Metamaterial girl

Also, an Ursula Vernon thing! strangehorizons.com/2015/20151221/kingfisherbees-f.shtml

I am actually awake in time for a Tuesday meeting! If we're having one :D

G'day all!

Clark is working to mimic that 19th century tone, which is more, call it people- and manners-oriented. It also has some structural differences, like much longer and complex sentence structures than the more modern 'one statement per sentence' style that Douglas has.

@JustinAlexander I'd say, given those specific excerpts, the main difference appears to be the topical approach--ex. Adams, being a big fan of technology and its possible directions, spends a lot of time in his work sharing that interest with the reader.

As far as 'what makes them tick' and the other comparisons you want made, this seems to be a pretty involved analysis. Are you doing some kind of review/comparison work on these two books specifically?

That's a pretty broad question. I know HHG, don't know Jonathan Strange. A brief Google indicates that it is a novel that was adapted into a TV series. So which version are you comparing?

G'night :)

But yarrrrrrrrr turns into yawn

I think 'they' is becoming the default English gender neutral pronoun, in spite of people's dislike of its plurality.

Also going to bed soon, but if I haven't said hi to you today @BESW, then hi!

^*approves of this*

Prob'ly.

Memory foam is a bit delicate, yeah.

More comfortable, I hope!

I'm going to try to go to bed earlier than last night, but it'll still be awhile.

Ah, then timely g'night then :)

And g'night, sleep well...same to Jasper though he disappeared fast, heh.

Ah, si si. I shot you a quick email from my more recently made gmail acct, Kit, so you know it's me.

I think it evolved from the statement 'good to go' or 'okay to go' meaning 'ready to go'

'bout 2 hours to go before it's Dec here.

Yep, means all is good.

We're go.

Aha, found it!

Let me hunt for yours.

Uh, probably somewhere. I know I have you on Tumblr too, so we could message that way if you need.

Yarrrr.

This one isn't.

We-elll...let me organize the bits kind of worth reading, and send 'em to you. A few days maybe?

Oops, I mean 100

Well, Nano's just 500 words...1000 times.

WOOOOOOO CONGRATS @KitZ.Fox! You did it!!

I shall have to incorporate it into my lexicon :D

I suppose that could be a good thing if you need some gravitas.

Tabernacle seems much more cumbersome than fuck, for emphasis purposes.

Oh, in English, fuck is almost a metaword, it can serve pretty much any purpose now.

...tabernacle is a swear word? O.o

Aroo?

Hm, fair enough. As a complete monolinguist I have no idea either, heh.

Does 'bitch' 'd'chienne' have the same connotation in French as it does in English I wonder?

I love it

Gotta hit that redundancy at the beginning

That's just GLORIOUS.

Wait...shit shit son of a dog?

If Great-Aunt Esther doesn't speak French...

The nice thing about bilingual swearing is it opens up more social options for swearing.

Take care Kit! We can pound some words whenev.

Also, yes, that fine art of environmental/social discrimination.

Oooh, that must have been fun to pick up.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA