tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:167229 phosfate phosfate 2017-07-27T14:47:48Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:167229:993368 2017-07-27T14:45:28Z 2017-07-27T14:47:48Z angry public 14 I just read the "preferred ending" version of Podkayne of Mars, in which he snuffs Poddy for no good reason. This is followed by an essay in which Heinlein blames her death on her mother for not bringing her up properly, and on Podkayne for wanting to be a spacer when she grew up and not a housewife or rich guy's arm candy. Rather than blaming, say, the sociopath brother who actually killed her with a suitcase nuke (don't ask where he got it, we'll be here all day), the criminals who kidnapped both of them and were planning to murder them, or the politician uncle who took two children along with him on a grand tour while obviously aware that pretty much everyone in the solar system were gunning for him.<br /><br />Nope, it's Mom's fault for being a highly skilled engineer who helped make Mars habitable, rather than staying home with the womb-fruit.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=phosfate&ditemid=993368" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:167229:13034 2016-06-01T13:28:00Z 2016-06-01T13:28:00Z Tea and Toast Mr Watson disappointed public 3 Current shitty phone book is Twilight. Fuck you, it was two dollars. <br /><br />Anyway, we all know it's not a very good book at all. I like sullen dislocated teen!Bella in the opening chapters, but then Durwood shows up and blah blah blah. Even so, it's not unreadable for five minutes at a time at the bus stop. Sort of like TV Guide.<br /><br />I gotta say, though, to all the people who have called Twilight the worst book ever written: Y'all <i>really </i>need to read more.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=phosfate&ditemid=13034" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:167229:12699 2016-03-25T14:48:31Z 2016-03-25T14:50:10Z blank public 4 Currently reading The Autobiography of James T. Kirk on my phone. Normally I would not even admit to this, because it is actually worse than it sounds and is mainly an exercise in finding Easter eggs for TAS fans.<br /><br />So, this is not a recommendation. I am only telling you this because at one point the Guardian of Forever is described as a big donut. You need to know that.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=phosfate&ditemid=12699" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments