Notices by kakafarm (kakafarm@emacs.ch)

@lain The Corwin Saga I loved for its descriptions of Shadow and Pattern walking, it felt like he had first hand knowledge of such "emergent phenomena". The way scenery is described, it felt as if Zelazny was drawing with words one of those traditional minimalist Chinese or Japanese paintings. I didn't think the story itself or the characters were very interesting. The characters all spoke in the same way and felt a bit one dimensional, but they live in an interesting strange world.

The Merlin Saga I just can't stop reading. It's an whodunit pageturner. The main characters talk in a conventional way and each has their own personality. Also, Merlin seems like a mellow kind of guy. Him and Jasra?! That's the most mellowest way anyone was ever depicted in fiction. Oh, and Mandor seems like the stereotypical charming white haired bishounen, like Raistlin or Griffith. I just hope he won't go there… Don't tell me anything, I don't want to know.

Sorry for the scroll. Have a nice day.

@lain Almost finishing The Chronicles of Amber. Started reading Lord of Light a while back but got stuck when he got to the city of gods, right before the marriage ceremony. PKD's UBIK made me feel horrid for a while just thinking about it, existential dread and all that. Should I read Deus Irae anyway?

@lain Oh god. You saw that too?

@lain I blame the male gaze.

@lain How Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote "The Phantom of the Opera" (a Lindybeige special):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIICR3h6Iqo

@lain my true self, minus 12 million years of evolution - 6 million years back in time from humans to the most recent common ancestor and 6 years from the most recent common ancestor to chimps (or bonobo? i can't tell them apart).

@lain Is that the poop trucks building?

@lain In what is called "binomial nomenclature" the species name and so on is all lowercase. Only the genus name is has an initial uppercase.

@lain Did you submit your application? Were you then invited to any gatherings?

@lain Thank you! I've recently finished the first half of The Chronicles of Amber, Corwin's Saga. Great stuff! I am still stuck somewhere with Merlin and his weird family situation.

@lain selamat malam! \o

@lain Smith's second paragraph is pretty good as a microfic, I think. It's basically the ending of Planet of The Apes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDLS12_a-fk

@lain I've seen you post these weird thumbnails many times before. Why? (other than the obvious "fun things are fun")

@lain Cohee-cohee plus keki.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIfigZMdwuQj

@thegreatape @lain I've been to the first jhana, but I can't get it going again. Only access concentration sometimes. Straggling.

@lain What does this kind of stuff give you? Why are you interested in it?

@lain Are you really into that kind of esoterica?

@lain Is "!" a logical not operator? Does it mean it really did happen?!

@kaia @untyped @lain @mima Are you all from the GNU plus Social days?

@lain Why is it so important?