Comments on: Why I’m Not Posting This Week http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/ News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: dygitalninja http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2028 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:49:26 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2028 @ alaskanturkey

(minor book spoilers)

- The very final page reveals that Eliot had recruited Julia

-The Questing Beast/ talking bear scenes made in have to put book down for several minutes because I was laughing so hard

- I kind of felt like this book was about the perverse relationship people can have with escape/copping mechanisms(drugs, booze, fantasy novels) , when they don’t enough (or don’t sense, value the things) grounding them in the real world

]]> By: dennitzio http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2017 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:51:57 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2017 OK, somebody has to post this! At least as long as it still works. Looks like my 80s arguments come to life: elves vs. mechwarriors! Player A: Dude, the elves would totally stomp mechs, because they can command nature & dragons & shoot arrows through the teeny tiny air holes! Player B: Come on, Mechs would simply open up an RPG on Galadriel or whatever and make elf soup…

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/first-look-at-avatar-trailer-online/

]]> By: masurix http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2016 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:31:01 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2016 Pretty much my entire WoW guild is reading this book right now. My guildleader can’t stop raving about it.

]]> By: Church http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2015 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:09:45 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2015 @dennitzio, of course we’re going to read it. We’re his biggest fans.

Then we’re going to craft analogies b/t Quentin and Baltar, or somesuch thing. That’s how we roll.

]]> By: dennitzio http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2013 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:58:42 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2013 I’m surprised you guys aren’t all “I’m not going to read the book until Lev watches BSG!”

]]> By: Kemper http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:28:26 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2010 Is a book without teenaged vampires allowed to crack the top 10 anymore?

Congrats Lev. There will be much rejoicing in Nerd World.

]]> By: anon76 http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:36:37 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2009 I believe the full name is Lev-anous Grossman.

]]> By: Brew http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2008 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:44:42 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2008 GET OUT! The Magicians debuts @ #9 on the NYT bestseller list!!!! You make us proud Leverus Grossman!

]]> By: alaskanturkey http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2007 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:48:44 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2007 spoilers (but not really)
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Just finished the book yesterday. It was great. The bear in Fillroy reminded me of Sexual Harassment Panda. I could just hear him using the same droopy voice – “I’m a baaaad bear”
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When Quentin left his job and executive office, did he get a golden parachute?
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Was the moral of the story to do drugs because life is meaningless and getting high is the best kind of happiness constantly depressed intellectuals can hope for?
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What ever happened to Quentin’s strung out friend that was trying to get into the school?
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Why does the questing beast suck at life? Also – why couldn’t it repair body parts that were in another world, but could send Quentin to a place that was in another world? Please don’t pull a Simpsons and have Xena tell me that a wizard did it.
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I feel like such a dork.

]]> By: Kemper http://techland.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:06:23 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/08/19/why-im-not-posting-this-week/#comment-2006 Loved the book. I think I got you a couple of sales on Goodreads. Kickbacks are accepted.

Enjoy the tour. Work fast on the sequel. I need to know what happens next.

Selman and Quittner need to pick up some of the slack around here. I would suggest borrowing the robot from Tuned In that James P. uses when on vacation and turn Robo-James into Robo-Lev, but, you know, robots….

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