Good point.

You know how some people’s like having a ridiculously huge truck just to show off to other people that have a ridiculously huge truck? Some gun enthusiasts are like that. It’s not uncommon to see novelty guns like this made, sometimes custom or sometimes by a factory. Stuff like a revolver that also shoots shotgun shells or a pistol with two barrels to shoot two shots at once or a bolt-action pistol to shoot the (basically) largest rifle rounds.

I think this happens in any hobby. I’m sure there are bird watchers with $5000 custom hand-ground binocular lenses or something.

OH YEAH, BROTHER!

Thank you, I shall.

Oh I think politics are often an important part of sci-fi stories, but this was something like “Venus is great, but it’s not as great as the people’s glorious Socialist Utopia, where the workers rule and those imperialist pig dogs in the west have no power to corrupt us!” whose inclusion felt like it was mandated by a Kommisar. I don’t recall and can’t find the story I am thinking of, sorry.

I’d love to read some non-Western sci-fi! I read a Soviet short story once that was decent, bar the required political messaging.

Also the Sabbath, baby!

I’ll need to keep an eye out at the used book store. This looks like a good bus read!

That’s it. Thanks for the correction.

In case you were wondering, that’s when I decided to beat you.

It’s free real estate.

It certainly wouldn’t be the first time someone was framed. Roger Rabbit comes to mind.

True, and yet that doesn’t mean he didn’t kill two people. I’ve read about this standoff - awful.

I got it because I love Sir Perry’s Discworld books, and was blown away by how much I liked it!

The movie has bits of the first, I want to say, three books, but it does capture the vibe extremely well.

The audio books are great too. I’m a fan of the Patrick Tull narration, but Simon Vance has his supporters too!

I love Aubrey-Maturin, and Honor has been on my radar for a while but I haven’t tried it. I’ll give it a go!

That’s extremely interesting, thank you for sharing it!

It sounds like you want a blog that lets you categorize or tag your entries to keep them together.

I have seen this too, but there’s not much detail. (I’m not saying he didn’t do it, I’m saying I don’t know what he is accused of having done!)

Israel’s contestant was asked a hard question and she was told she didn’t have to answer it. I read that someone from the Dutch team shouted “why not?” But I’m not clear if that was Klein or someone else. If that what you’re referring to? The reporting has been all over the place.