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02-25-2025, 09:33 PM
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So Huckleberry Finn is the Great American Novel, and I was wondering what the Great Canadian Novel is.
PNQ: Opinions? Personally I can't help but feel that it's Anne of Green Gables, but there are other opinions out there. One that keeps coming up is The Handmaid's Tale, but I don't think that it's a valid candidate. Just being a bestseller by an author of Nationality X doesn't make a book a "Great Nation X Novel." Plus I must admit that I think that it takes time to reach the status of the "Great Nation X Novel." For example, we might peg Heidi for Switzerland or Hans Brinker for Holland, but they weren't such at the time. Even Huck Finn and Twain in general took time to reach legendary status. PNQ: Do you have an opinion on a better "Great American Novel" than Huck Finn? I can't help but wonder if The Wizard of Oz better fits this role.
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02-28-2025, 03:58 AM
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So I've watched a lot of Princess Bride reviews lately...
PNQ: So the kiss at the end is said to be even more passionate and pure than the five finalists before it. What do you consider to be the five most passionate and pure kisses in movie or TV history? I can't help but think of the one at the end of Aladdin, for example. The Disney Renaissance in general has a lot of good kisses, but I wouldn't want to swamp the list with them. Lizzy and Darcy at the end of Pride and Prejudice 2005? I'm not sure. Jo and Professor Bhaer at the end of Little Women 1994, certainly.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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03-10-2025, 08:30 PM
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Inspired by an SF Debris review...
PNQ: Suppose the Federation of the 25th century decided to make a monument akin to Mount Rushmore, representing six important people from throughout Federation history. Who do you think fits? I'm going to add restrictions that no more than two of them can be humans and no more than two of them can be Starfleet officers. Kirk and Sarek are obvious additions, of course. But who else? You could certainly argue for Worf. T'Pau? Spock? Data? Doc? Nog?
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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03-17-2025, 08:21 PM
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Spock, Surak, Zefram Cochrane, Soval's grandmother who did a lot of important stuff we don't know about, Daystrom, and the Tellarite Something-Or-Other who was like a combination of Newton, Salk, and Da Vinci in her impact on science and culture.
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03-17-2025, 08:29 PM
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Cochrane already has his statues, and he's important to Earth history, not so much Federation history in general.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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03-20-2025, 01:00 AM
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I suddenly remember T'Pau.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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03-27-2025, 09:43 PM
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Today I saw a Facebook meme about someone wanting to go back in time to collect all of the G1 Transformers toys...
PNQ: Suppose you could return to your childhood with appropriate money to buy up collectibles from a beloved fandom, which one? I'm going to specify that the purpose is nostalgia, not reselling "mint" collectibles in the present day. You have to keep this stuff. Me? A few things come to mind... 1. Star Trek Micro Machines 2. Quite a few Yu-gi-oh cards 3. There are a few Klutz Press books that are hard to find nowadays
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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