Welcome to the Second Apocalypse, Morrigan.

Just started a Philosophy & Gender credit... 'lo and behold the textbook is simply called Feminism. *Face-Palm*

Can't wait to start arguing with this professor over that one (I walk a real tricky line where I constantly demand that professor's actually engage their positions - especially in online credits).

Since I've been on vacation and couch surfing for almost a month and a half and having just moved back to my place up north, the only books I really have on me are the ones that came with me and my textbooks.

So after a trip to the campus library - I rarely frequent libraries now in adulthood as I like owning my books - here is what I'll be mostly reading for the next three weeks (aside textbooks):

Soterion prompted these first few choices based on reading I did in our New Wave SF thread.

In Defense of Fantasy - Ann Swinfen
Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion - Rosemary Jackson
Metamorphoses of Science Fiction - Darko Suvin

And then truly for the fuck of it:

Platform Oratory and Debate - John Rigg (I'm on an oratory kick right now after reading Rhetoric for Radicals whilst surfing around - memorizing a bunch of historical speeches for the fun of it; might even join me a Toastmasters' club)
Women Philosophers - Ethel M. Kersey (I had picked this up over a month ago and renewed it while on vacation - though I didn't read it as it was in storage. It will certainly help me in my Philosophy & Gender course - like prof's actually advocate extracurricular reading - but I had originally grabbed it based on the one Women & Bakker thread I engaged in).

Should be fun . Can't wait to get my books out of storage as I have a couple choice titles I bought recently that I haven't had a chance to read.

Lol, or I could just demand that my sister teach me Japanese and read them in the original tongue . I promise, james, one day I shall find and read his books.

Hello everyone!

I just finished my first re-read of the whole series and I have to say that, in a way, I actually enjoyed reading the books MORE this time. Simply amazing, I have much to thank Bakker for, what a splendid author.

Anyway, when I read the battle between Akka and Nil'giccas (secretly hoping they'd just reconcile and be friends, despite knowing differently!) I ponder how it was possible for Akka to strike Nil'giccas down. Supposedly, Nil'giccas is one of the most powerful beings alive. I get Akka isn't your ordinary schoolman either, but really? Though, Akka seems to be distracting Nil'giccas by saying that he wouldn't strike him, and then directly after that hitting him with a concussion cant so I guess Akka had the element of surprise but still. What are your thoughts on this encounter?

Also, is it only me who is secretly hoping for some kind of redemption of the nonmen? Such a tragic fate, theirs is.

Lol +1. I was basically fist-pumping and hollering around the house when Achamian offered to be Nil'giccas' elju! Still gives me shivers imagining the tag-team fun they would have on their adventures.

Also, definitely hoping for redemption of the Nonmen - this seems to be what Kellhus actually offers the Nonmen of Injor-Niyas in sending them Serwa... a womb for their Race.

If the nonman had landed on something softer, Akka would probably have been toast.

Wilshire does raise a good point about the Incipent Wards but Nil'giccas is Erratic... Also, I don't think anyone was expecting the anti-climatic ruined wall scenario, especially as Nil'giccas' end!

I see. Well, I guess I am a little disappointed then in the way his life ended. It just feels that his might warrants a more epic death hehe. Any thoughts on what Akka meant when he told nil'giccas that he had found glory?

Lies to ease Nil'giccas' passing?

In one review, I read that the </Project Itoh> is an homage to the hypercode (?) within Harmony? True, james?

I find it very interesting that he wrote the novelization of MGS4 - probably my favorite video game series of all time; I actually beat Sons of Liberty in Japan, in Japanese, as I was living there when it first came out. Genocidal Organ sounds interesting as well. I wonder if there is an omnibus version of Satoshi Itoh's works forthcoming?

Again, I don't think the issue is so much generating answers... it's the questions which allude us and drive us mad! They remind me... they remind me of the answers! But what are the questions?

Welcome to the Second Apocalypse 2.0, Jackehehe.

Please, please - pester us!

Hmm... I've definitely found that I don't see any text (9/10) in the chat unless I'm actually signed in. Callan had messaged me about a similar problem - if signing in doesn't work reliably, try reloading the page, refreshing the chat window or using the pop-out chat option?

Let me know, Baztek. I saw you got on it but in the future...

Reach...

(I use Firefox basically, religiously, except those rare instances that I'm on someone else's computer, in which case I use Chrome.)