That pretty much sums it up. What I mean by "too hip" is that it overuses pop culture, vintage, underground or cult-status references, ideas and...
I was looking at that one on Amazon. Looks interesting, but at the same time looks like it's trying to be too hip.
As much as I love Ender's Gameand Speaker of the Dead, I've been struggling through Xenocide. I feel it's so preachy and filled with banality. I...
I found that Asimov wrote more like a scientist because that's what he was. Don't get me wrong, I love his work too, and I don't think he was...
25 years old, musician, but currently working in retail (customer service). My dream job is to be a rockstar, but seeing as the best band I was in...
Well, the heat has finally hit us in Melbourne, Aus. Already a month through summer and we've finally hit a 40 deg. C day (about 104 deg. F for...
Totally agree. This is why I dislike the Fermi Paradox.
Most of Joe Haldeman's are fantastic. Forever Peace and Camoflage are also great stories, alongside The Forever War. I'd also suggest Neuromancer...
I'd like to think that artists are not strangers to pain, anger or frustration. It's what we thrive on, and we're obsessed with it. As for a...
Tricky situation. It depends on how stubborn the original writer/artist or publishers are, I guess. You could argue the whole "fair use" thing, so...
I agree. If a person keeps coming back within the fourteen days, they're more likely to stay for a longer period of time. It helps hone skills and...
On the living room couch at night when everyone else is asleep.
I can see where everyone is coming from. It's just that I've had this story in my head for about seven years, and only in the last nine months...
Yeah. That was what I already had planned, but thanks anyway. I thought about that. The reason they don't just kill him is that they're just...
I'm writing a novelette/novella but I've having some plot issues. This is the synopsis of the story: USSR, 1963, a self-trained pilot and forge...
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