Let me hit you with one complete sentence from the book. From page 195:
"And in such essays as Reclus' 'Ouvrier, prends la machine!', with its loathing of artifice, suburbs and spiritual deracination, and medievalist longing, there was surely much for Morris to approve."
Have fun.
At least not as bad as reading Joyce. But still, oof.
"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht
the aurora I saw here a while back was different from the other times I've seen it. Fainter, since it's much farther south and well, in the middle of a city, but it was flitting across the sky with great speed. It was super cool.
when I saw that one, I spent 7 hours at night freezing my fucking ass off because I had locked myself out. The time before that was day 10 of an exercise and it was balls cold and I was so very, very, very sick of field rations and waking up in a slightly damp and cold sleeping bag every time.
totally worth it both times. If I had to tent outside for a month I would consider it time well spent if I got to see the northern lights like they were that time in the army.
reading bad machinery again from the start - after reading scary go round again from the start this weekend - is a good way to start the day.
Bad Machinery is getting a proper book release sometime soon from Oni press. I think he's revised some of the art and generally brushed things up.
For me BM is head and shoulders above SGR in terms of writing, art and general polish.
oh, yeah.
Still though, SGR is wonderful.
Such a strangely melancholy end.
Melancholy which is mostly healed by reading on. Ryan and Amy are wonderful in BM. Also there's giant days! Which is no longer availible on-site.
I would consider buying his comic books. It would be the first of the sort in my collection.
Man Allison is just so good at characters.
also:
Sarkozy: "Monsieur Lovelace, do you know why I married Carla Bruni?"
Lovelace: "Because she's physically flawless, wealthy and intellectual?"
Sarkozy: "Non, non, non. If you write ze 2nd "r" very small, she is "Carla Bunny".
or well the main characters and their families were changed somewhat from their appearances in SGR.
in BM I love them all. Although a bit of that... everyone are pretty lovable people thing was in there with shauna's bigger brother whose main skills was according to shauna, spitting and loitering but he was still charming.
also: currently investigating if this character is a returning character or non. Will report back.
preliminary findings:
The typical train driver is a man called Mike, 41, who once bought a pirate dvd but threw it away on the way home from the pub.
The typical coach driver is Trevor, 41, who killed a party of Cub Scouts with a freight train in 1995 and doesn't care anymore.
The original ending of SGR was a lot more violent, but because of Jacko's spectacular death and subsequent unpleasantness regarding his probable crimes would have lent the story a somewhat sour note Allison changed things. Originally The Boy was going to be transformed into a terrible monster of some kind by Jacko (along with a couple of others, I think), then run amuck at the school disco, killing several. Eventually Esther reluctantly kills him. Everyone is sad. The end.
The original ending of SGR was a lot more violent, but because of Jacko's spectacular death and subsequent unpleasantness regarding his probable crimes would have lent the story a somewhat sour note Allison changed things. Originally The Boy was going to be transformed into a terrible monster of some kind by Jacko (along with a couple of others, I think), then run amuck at the school disco, killing several. Eventually Esther reluctantly kills him. Everyone is sad. The end.
Hey, if the USA rebuffs Puerto Rico's desires of Statehood, can Norn Iron join instead? You'll definitely get at least one Republican senator out of it.
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At least not as bad as reading Joyce. But still, oof.
apropos: it is annoying how like, every single video of them are time-lapse. Clouds seem to move and shift and flicker in time lapse too!
but the northern lights do that before your very eyes. It's a p big part of the magic.
totally worth it both times. If I had to tent outside for a month I would consider it time well spent if I got to see the northern lights like they were that time in the army.
Bad Machinery is getting a proper book release sometime soon from Oni press. I think he's revised some of the art and generally brushed things up.
For me BM is head and shoulders above SGR in terms of writing, art and general polish.
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Lottie's recent flashback gave me some mad feels.
oh, yeah.
Still though, SGR is wonderful.
Such a strangely melancholy end.
Melancholy which is mostly healed by reading on. Ryan and Amy are wonderful in BM. Also there's giant days! Which is no longer availible on-site.
I would consider buying his comic books. It would be the first of the sort in my collection.
Man Allison is just so good at characters.
also:
oh yeah. "don't you ever stop making noise." ooff below the belt and right in the emotion.
in BM I love them all. Although a bit of that... everyone are pretty lovable people thing was in there with shauna's bigger brother whose main skills was according to shauna, spitting and loitering but he was still charming.
also: currently investigating if this character is a returning character or non. Will report back.
preliminary findings:
well excuse me! He said tonight this morning!
it is still "this morning!"
I kinda prefer the revised ending, to be honest.
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The man is on the opposite end of the Earth
What did you expect?
oh he changed it?
Thank the gods.
I need to actually read through it sometime; I usually get to just before something interesting starts to happen and then forget to keep reading.
I would also recommend reading a bit of SGR. Maybe from around... chapter 30?
http://scarygoround.com/sgr/
also I'm posting suggestions for things in the thread!
happy now?
They will remain 14 in my mind
I send one every 10 minutes.
Stupid people-not-having-money. Thanks Obama.
@AresProphet
well damn. it's now 5:40AM and I finished the story. reminds me of The Last Question in a good way.
You mean Nobama right? Because of the whole not having cash thing
Really annoyed that I can't take part this year for the first time in like 5 years or something. Complete and utter lack of cash
What if your headmate scedes from you?
Oh hey, I should do my annual re-read some time soon.
I hear he's working on a sequel. However that would work.
How did you know that my factive headmate was Jefferson Davis
I know things
I'm really glad I didn't stop reading after the first chapter looked like fan fiction.
Actually just found this short story he did about a casino in the universe. http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/5/17/212828/593
You're the Layla Miller of robots.
along with a lot of Europe, actually
I recommend Krakow. Lovely city, especially in a Summer Evening.
This needs to be rectified before I am too old