So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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Ezekiel.
Actually, I’ve been reading Pandora’s Star by Peter F Hamilton— but taking a break halfway through (it’s a very long book) to read Rough Beasts of Empire. Actually really enjoying RBoE so far.
I never read Smallville books, are they good?
I’ve read 3 so far and 2 of them are pretty good. The other was okay but the story didn’t really go anywhere. They’re based off rejected scripts and so the characters feel like they should be from the show. The best part I like about them is reading the mind of the characters. Especially the Kryptonite infected. Gives you a better idea on what that stuff dies to their mind and why they act the way they do in most cases you see in the show.
It's funny. For years, Superman and I were like ships that kept crossing in the night. I had a chance to write a LOIS & CLARK book, but had to pass because of a scheduling conflict. Then I failed to land a SMALLVILLE gig, and there was also a SUPERMAN short-story anthology I didn't end up in for . . . reasons I can't remember.
But then the INFINITE CRISIS novelization came along, and eventually the MAN OF STEEL novelization, so . . . we connected at last!
But then the INFINITE CRISIS novelization came along, and eventually the MAN OF STEEL novelization, so . . . we connected at last!
I remember the one that C.J. Cherryh wrote. It was fairly good as a generic Superman novel, but it bore only a token resemblance to Lois & Clark's version of the continuity and characters, and touched very little on the core relationship that the show was named after. I have no doubt that yours would have been more authentic to the series.
As I recall, this would been for a series of YA novels. Not sure if they ever actually happened.
Just read Jonah this morning. Bit of a fish story.
And since then, I read the radiologist's report of my prostate MRI. What I can understand of it (no sign of anything with a high PI-RADS score, and lots of "unremarkable") suggests my prostate isn't cancerous, just . . . big. Waiting for my urologist to weigh in on it. Hopefully, it means there isn't a biopsy needle in my immediate future (for THAT, I'd want enough meperidine to knock me out and leave me unconscious for at least an hour after it's over, and I despise opiates and opioids).
About to read Micah (and no, it's not about Flint's "Mr. Brack" alter-ego).
BTW, is that new Picard audio drama clear of any season 2 spoilers?
And since then, I read the radiologist's report of my prostate MRI. What I can understand of it (no sign of anything with a high PI-RADS score, and lots of "unremarkable") suggests my prostate isn't cancerous, just . . . big. Waiting for my urologist to weigh in on it. Hopefully, it means there isn't a biopsy needle in my immediate future (for THAT, I'd want enough meperidine to knock me out and leave me unconscious for at least an hour after it's over, and I despise opiates and opioids).
About to read Micah (and no, it's not about Flint's "Mr. Brack" alter-ego).
BTW, is that new Picard audio drama clear of any season 2 spoilers?
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Thanks. The next time I have my Chromebook in the office, I'll go ahead and by the thing.
Just finished Nahum. Habakkuk is next. If a science fiction writer were to name a character Habakkuk, would anybody take it seriously?
Just finished Nahum. Habakkuk is next. If a science fiction writer were to name a character Habakkuk, would anybody take it seriously?
Well, Habakkuk is better than none.
I wrote an essay on Jonah for Humanities 101 in college. I submitted my paper with a hand-drawn cover parodying a JAWS movie poster with the tagline:
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Bible . . . ."
Got a note from the professor informing me that this was not appropriate for an academic paper.
Sounds like that professor had his or her sense of humor surgically removed. Or maybe just spent several days watching one Gilligan's Island rerun after another, and getting jabbed with a cattle prod at the first sign of laughter.
I wrote an essay on Jonah for Humanities 101 in college. I submitted my paper with a hand-drawn cover parodying a JAWS movie poster with the tagline:
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Bible . . . ."
Got a note from the professor informing me that this was not appropriate for an academic paper.
I’ve gone back to college to finish my undergrad at 38. Anytime I can open a paper with an appropriate Simpsons quote, I do it.
First Esdras. Coming up is Second Esdras, which makes Revelation look tame and rational.
I remember them being...fine. The Roger Stern one was good, obviously.
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