u/Heeberon

The National - what’s with the insects!?

(Quick search didn’t show this up; strangely)

Just randomly heard a The National song that I liked - and saw it was called Wasp Nest.

So now I can file that with the other two favourites of theirs: Terrible Love (spiders) & Bloodbuzz Ohio (bees).

100% seems a statistically significant number!

What gives!?

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u/Heeberon — 3 days ago

Hey collective wisdom!

We’re coming from west of Glasgow to meet folks coming from Fife - wanted to meet up kinda halfway for a midweek pub lunch.

Guide books (OK, just Scotland the Best) is a tad sparse in that area!

Any suggestions? We’re not looking for michelin gastropub - but hopefully something that isn’t a Harvester in Cumbernauld?

thnx!

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u/Heeberon — 11 days ago

Don’t downvote/flame me - this is just a fun/intellectual exercise!

On a r/printSF thread, I saw someone get downvoted, most likely because they wished someone could have continued Iain’s work (it was a The Algabraist thread)..

There’s almost certainly no single author I’d trust to continue any of Banks’s creations.

BUT…for shits & giggles, could you assemble a team of authors to iterate through and create an Algabraist or Culture novel?

- Peter F Hamtilon for story arc

- Richard Morgan for cynical wit

- Neal Asher for snarky drones (but no politics)

- Susanna Clarke for the prose

- Ken MacLeod for the socialism

- ??? for some absurdity?

- ??? for the humanity..

I’ve not thought to deeply about this so any alternatives/fill in the blanks?

Edit: Haha! All the downvotes! We’re a protective lot (I include myself)! 😅

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u/Heeberon — 12 days ago