Comments on: As You Know, Darth, the Galaxy … http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153141 Barry Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:12:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153141 "I also like the fact that the galaxy is ruled with a “titanium fist”. I guess that’s even worse than an old-fashioned iron fist. I suppose you need at least an aluminum fist to keep order at all, though." Posted by Matt They used to do a pretty good job with a firmly-stuffed leather fist, with some iron studs. but that was back in the days when Men were Men. “I also like the fact that the galaxy is ruled with a “titanium fist”. I guess that’s even worse than an old-fashioned iron fist. I suppose you need at least an aluminum fist to keep order at all, though.”

Posted by Matt

They used to do a pretty good job with a firmly-stuffed leather fist, with some iron studs. but that was back in the days when Men were Men.

]]> By: ajay http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153113 ajay Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:40:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153113 <i>I also like the fact that the galaxy is ruled with a “titanium fist”. I guess that’s even worse than an old-fashioned iron fist.</i> "For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron fist. Then with a wooden leg; and finally with a piece of string." I also like the fact that the galaxy is ruled with a “titanium fist”. I guess that’s even worse than an old-fashioned iron fist.

“For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron fist. Then with a wooden leg; and finally with a piece of string.”

]]> By: agm http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153101 agm Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:54:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153101 So the Galaxy is modeled on Houston. Who knew! So the Galaxy is modeled on Houston. Who knew!

]]> By: ogmb http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153093 ogmb Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:50:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153093 <i>Since American copyright law specifically protects parody</i> Loophole! Since American copyright law specifically protects parody

Loophole!

]]> By: John Quiggin http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153085 John Quiggin Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:08:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153085 "Publishing it isn’t illegal; publishing it for profit is." Not correct, unfortunately. Publishing a non-profit fanzine might be less likely to get you into trouble than selling a book, but it's illegal unless you're very careful about fair use and plenty of copyright owners have shut down such ventures. Lucasfilm is particularly vigorous in this respect. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction#Legal_aspects" rel="nofollow">As usual, Wikipedia has more</a> “Publishing it isn’t illegal; publishing it for profit is.”

Not correct, unfortunately. Publishing a non-profit fanzine might be less likely to get you into trouble than selling a book, but it’s illegal unless you’re very careful about fair use and plenty of copyright owners have shut down such ventures. Lucasfilm is particularly vigorous in this respect.

As usual, Wikipedia has more

]]> By: goatchowder http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153081 goatchowder Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:17:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153081 Puts a whole new "spin" on James Howard Kunstler's constant reference to suburbia as "outer asteroid belts". Puts a whole new “spin” on James Howard Kunstler’s constant reference to suburbia as “outer asteroid belts”.

]]> By: catherine liu http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153070 catherine liu Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:03:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153070 Fandom has pushed this technical writer to pillage George Lucas' mythology in order to create an even more impoverished world of intergalactic real estate speculation. This is the most depressing thing I've read about in a while, but I'm sure some academic populists will find a way to spin this fan dross into fan studies gold. Fandom has pushed this technical writer to pillage George Lucas’ mythology in order to create an even more impoverished world of intergalactic real estate speculation.

This is the most depressing thing I’ve read about in a while, but I’m sure some academic populists will find a way to spin this fan dross into fan studies gold.

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153046 Ken Houghton Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:59:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153046 Publishing it isn't illegal; publishing it <i>for profit</i> is. (The poor "business decision" is in <i>selling</i> the work and offering it to many others; had she printed copies and only given them to family and friends, no one else would care.) As I noted on John Scalzi's blog, the book has gone from ca. 35,000 on the Amazon sales list to ca. 3,500 in the past 24 hours. A lot of people appear determined to make George Lucas much richer when the treble damages come in on this one. The pity is going to be that poetry publishers are going to get a bad name out of this. Publishing it isn’t illegal; publishing it for profit is. (The poor “business decision” is in selling the work and offering it to many others; had she printed copies and only given them to family and friends, no one else would care.)

As I noted on John Scalzi’s blog, the book has gone from ca. 35,000 on the Amazon sales list to ca. 3,500 in the past 24 hours.

A lot of people appear determined to make George Lucas much richer when the treble damages come in on this one.

The pity is going to be that poetry publishers are going to get a bad name out of this.

]]> By: Tony http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153044 Tony Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:29:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153044 Maybe you find it funny to mock the author's bad writing, but you seem to be missing the larger point that there's something deeply perverse about a copyright system in which publishing it is illegal, rather than just a poor business decision. Maybe you find it funny to mock the author’s bad writing, but you seem to be missing the larger point that there’s something deeply perverse about a copyright system in which publishing it is illegal, rather than just a poor business decision.

]]> By: will u. http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153024 will u. Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:36:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153024 I see the info dump is alive and well. That description of the Star Wars galaxy seems correct, but it certainly isn't called "Celestine" in canonical sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_galaxy I have a confession to make. Not only was I sufficiently geeky to have Star Wars roleplaying manuals with galaxy maps, I never actually used them in roleplaying because I had no friends who were interested. I see the info dump is alive and well. That description of the Star Wars galaxy seems correct, but it certainly isn’t called “Celestine” in canonical sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_galaxy

I have a confession to make. Not only was I sufficiently geeky to have Star Wars roleplaying manuals with galaxy maps, I never actually used them in roleplaying because I had no friends who were interested.

]]> By: Nabakov http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153019 Nabakov Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:03:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153019 Well I think it's pretty pathetic to mock people who's dreams are simpler than yours. But it's also a lotta fun too. "You want Deep Core style at Colony prices? We have it all at Celestine prices! Call now for an obligation-free refinancing deal that could see you counting even more stars in less than a lightsecond." Well I think it’s pretty pathetic to mock people who’s dreams are simpler than yours.

But it’s also a lotta fun too.

“You want Deep Core style at Colony prices? We have it all at Celestine prices! Call now for an obligation-free refinancing deal that could see you counting even more stars in less than a lightsecond.”

]]> By: alan http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153009 alan Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:51:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153009 Soon the rich Outer Corers will be buying up old warehouses in the Deep Core and turning them into lofts for yuppies. Soon the rich Outer Corers will be buying up old warehouses in the Deep Core and turning them into lofts for yuppies.

]]> By: Matt http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-153008 Matt Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:50:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/23/as-you-know-darth-the-galaxy/#comment-153008 I also like the fact that the galaxy is ruled with a "titanium fist". I guess that's even worse than an old-fashioned iron fist. I suppose you need at least an aluminum fist to keep order at all, though. I also like the fact that the galaxy is ruled with a “titanium fist”. I guess that’s even worse than an old-fashioned iron fist. I suppose you need at least an aluminum fist to keep order at all, though.

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