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In “Dear Bill” we have the line,

“Because talking to roses is mad, and you knew that when you whispered sweet nothings to flowers to make my dad cross, and me laugh, and you did.”

Hester Leggatt, as portrayed in the show, wouldn’t say “My dad.” She would say “Father.”

“…to make father cross, and me laugh, and you did.”

Am I wrong about this? Does it bother anyone else? Cause this really sticks in my craw.

Been getting in Japanese Murder Mysteries lately. Read Decagon House, and Mill House by Yukito Atatsuji, as well as Strange Pictures and Strange Houses by Uketsu.

Started Labyrinth House, got a copy of Clock House, and looking forward to Black Cat House next year. I also have a copy of Strange Buildings coming, and I’m looking forward to Strange Maps next year.

Poking around Amazon, I see Soji Shimada and Seishi Yokomizo in the “Customers Also Bought” section.

Before I pull the trigger on either of these authors, have you read them? Are they any good? Any and all opinions, and maybe recommendations for authors not mentioned here would be appreciated.

Thanks so much!

I’ve completed the series multiple times, so if there’s an answer later on, awesome, just put it in a spoiler tag so it doesn’t get spoiled for others.

When Elaida meets up with Padan Fain in the prologue, why doesn’t she sense the evil coming from him?

Moiraine has said that Aes Sedai and Warders can sense shadowspawn if they’re close, she has a VISCERAL reaction to Mat when he’s almost succumbed to the dagger, and Fain is a mix of Shadowspawn, Machin Shin, Mordeth and The Light knows what else.

So why doesn’t Elaida react to him?

By which I mean: I picked up the second book, Strange Houses, but is there anything in there that will spoil Strange Pictures, or does it make references to the first book (kinda like how Ayatsuji's House Murders series takes place in the same universe)?

Or are they all stand alone, and I can just read them in any order? Thanks in advance!

Bunny from Malice, Leanne from Valkyrie, and Marco from Minotaur are all slimmer than the last time we saw them.

They look great!

Speaking as someone who is trying to lose some weight himself, it’s a hard thing to do, so props to them!

Been listening to the show obsessively, and sometimes my two year old daughter has been listening along with me.

I don’t have a problem with that, per se, because I want to expose her to all sorts of music, including Broadway musicals.

Operation Mincemeat is mostly inoffensive fun, so I’m okay with her listening to it.

She was obsessed for a little while with “Sail On, Boys” which she referred to as “Down Together.” Could sing almost the entire song in her jumbled not quite complete grasp of the language.

Then she got obsessed with, in her words, “God Brillint.” Yes. Thank you. Best song in the show, we can listen to as much as you want.

And then tonight, we were getting ready for bed, and she asked for a song called “Ice Mice.” I had no idea what that was. All the children’s songs I knew she liked, all the songs I knew she liked, none of them featured mice or ice that I could think of.

My only clue was that we had been listening to Mincemeat, so maybe it was something from the show?

So I started at the beginning, asked if that was the song she wanted. No. Skipped to the next. No. Skip. No. Skip. No.

And then we got to the start of the second act, the sirens go off and “Reich on the mic… Third Reich on the mic.”

That was the song she wanted. The Nazi song. The one that spouts all the propaganda. So.

This is my life, I guess.

I saw Youtube videos and shorts of dudes walking around and they pick up a rock, look it over, then cut it open and there’s a fossil inside.

Granted, some of those may be fake (rock bought and placed and then filming began), but that doesn’t answer how anyone knew there was anything in the fossil to sell it as such in the first place.

Is there some sort of give-away I’m just not seeing, or is it a specific type/shape? What’s the secret?

I picked up Clock House, Labyrinth House, and Decagon House.

I poked into each one to see which one would catch my interest first, and it ultimately ended up being Decagon (which, being his first, is probably a good place to start).

I’m about halfway through the second chapter, and two characters- Kawamiami and Shimada- are discussing the Nakamura murders.

This clicked with something in my brain, namely that Labyrinth opens with a guy named Shimada receiving the book; and Clock House opens with a guy named Kawamiami going to a meeting.

Are these the same people, or just same name?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Milo-

If you happen to see this, is there any chance you could put off the Atlantis episode just a little bit longer to talk about this, please and thank you?

I’m looking for books kinda like Ghostwritten, by David Mitchell (if you have not read Ghostwritten, confusing read it right now, it’s amazing). Short stories that touch on each other, or see events from a different perspective that culminate together in solving a Whodunnit.

I’m aware of “The Afterparty” tv series, which is phenomenal and I loved both seasons, but that’s not quite what I’m looking for. Like I said, something akin to Ghostwritten.

I’m also aware of “An Instance of the Fingerpost” which I have a copy of but have not read yet.

Thanks in advance.

This post is not meant as an attack or to call anyone out on anything, I’m genuinely curious about what seems to be a hypocritical attitude in the fandom, and whether I’ve missed out on a large discourse somewhere.

Once a week or so, there’s a post regarding Sanderson saying that Lanfear tricked everyone (including the reader) into believing she was dead when she actually survived. This is generally met with a lot of ire, and folks declaring it is not their preferred interpretation. And fair enough. It’s not in the text, so you are free to believe she died, regardless of author intent. I have no problem with that (I kinda feel that way myself).

My question comes to the other Not In The Text Survival Of A Character Who Definitely DEFINITELY Died: Bela.

In the WoT companion book, Bela is mentioned as living out the rest of her life in the Two Rivers, and having two horse children of her own.

So, out of curiosity, why is it generally considered fine that Bela is “alive” when she definitely DEFINITELY isn’t; and Lanfear surviving is not considered okay?

Both characters died onscreen, but were later confirmed to be alive against all the odds.

Or is that even the case? Is Bela’s survival considered on the same level as Lanfear’s and I’ve just missed the discourse all these years? I’m genuinely curious.

I’ve read Ghostwritten, Cloud Atlas, and The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell and loved each one.

What are some other books of interconnected short fiction akin to those?

Don’t necessarily need to be as cerebral as Cloud Atlas, but that doesn’t scare me off.

Bonus points if it somehow or other involves a murder mystery whodunnit, but that is certainly not necessary.

Thanks in advance!

Can be directed at one another or at the movie.

For one another, I’ve got:

“Kiss my medieval ass, you fusty plebeian!” (Death “Potatoes are what WE eat” Stalker)

Or

“The world was not awaiting a chubby, pompous, EUNUCH!” (Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders)

For directed at the movie, I’ve got

[Paraphrase]“This cannot be our hero. Movie. Movie! This will not stand.” (Time Chasers)