A Sweet Sweet Summer by Jane Gaskell
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Alien invasion and the local Nazis complicate Pelham "Rat" Garfield's simple dream of being a successful pimp.
A Sweet Sweet Summer by Jane Gaskell
james_davis_nicollAlien invasion and the local Nazis complicate Pelham "Rat" Garfield's simple dream of being a successful pimp.
A Sweet Sweet Summer by Jane Gaskell
colors cross time
Nov. 14th, 2025 11:01 pmmarycatelliTiger-lily time. Great stands of them in garden and along roadsides, growing feral at the brink of forest.
The townhouse feels Gothic. Outside the storm front is tossing trees and throwing about leaves and opening the windows to cool off the townhouse lets in fresh air and coolness, but moving through the rooms to where the wind does not move freely is stifling with stillness and heat.
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The townhouse feels Gothic. Outside the storm front is tossing trees and throwing about leaves and opening the windows to cool off the townhouse lets in fresh air and coolness, but moving through the rooms to where the wind does not move freely is stifling with stillness and heat.
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This is such a weird framing
Nov. 14th, 2025 04:25 pmconuly"Along the journey she discovers that her and her family were never actually slaves at all but the original royal family and the original slaves usurped the throne and took over due to constantly being oppressed and treated unfairly."
I really want to ask this person if they understand how the concepts of "slavery" and "royalty" work. This girl was definitely a slave because she was enslaved, you can be a slave and also be from a royal family since both these concepts are societal concepts, the word "usurp" suggests that this revolution was invalid and bad, and by the way, if she was born as part of the royal family she's probably lucky she wasn't killed, except that then the book would've been very short and grim, with no happy ending. Well, no happy ending for her, all the happy endings for the people who killed her family and secured their freedom.
(Somebody suggested this may be The Claidi Journals, which is what I was thinking.)
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I really want to ask this person if they understand how the concepts of "slavery" and "royalty" work. This girl was definitely a slave because she was enslaved, you can be a slave and also be from a royal family since both these concepts are societal concepts, the word "usurp" suggests that this revolution was invalid and bad, and by the way, if she was born as part of the royal family she's probably lucky she wasn't killed, except that then the book would've been very short and grim, with no happy ending. Well, no happy ending for her, all the happy endings for the people who killed her family and secured their freedom.
(Somebody suggested this may be The Claidi Journals, which is what I was thinking.)
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Outgunned Math Question
Nov. 14th, 2025 08:30 pmjames_davis_nicollOutgunned's task resolution system involves rolling six-sided dice and looking for sets.
Some explanation behind a cut.
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Some explanation behind a cut.
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The House of Illusionists: and Other Stories by Vanessa Fogg
Nov. 14th, 2025 08:59 amjames_davis_nicoll
A speculative fiction collection from Vanessa Fogg.
The House of Illusionists: and Other Stories by Vanessa Fogg
So I was reading a particular sort of original fic at Ao3
Nov. 13th, 2025 11:48 pmconulyAnd our protagonist is taking a sojourn with his hot, wealthy boss to Kinky Fantasy Island, and wow, it really *is* a nice place - the hotel room has privacy glass!
The protagonist and the commenters are not as turned on by this as I am, but let me be clear: I'd absolutely fuck a dude if I had a chance to flip the switch on his privacy glass. Hell, I'd listen to him mansplain about privacy glass at me first.
(I'm strongly tempted to say so in a comment, but would that be a weird sort of comment to leave?)
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The protagonist and the commenters are not as turned on by this as I am, but let me be clear: I'd absolutely fuck a dude if I had a chance to flip the switch on his privacy glass. Hell, I'd listen to him mansplain about privacy glass at me first.
(I'm strongly tempted to say so in a comment, but would that be a weird sort of comment to leave?)
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info-dumping time
Nov. 13th, 2025 11:51 pmmarycatelliThe heroine has connected with some folks who know the history of the world, and are willing to tell her.
The story has underscored that she has been kept in the dark, so she is eager to know it.
It's still a challenge to figure out how to dump all the info.
The story has underscored that she has been kept in the dark, so she is eager to know it.
It's still a challenge to figure out how to dump all the info.
Thankful Thursday
Nov. 13th, 2025 09:58 pmmdlbearToday I am thankful for...
- Catching yet another health problem before it kills me, and getting the (hopefully) right drugs and healthy practices to treat it. NO thanks to me for not paying attention for too long, and NO thanks for having to cut down on salt and keep my feet up.
- Waking up with cats on the bed. NO thanks for my bladder.
- DreamHost, which lets me have as many websites as I want. Domains are cheap; I lucked into a great deal on hosting.
- Places to order from with predictable delivery one or two days in the future. Especially important for cat fud and litter.
RPG Tourism: Five Games To Help You Travel Vicariously
Nov. 13th, 2025 10:36 amjames_davis_nicoll
Experience the trip of a lifetime — without having to deal with planes, passports, or other tourists...
RPG Tourism: Five Games To Help You Travel Vicariously
Testimony of Mute Things (Penric & Desdemona, volume 15) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Nov. 13th, 2025 08:53 amjames_davis_nicoll
Bold conspirators conceal a serious crime by committing a far more serious one.
Testimony of Mute Things (Penric & Desdemona, volume 15) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Bundle of Holding: Ken Writes About Stuff
Nov. 12th, 2025 02:07 pmjames_davis_nicoll
39 Mythos-history-fringe-weird treatises from Pelgrane Press.
Bundle of Holding: Ken Writes About Stuff