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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)

The site takes me to Ticketmaster, which does not give me an option for meet n greet.

How do I sign up for that? Help, please and thank you.

This morning I finished the first Speedwell and Stoker book, A Curious Beginning.

I was intrigued enough by what I heard about it to check it out, but the first book was kinda boring (not a lot happens between the murder occurring and the investigation of the murder starting, including a completely (at least as far as this book is concerned) multi-chapter stay at a circus that does nothing and goes nowhere) and also, just a LOT more horny than I thought it might be.

Does the series get better as it goes along? The horniness I don’t really care, that was just a humorous observation, but do future books become more interesting?

Thanks in advance for the advice and feedback!

In another thread about the moon being tidally locked, it was mentioned that due to the moon’s influence on Earth, the planet would eventually become tidally locked to the moon, though the sun will have expanded and consumed both before it got to that point.

So I got to wondering, do other planets have their moons tidally locked to them? And what about dwarf planets and moons like Pluto and Charon?

I imagine the answer is Yes, dummy, moons are tidally locked because gravity is universal and acts the same. So even if they aren’t currently, they will be eventually.

But the Pluto/Charon combo. They would lock on to each other in a shorter space of time than our moon and us, right? Because the gravitational pull is closer to being equal?

For the uninitiated: In the Wheel of Time fantasy series, the country of Saldaea has a monarch who wears what is called The Broken Crown.

Meanwhile, as you all probably remember, Joe and his extremely specific regional accent.

EotD definitely takes place in Mid-World (Garland is mentioned, Dennis and Thomas have a one-line appearance in Drawing of the Three), and I just wanted to share this other thing I just read now-

In Chapter 94, two characters are talking about a dream they had, that of Flagg looking into something glowing, using it to spy around.

Flagg definitely DEFINITELY has one of the Bends o’ the Rainbow. I haven’t caught a color, if one is mentioned, but I enjoyed that connection when I caught it.

I mean in the museum.

I’ve caught and donated almost every insect (only missing the Blue Weevil- damn thing just will not spawn even when I use the mystery island clearing trick).

My daughter loves walking around the museum and looking at the fish and butterflies. She asked about the ladybug the other day, and I could not for the life of me find it.

Since then, I’ve checked every sign in the insect wing and none of them show me the ladybug.

Yes, I am positive I donated it. My critterpedia says I have, so unless it’s glitched somehow, I did.

(Edit to add: I googled for the answer, and it told me what the user in the comments told me, but it’s not there, and the signs don’t list it.)

So where is it located and where is the sign that shows it? Thanks in advance.

You may remember Solomon as the YouTuber who very politely and professionally corrected some stuff Milo got wrong in the Vesuvius video.

He’s pretty entertaining and he should have more views than he does.

He raises his hand, the teacher acknowledges him.

“I request and requires cakes and ale.”

The teacher is confounded. “What?”

“I request and requires cakes and ale.”

“No. Finish your test.”

The student continues, holding up a book: “I’m sorry sir, in the school handbook, it very clearly states that if a student is sitting for an exam, and he requests and requires cakes and ale, that such shall be provided for him.”

The teacher takes a look, acknowledges the truth of the student’s words, and with soda and a snack cake being the most readily available, the student is satisfied.

The next week, the student was suspended for not wearing his sword to class.

Does anybody else just REALLY hate them?

I’m talking about books like Blue Train, Cat Among the Pigeons, and Taken at the Flood.

Where half the book is spent listening to people whine about their lives before the murder takes place and Poirot is brought in.

I understand the construction, and the point of it, but I just really freakin’ loathe the books that do that.

Okay, for that out of my system. Am I alone in this?