JasonZavoda wrote:I've seen Martin. I'm betting he croaks before the next book is finished. Since I find him to be mediocre at best it is possible the could find a better writer to finish his work.
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:Indeed. He looks awful, and has for some time. (He was always pretty homely, though, so you've gotta figure that in...). I wouldn't take you up on that bet; I wouldn't be at all surprised. His writing's not that bad. I think he found his calling when he started writing for television (Beauty and the Beast, Twilight Zone), and maybe should have stuck with that. But that's sort of why ASoIaF works for me; it reads like a television series. I try to just forget it's supposed to be fantasy (it kinda fails at that in some ways) and enjoy it as a human drama. George gives good character, for all his other faults.
sauromatian wrote:Not as OT as we'd like:http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-25/tech ... _s=PM:TECH"The incident highlights a little-known fact about e-commerce sites such as Amazon: Often, people don't create and update prices; computer algorithms do."
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I see this all the time on Amazon. There's one international seller for instance (or multiple ones?) that goes under a variety of different names, but always has ridiculous prices listed on some OOP SF&F titles (like twice or more what is reasonable), and a feedback of 93-95%. People can't be paying these prices with that kind of reputation, so I long ago concluded that the prices were computer generated.
JohnGaunt wrote:Two joke reviews are on the Amazon page:. . . http://www.amazon.com/Making-Fly-Geneti ... 632030488/
FormCritic wrote:Check out this unintentionally funny line from the listing:Sell this book back for $2.34
Badmike wrote:News is reporting that Osama Bin Laden is DEAD....blown to pieces by a Predator drone. Good riddance, you piece of shit. Thumbs up to the military guys that are Acaeum members, whatever country you serve. Mike B.
Gnat the Beggar wrote:Not the first report of his death I have seen.Would not be at all surprised to see another Bin Laden Live Video surface soon, with next Wednesdays New York Times newspaper shown for proof of life.
Badmike wrote:Don't think they'd go live if it was just speculation. The dude is gone.Mike B.
Badmike wrote:News is reporting that Osama Bin Laden is DEAD....blown to pieces by ground forces. Good riddance, you piece of shit. Thumbs up to the military guys that are Acaeum members, whatever country you serve. Mike B.
