The Hall of Fire

Brilliant, Voronwë!

We could put it into the word changer and have it come out the other end as "Pish-tosh!"

But actually, I rather like "Poppycock!"

*adjusts her little lace gloves*

I see you've already posted a lovely photo in Nature Pics!

I like the trilogy because it's fantasy, but it's told in such a realistic way, and involves so many interesting aspects of geology that correspond to our world, that it feels like SF to me. And then there's the Hugos for all three books, which has never happened before for a trilogy. In successive ...

I can see why that would be annoying in audio, Maria.

But there’s a reason for the “you” that is really interesting when you suddenly get it.

She is just brilliant. She takes huge risks and they pay off. The payoff at the end of the first book, when you suddenly see ... well... yeah. It’s ... awesome.

They look beautiful!

That trilogy blew me away, the whole thing. But I could understand not getting into it; it’s sad, in a lot of places.

NK Jemisin! Yes, she can write! What are you reading?

Wull, I knew that....

Where are you, Inanna?

That explains a lot. I never understood why Americans talked that way in movies. Even Humphrey Bogart does it in some films.

In movies made in the 1930s, rich Americans all seem to be trying for a British accent. Maybe it was a finishing-school thing?

whut

I’ve seen both seasons of The Crown and quite enjoyed most of both. Seeing history and social change through a rather weird lens. Lots of good acting and crazy interior design, too.

I know living with snow is tiresome, but it’s still pretty, and I still feel a happy echo of “No school tomorrow!” when I look out at falling snow.

A lovely one!

And Whale Rock is, well, a whale rock.

Sure!

The books are huge, and there’s just not room for everything. They’ve made choices different than I would have made, too; but others I think have been excellent (see the end of Season 3).