) ... AKA Boyle's Boil
Replies: 24
Views: 19186

Re: Sunshine(: 2057) ... AKA Boyle's Boil

:lol:

God, what a SHIT movie. :D
by SandChigger
Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:26 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Total Recall Remake
Replies: 8
Views: 10790

Re: Total Recall Remake

Oh, just FUCK Hollywood.
by SandChigger
Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:59 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35254

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

Eyes High wrote:He taught me quiet
Now if lotek had posted that my response would have been an immediate "Oh, if only!" :lol:

(Mais nous aimons notre petit ami franglais! :D [Quoi? C'est francais + anglais, non? :P ])
by SandChigger
Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:53 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Sol - Looks interesting
Replies: 3
Views: 5764

Re: Sol - Looks interesting

Definite DVD or satellite/cable fare. :)
by SandChigger
Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Books in the pile
Replies: 947
Views: 6573065

Re: Books in the pile

:lol:

Yeah. And I read that one slowly, starting in mid- or late December, IIRC. Brrrrrrrr! :D
by SandChigger
Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Books in the pile
Replies: 947
Views: 6573065

Re: Books in the pile

Cool!

(Literally. :shock: )

That's the really cool (again) thing about both The Terror and Drood: the RESEARCH Simmons obviously put into them, and how he wove his stories around the historical facts. You know he did more than just take a cruise and ham-fist the ambience into a recorder. ;)
by SandChigger
Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:02 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35254

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

I knew that one! :dance: :snooty:
by SandChigger
Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:50 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35254

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

Live dangerously and choose Door #2, Monty! :P
by SandChigger
Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:10 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35254

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

His comments about what he planned to do with DUNE already had that covered.

Life is a series of trade-offs; he was given the choice between fucking up a film or doing a fuck-up film with a film he wants to do guaranteed afterwards. And he chose wisely. :lol:
by SandChigger
Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:37 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New Film: Skyline
Replies: 29
Views: 27793

Re: New Film: Skyline

Oh well. Back to the OP... To be honest, I didn't bother looking at the linked stuff this morning. The pic is pretty, but... "two of the characters getting an eyeful of some really alien-looking ships in the Los Angeles skyline." Yeah, about those ships... kinda hard to tell how big they'r...
by SandChigger
Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:20 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35254

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

Um, gave up DUNE to do a movie being pushed by the studio in exchange for the promise of their support for a movie of his own he really wants to make. According to one story.

Doesn't change the fact that he's a dick and would have fucked up DUNE on the screen almost as bad as KJA has been doing. ;)
by SandChigger
Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 2010 Comicon News
Replies: 5
Views: 8291

Re: 2010 Comicon News

The Stallone movie was a hoot: Max von Sydow walks into the desert... WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?! :lol: :dance: :shifty:

You just had to watch it in the right frame of mind: brain unplugged! :D

But someone remake it, or make a new episode?
:hand: :naughty: :snooty:
by SandChigger
Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:11 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
Replies: 35
Views: 35254

Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)

GO HOLLYWOOD! :lol:
by SandChigger
Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:10 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: New Film: Skyline
Replies: 29
Views: 27793

Re: New Film: Skyline

Cloverfield. Have mercy that was terrible. Really? I quite liked it, actually. :D When was that, summer before last? Got it along with that PoS The Mist . We cleaned up so much puke from that damn movie... Huh? From the shakey-cam stuff? I didn't think there was anything gross enough to puke over.....
by SandChigger
Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:47 am
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Life on Mars
Replies: 24
Views: 18718

Re: Life on Mars

I actually got to liking the UK version by the middle of the first season (all I've seen of it thus far), but I found the US remake completely unwatchable.

Anglophile snob, what can I say. :snooty:
by SandChigger
Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:27 pm
Forum: Genre TV and Movies
Topic: Zombieland?
Replies: 30
Views: 29884

Re: Zombieland?

Yeah. And what I hate about Japanese voice actors ( seiyû ) is that it's so painfully obvious that they all wanted to be REAL actors so BAD ... but were just too cellulite-butt-bump ugly to make it in anything except Elephant Man revivals. :shock: So they overcompensate with the voice ACTING. So eve...

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