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• Commented on Great opening lines from sf
  I never did get what the big deal with Neuromancer was... the opening line or the rest of the novel. But I'm happy to see some people who appreciate Zelazny around here....
• Commented on Podcast of After the Siege from Subterranean Press, read by Mary Robinette Kowal
  Cory, could you please suggest to them to also add an archive with all the files? Most people will want the whole thing downloaded in one go, and clicking one link is much easier than clicking 5....
• Commented on Wikihistory: sf story about the revert-wars among time-travellers -- "everybody kills Hitler on their first trip"
  Haha, great story! I personally don't like most time-travel stories (a la Greg Egan - too much science, sorry, not for me), so this was very refreshing. (and a very nice excuse for not doing any work :D)...
• Commented on Inflatable book-mark
  Useless (I can open my books, thankyouverymuch), but ohh so cool!...
• Commented on Survival kit in a sardine tin
  That one is a classic! I must've read the book 10 times and I still laugh my ass off at that part. The ending is brilliant: "There was one great dent across the top that had the appearance of a...
• Commented on Free audiobook of Stross's Heinlein-meets-Wodehouse science fiction novella "Trunk and Disorderly"
  Exactly. I was expecting something Librivox style - separate mp3s plus an archive....
• Commented on Free audiobook of Stross's Heinlein-meets-Wodehouse science fiction novella "Trunk and Disorderly"
  ...no archive with all the mp3s, sucks :(...
• Commented on Free audiobook of Stross's Heinlein-meets-Wodehouse science fiction novella "Trunk and Disorderly"
  Awesome. I wanted to start listening to audiobooks again and didn't know where to look first... this is going to be perfect....
• Commented on British Science Fiction Award story nominees as podcast
  Sweet, thanks for the tip. I listened to one of their podcasts a while ago and it was great, but I forgot the check the website afterwards. And I never get to read the stories nominated for anything... listening will...
• Commented on SF in SF reading series: Tim Pratt and Jeffrey Ford
  This series needs to be in small Eastern European countries. :(...
• Commented on Why hardware ebook readers are a dead end (for now, anyway)
  Well, I for one am pretty happy with my (admittedly old) ebook reader (the eBookwise). I get no eye strain from it - except for that time when I read about 10 hours straight on a loong bus trip, but...
• Commented on New Weird and parenting
  Very cool interview, thanks for the link. I think Jeff's novels are brilliant - especially City of Saints, which fascinated me enough to read it twice and I think the third one is also coming close....
• Commented on How people around the world count money -- video
  I second the comments for Eastern Europe - it's not like in the video, we either use the "American" or "Japanese" way....
• Commented on Incredible human dissection photos on Flickr
  "gorgeous photographs of human dissection" This just sounds so wrong. I try not to think about how my body works because it's scary. Too fragile....
• Commented on Bolivia's road of death -- UPDATED
  Breathtaking scenery? I'd rather keep my breath (and my life)....
• Commented on Famous Chinese meat-product buns called "Dog would ignore it"
  How disturbing is that I want to try those just because of the Discworld vague association?...
• Commented on Bed built into an "igloo of books"
  This is so awesome. I don't care about how and why he did it or how he uses it - it's got BOOKS and it looks so damn cool....
• Commented on Zombies in TX on Night of the Living Dead's 40th
  Pooh seems to be unphazed......
• Commented on Honor system wine-bars in Berlin: drink all night, pay what you think you owe
  Hm, I wasn't expecting so many positive comments... Not that it's a bad idea, but if you get drunk I douby you can remember how many glasses you've had... (maybe the above posters aren't lightweights like me :P)...
• Commented on Which book should Neil Gaiman put online for free?
  I voted for Fragile Things. I like the variety in his short stories and I think short stories are a good way for the reader to get a 'feel' of the author. Unfortunately, it looks like Romania isn't the only...
• Commented on The Fail Blog: internet FAIL pix, some old, some new.
  Epic, then legendary. WoW order :P And I'll get fired, this is yet another way to waste a lot of time without producing anything :|...
• Commented on Sock Zombie: like a sock monkey but undeader
  Awww, look at that cute blod......
• Commented on Norwegian broadcaster puts popular show online as no-DRM torrent
  Very cool. And the show sounds very interesting, too bad I don't speak Norwegian....
• Commented on Badass rayguns: postapocalyptic, steampunk, deadly
  Awesome. Roland from Dark Tower, on a budget....
• Commented on SFWA European Hall of Fame: a chance to read sf from outside of the Anglo Bubble
  Glad you liked the Romanian story :) I haven't read it, but any recognition we get is good :D...
• Commented on Science fiction: a literature of ideas
  Thank you for that article. It's always nice to read things by people who can express your own ideas more coherently. I don't think SF is *the* only worthwile genre, but I am so sick and tired of 'good SF'...
• Commented on Half a million rubber balls down the Spanish steps in Rome
  I do think they should clean up after themselves (or hire someone to do that, or pay for it), but come on, it's FUN!...
• Commented on Two dimensional flower vase for small space living
  It's, erm, ugly. And you can tell it's a cutout from any angle except one....
• Commented on 100 Futures from Nature: 100 short-short sf stories from Nature Magazine
  I like shorts, if they're well done. I love trying to fill in the pieces. My favourite author (Roger Zelazny, in case anyone's wondering) has awesome shorts with basically no background, but great nonetheless. I'm curious about this anthology, though...