Jewish flatteries

June 27, 2009

You are as shining as a free-standing lamp with a broken dimmer.

E poi si dice che gli israeliani non sanno essere gentili, quando vogliono…

books and literature

Isaac Asimov’s Gold (and other stories)

It’s unfortunate that I’m coming to this after the very unsatisfactory collection of “fantasy” stories (Asimov never wrote fantasy: he wrote satire), because this was another disappointment. The book is half short stories and half non-fiction, for random reasons, and the non-fiction half is random writings

March 21, 2026 9:00 am

books and literature

The Murderbot Diaries: Rogue Protocol + Exit Strategy

I’m not crying: a piece of some murdering bot must have gotten in my eye. Rogue Protocol is the third novella in the Murderbot Diaries, and deals with the titular character going deep undercover to figure out what happened in the “mining incident” that was

March 20, 2026 9:00 am

books and literature

Werewolves Wednesday: Robert E. Howard’s In the Forest of Villefère

The sun had set. The great shadows came striding over the forest. In the weird twilight of a late summer day, I saw the path ahead glide on among the mighty trees and disappear. And I shuddered and glanced fearfully over my shoulder. Miles behind

March 19, 2026 9:00 am

4 Comments

damakaris
Posted at 20:37h, 27 June Reply

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Shelidon
Posted at 04:44h, 03 July Reply

è un ingegnere, che ti vuoi aspettare?
utente anonimo
Posted at 13:09h, 07 July Reply

Ok, dopo aver visto l’immagine di sopra quella che sto per segnalare rischia di funzionare meno.

Ma ho pensato subito a questa http://s3.tinypic.com/n3oy2p.jpg

Simone
Shelidon
Posted at 17:00h, 19 July Reply

Grandissimo…