No Exceptions! (I met a awesome author today)
Posted Aug 7, 2011, 4:49 AM UTC
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This may be a silly a question, but is Rule 34 (the book) about Rule 34 (the rule of the internet)?
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yes and no. The Rule is explained properly but the book isn't really about it.
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We're reading this book in r/SF_Book_Club this month if you want to join the discussion.
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Looks like pretty good discussion; I was definitely wondering about people's take on the 2nd person perspective and there it is, being discussed. I'm an audiobook person, and Blackstone hasn't gotten around to Rule 34 yet. (Halting State only came out last year.)
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I've never tried listening to an audiobook. I find sitting and reading to be immensely enjoyable. I feel like listening to a book would be like watching a movie before reading the book: It would eliminate some of my imaginations perspectives.
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Some of that is probably fair. For me I just don't have time to sit and read very much, maybe a novel a month. (Full time job, wife, kids, friends, part-time job, ...) But I can work audiobooks into my day (commute, falling asleep, doing dishes, taking a walk) so I am able to "read" 3-4 more books a month that way. It's definitely much closer to the book experience than a movie experience by a long, long way. There are no pictures, and it takes longer than reading does instead of 1/10 as long. So there's actually a little more time to savor each sentence, each scene.
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If you ever want to catch up on the great classics of epic poetry (The Iliad, Beowulf, etc.), then audiobooks are absolutely the ideal format. Otherwise, I'm with you.
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Ooh.. you lucky thing!!! I was just telling a friend today all him and reading more of his blog. I finished reading all of his books and feel a bit at a loss. At least he does seem to write pretty fast ;)
I'm consoling myself with some Neal Stephenson.
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You have Reamde already? jealousy jealousy jealousy
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No no.. not yet. I'm actually finally starting on the Baroque cycle... I've put it off for ages. Now I can't put it down! Yay :D
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I've also met Neal Stephenson. I heard him speak at the Harvard COOP when I lived in Boston.
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Wow!
I watched his google talk the other day. He is extremely dry isn't he! I wonder if he lightens up in close company? Did he crack a smile even once?
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Yes, he was all smiles and super friendly to my daughters.
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Oh sweet :) Nice to know. Lucky you.. I don't think either of them are likely to come to New Zealand ;)
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TIL RelevantRule34's real name is apparently Charles Stross
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I'm super jealous. Also, happy cakeday!
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At Borderlands? Going to see Aliete de Bodard today?
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Yes, I went to Borderlands to meet him. I don't think we'll be making it down there again today. We just have too many chores =)
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I'm pretty jealous of the lineup Borderlands brings in. Lauren Beukes coming in from South Africa in a couple of weeks! Tad Williams next week; Ellen Datlow on the 24th; it's pretty much not fair. Except, well, the whole "city can actually support a store with events like this" thing.
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No exceptions, with the exception of Yotsuba&!
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I have also met Charles Stross! His brother owns a fabric company in my home town and my Dad set up their computers and got me a few summers worth of work. He dropped in one day and I was chatting to him, blissfully unaware of who he was.
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Ok, how is this book? The premise sounds insane, io9 recommended it during the beginning of the summer and it just sounds awesome. Recommended?
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Unless English is your second language, there is really no excuse for a reader to make mistakes with articles. Get it together already.
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There's such a thing as a typo, you know. No need for such aggression. If makes you sound like a asshole.
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It's not that aggressive. The most aggressive thing I said was "get it together." "Asshole" is aggressive.
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And about the "typo" excuse - if it's worth posting at all, to a Books forum no less, it's worth proof-reading first. Here we are discussing great achievements in writing while some people can't even get through a sentence without fucking up. Don't you think it's just a little embarrassing? It's not a games forum after all.
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Writing is a artfrom.
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I am of the opinion that it is not worth pointing out a typo or grammatical error unless you really cannot fully understand the sentence. Otherwise it's just petty.
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Your side's already won the day. Everyone agrees with you. That's why they are opening up the messages that Reddit has warned them they won't like and voting them down some more.
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Civility... rule 35 of the internet....
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I thought Rule 35 was, "If there isn't porn of it, someone will make it."
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No that's Rule 34 .. which is also the title of the book posted. I said just used Rule 35 as an ironic nerdy statement.
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Rule 34 - If it exists, there's porn of it.
Rule 35 - If there isn't porn of it, someone will make it.
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There wasn't anything all that uncivil about my message. I allowed that English may not be his / her first language. If you do speak English - no exceptions - you should know better than that. These things matter in "civilized" discourse.
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I'm guessing you said "no exceptions" as a reference to the title of the post, and weren't implying that human error simply doesn't exist.. right?
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Sorry.
lols. I'd have done the same :P Excitement and exhaustion are bastards.