Evil Genius

Wow, that looks unbelievable.

"Toys can change the world"

So, uh, why is she also waving a rainbow flag? That is one confused lady.

EDIT: I was never great with irony.

You've gotta be pretty screwed up to one day think "Hmmm... I wonder what's the best way to annihilate a gummy bear?"

Um... Turkey isn't a member state until possibly 2012...

EDIT: Just read the whole post

I'd better brush up on my Welsh to get in on the action

hehe, I just started Green Mars! You know how sometimes you have to read a whole trilogy back to back?

The real human tragedy is that someone else's morality and sense of justice that is in the majority will over-rule your own. We see the case where Federal law supersedes that of local law for better or worse. The only absolute solution is to move, but a majority of people can't do that either. So, ...

I've never been called an extremist before... :sweat: I would have thought "we have to stop the US" was the extreme view. I guess "counterbalance" was the wrong word to use if it suggests that. Maybe "exert a steadying influence" is more appropriate. I'm no political sc...

You read the daily express psi??? I particularly love how they bring immigration into every vaguely political article.

EU Superstate's the way forward though. We need some coherence for the power to counterbalance US foreign policy

I read a brief review of Man Plus, it sounds cool. Frederick Pohl seems to be obscure enough that most of his books are missing Wikipedia entries. Thats quite a recommendation I read Jem a while back, that was really trippy stuff about intelligent clouds and stuff.

But come on... I'm far from a fan of Bush but you can't blame him for people not knowing the ninth month of the year. Or for failing to ask "Um, why do we call it 9-11?"

I wish paperbacks were cheap in Britain. £8 for a new one is just too much for me. But it won't be long til e-paper really kicks off and we can start downloading them for a pound or two I reckon. That'll be awesome

Nah, it's political again. The main guy is a diplomat of sorts. It's fascinating cos it focuses on individuals and big shifts in society too. Dick, Asimov and Clarke are among my favourites. I think Gibson can be great but he's often a bit samey. Like he stretches his ideas sometimes, you know? I've...

Yeah, I love it :D I actually became an engineer because of SF! I've been reading some cool 80's stuff in the last couple of years. Bruce Sterling in particular was awesome back then. You should read Schismatrix plus. It's a novel followed by a few short stories. The novel follows this one guy who e...

I thought it was pretty quick moving. Probably cos I read it all in one go! Anyway, any theories on where it's going? I kinda reckon Jin'll be switching sides to keep the players in line rather than exterminating them. He might even end up protecting them from richboy. I mean, most of them are just ...

I'm reading Red Mars. I tried back when I was a teenager but I didn't have the patience for it. It's totally awesome though. All good scifi needs a question to answer and this one's is "what would happen if 100 people tried to create a new world?" So these 100 people get sent off to coloni...

Yeah, that's definitely the best one I've ever seen. Usually they stop being funny after a few seconds but no...

Yeah that would work. Just be sure to stock up on ammo for his boomstick.

I don't think this technology related language warping is a phenomenon limited to English. It's slightly different but I know that many Japanese kids (up to and beyond 30 even) really struggle to write Kanji these days. There are about 2000 in everyday use but they always type phonetically on their ...

I think it's awesome. It's totally brutal in places but then Jin is really sweet. I also think it'll be interesting once that blonde kid is set up as a 'hero' for contrast with Jin.

What chapter's it up to in Japan anyway?

I've known a couple of doctors and physicists who didn't accept evolution. They didn't vocally refute it, just quietly kept it to themselves unless directly queried. And while I think that respectful debate on any subject is a good thing, perhaps it is better for them to adopt an air of detached mys...

Hi, I've been reading your berserk releases for a while. If you need someone for anything a little easier I'm up for some Japanese translation. Cheers.