Comments on: As others see us http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/19/as-others-see-us/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alex http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/19/as-others-see-us/comment-page-1/#comment-165042 alex Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:18:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4922#comment-165042 Listen, given the horrors that Mr. Spencer has visited upon his characters, a minor slagging in an introduction puts you well ahead of the curve. Would you rather be a well-fed if socially inept shut-in staring at a screen, or any person in <i>Resume with Monsters</i>? That's what I thought. Listen, given the horrors that Mr. Spencer has visited upon his characters, a minor slagging in an introduction puts you well ahead of the curve. Would you rather be a well-fed if socially inept shut-in staring at a screen, or any person in Resume with Monsters?

That’s what I thought.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/19/as-others-see-us/comment-page-1/#comment-164902 Seth Finkelstein Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:06:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4922#comment-164902 In bloggingspace, nobody can hear you scream. In bloggingspace, nobody can hear you scream.

]]> By: Cosma http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/19/as-others-see-us/comment-page-1/#comment-164884 Cosma Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:31:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4922#comment-164884 Michael Swanwick has forests growing in vacuums in <i>Vacuum Flowers</i>; I think he got the idea from Freeman Dyson. Michael Swanwick has forests growing in vacuums in Vacuum Flowers; I think he got the idea from Freeman Dyson.

]]> By: ob http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/19/as-others-see-us/comment-page-1/#comment-164881 ob Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:18:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4922#comment-164881 man, that sort of stereotyping really irks me. I mean, I haven't even been able to afford order-out pizza in ages, much less drugs. man, that sort of stereotyping really irks me.

I mean, I haven’t even been able to afford order-out pizza in ages, much less drugs.

]]> By: JakeB http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/19/as-others-see-us/comment-page-1/#comment-164880 JakeB Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:14:15 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4922#comment-164880 I thought he was toppling over in the vacuum because he had explosively decompressed . . . . I thought he was toppling over in the vacuum because he had explosively decompressed . . . .

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