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JohnLBevan
Lemmed it.
Toxic Masculinity Personified: “Hello, do you speak English? It's the language that I speak and I wish to communicate with you. Does my saying a lot of words in a language you seem to have no awareness of help with this communication?”
Native: “Um agbo ura?”
TMP: “English, you know, American? I'm from a far away world, one that your ancestors may have come from too, we have a single theory based on scant evidence that you're a descendant of us.”
Native: “Oolah fizz walla.”
TMP: (points at flag).
Native: “Ohsay! Ah yes, of course I speak, ug ug, Brodie; it's the main language my people use to communicate with one of the most important systems in our entire, ooga, culture. Grunt grunt. I'm sorry I didn't communicate more clearly when you were clearly speaking my language; you said English, but because we call it Brodie I'd not realised it was the same language. How foolish I feel.”
TMP: “If only there were some way I could understand what you were saying. Still you're hot, the only female in this book (aside from the android), and in my opinion (and despite evidence to the contrary) probably simple minded which I find attractive rather than troubling; maybe there will be a romance between us later in this book?”
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An especially good read for 2020, given the parallels between the events of the book / the era in which it's set, and recent events, showing how similar we were to our ancestors of ~700 years ago. It follows the same template as others in this series, but with enough difference in the details to keep it enjoyable.
The book's well written and good humoured, but you have to watch the film to fully enjoy the jokes, and that's just not worth it.
Stopped reading at page 25. The “jokes” arent funny, the philosophys unconsidered, and the link between the two is tenuous. 2 stars to give it the benefit of the doubt (maybe it gets better?) and it has an interesting cover.
This book's a great guide to creating usable websites, highlighting common design flaws found in various sites and offering suggestions on how to avoid such issues. The book's concise, following its own design rules. The only reasons for not achieving 5 stars were; the book's examples are now dated, and a lot of the advice I found I intuitively knew; though have experienced a number of sites and systems where that was not the case meaning this resource definitely has an audience in need of its guidance.
I liked this book, but didn't get it. The illustrations have a beautiful Burtonesque look to them, and each page in itself is amusing, but I came away feeling stupid / as if I'd missed some cleverly disguised joke running in the background. I don't really know how to rate this book since I did really enjoy reading it, but it's left me wondering what I've missed, and on investigating online it seems that was the intention, which seems a little cruel. Whilst reading up on it I did, however, come across an animation of the book which other readers may also enjoy:
http://www.kuriositas.com/2011/06/edward-gorey-object-lesson.html
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An inspiring story for anyone trying to acheive something creative, and an interesting account of how Felicia came to be. Aldo comes with a disturbing insight on the darker side of the web and effects of trolls on people`s real lives.
Some interesting ideas and a fun read, but it sometimes felt rushed, as if the author had lots of ideas to put down but didn't take the time to tie these thoughts into a cohesive and structured story.
If you enjoy B movies you'll likely enjoy this; but as the range of ratings shows, this isn't a book for everyone.
Whilst 4 stars may be overrated when compared to those I'd give 4*s to for professional authors, I've given this 4 stars because this is enthusiasts having a first go at putting something out there / you buy this knowing that; so the criteria by which I'd rate it is different.
There's a great collection of stories, with some really imaginative ideas. Some are fantastic by any criteria, some a little lacking; but it's an enjoyable read, and great to see people having a go.
Definitely worth reading for some of the stories, though others weren't to my taste, pulling the rating down. Really enjoyed parts of it though, and some great, original ideas.
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