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  • What condiments do you add to your breakfast sandwiches?

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  • For me it's eggs with either bacon or sausage (cut up, so they're easier to eat in a sandwich), some kind of cheese (lately a havarti with jalapeno), and either just mayo or some bang bang sauce.

  • pro choice

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  • I have a friend who had the license plate "ALEPH NUL" which I thought was good nerd humor.

  • Adrian Tchaikovsky

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  • Hmm, the name Diaspora looked really familiar. Just read the Wikipedia entry, and I'm pretty sure I read that when it came out, though that was 29 years ago, and I don't really remember it.

    Okay I'll at least put Permutation City on my list and go from there. Thank you for your detailed response.

  • TIL you can fry food in a microwave

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  • I have for sure experienced the explosive boiling over of superheated water, but like a couple times in my life and I'm an old guy. It's crazy when it happens though. The water looks like it didn't get to the boiling point, but when you disturb it, it starts insanely boiling over. Got boiling water on my hand, but not badly burned.

  • Adrian Tchaikovsky

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  • Yeah, you can never say, "Oh, that's a typical Tchaikovsky novel."

  • TIL the last person imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735 was in 1941, A medium claimed to have spoken to the crew of the battleship HMS Barnam, whose sinking had not been made public

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  • Heh, I guess that's a risky abbreviation in a TIL thread.

  • Adrian Tchaikovsky

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  • I liked Alien Clay pretty well. Here's what I wrote in my notes about Children of Memory:

    • Third in the series that starts with Children of Time. Not a cookie cutter sequel, and a somewhat challenging book. The first two in the series alternate between two linear stories set a long time apart. This one isn’t told in a linear way. Many of the characters from the prior book go to one of the planets listed as a terraforming project of the original earth civilization and find a struggling town of people. I really like how Tchaikovsky wrestles with what the right thing to do is in complex situations. Good series all around.

    I thought it was good, and he did something unusual in the storytelling, but it was tougher.

    Have you read Service Model? That one is fun. Here's are my notes:

    • Charles, a high-end robot valet, finds that he has murdered his master, though he doesn’t know why. To find the answer, he heads to Diagnostics, leaving the grounds for the first time. He finds civilization has collapsed, with robots like himself at various levels of functionality. He also meets The Wonk, who believes Charles has become sentient. This book is a treasure. Fans of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams will find something to love here.

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  • I like Banks, but I don't love Banks the way a lot of people do. One thing that always bothers me is the relationships in his stories always seem so thin. When he has a love interest, the characters often talk about how much they love the other person, but it doesn't ever seem genuine.

  • Protecc

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  • Interesting, thanks

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  • Huh, I thought that was pretty rare.

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  • Aww, I wonder what happened to the rest of the litter.

  • Adrian Tchaikovsky

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  • He does a good job at humor, for sure. I haven't read One Day...

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  • Huh, I thought it was amazing, and loved the way the characters developed. To each his own.

  • Adrian Tchaikovsky

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  • You're exactly right - he's got a knack for creating really novel aliens, and for me that's one of the joys of SF. I was really thinking that while reading Shroud was well.

  • Adrian Tchaikovsky

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  • I've heard of him compared to Egan in the past, but I don't think I've read anything by Egan. Is there a book of his you'd recommend starting with?

    Oh, and I agree with you the inherent goodness that's in Tchaikovsky's stories. After reading stories by folks like Mieville (which are great, but often so depressing), I just need a little hope and empathy sometimes.

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  • Let us know what you think if you do. I'm not a podcast guy, so I doubt I will.

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  • I get that with some of them. It's not true of the Children of Time series, but probably a fair criticism of City of Last Chances, which I liked, but not as much as others.

    A few of the titles I listed are novellas, so intentionally briefer than the novels.

  • Adrian Tchaikovsky

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  • Oh, I don't think I'm familiar with that one. You liked it then? Guess I should add it to my reading list.

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  • The guy is crazy prolific considering how substantial most of his books are. Must be amazingly talented. I'll for sure be reading Strife.