tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post116099878946050172..comments2023-07-04T10:43:29.349-05:00Comments on The Lextopia: News and EnergyThe_Lexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01042029949389704751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-1161337750947672462006-10-20T04:49:00.000-05:002006-10-20T04:49:00.000-05:00I'll have to agree with Erinmaru's take on the end...I'll have to agree with <B>Erinmaru</B>'s take on the ending of Wolf's Rain. Highly disappointing, given the excellence of the rest of the series. But then again, I don't know if I've ever seen an anime series that ended satisfactorily. (Well, Full Metal Alchemist is a possible exception.)<BR/><BR/>As for <B>SF in general</B>, I've always found the Nebula Award collections to be a good way of Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575673813724483738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-1161218304168503032006-10-18T19:38:00.000-05:002006-10-18T19:38:00.000-05:00Ok, so Wikipedia explains Robotech too. I guess I...Ok, so Wikipedia explains Robotech too. I guess I like showing off obscure knowledge. <BR/><BR/>I saw the end of Wolf's Rain on Cartoon Network and was underwelmed. Same ending as several other Anime, Gal Force comes to mind, and several other serials...the 'heroes' fail to stop the world from self destructing, dying heroically one by one, thus redeeming them from character flaws revealed in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-1161217563490303362006-10-18T19:26:00.000-05:002006-10-18T19:26:00.000-05:00Sounds like you're already writing critically abou...Sounds like you're already writing critically about SciFi/Robotech! You remind me of a website John Sawers showed me years ago dedicated to Ethical Issues on Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Some deep thought there. <BR/><BR/>Also, you might not realize it, but the original Robotech show was actaully, drumroll please : 3 seperate Japanese TV shows pasted together. Seems that the average TV show Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-1161034020729623462006-10-16T16:27:00.000-05:002006-10-16T16:27:00.000-05:00I have been very slow to get on the RSS bandwagon,...I have been very slow to get on the RSS bandwagon, so I'm afraid I use just muddle through until I've visited everything I can remember at a given point. Not exactly efficient, but fairly entertaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-1161033822137674812006-10-16T16:23:00.000-05:002006-10-16T16:23:00.000-05:00I realized one issue on this topic: There's a high...I realized one issue on this topic: There's a high possibility that the whole Robotech storyline has more of an anime/comic fandom rather than a "general" science fiction audience. I hear more of these continuity issues discussed in reference to comics as compared to spec fic, even though that becomes an issue with the franchise creative products (eg Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance and I can't The_Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01042029949389704751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-1161031027976398672006-10-16T15:37:00.000-05:002006-10-16T15:37:00.000-05:00Agh. You have no idea how long a response this is...Agh. You have no idea how long a response this is going to require. Good thing there seems to be a vendor bottleneck with my workload today.<BR/><BR/>To work from the end back up, here are some places to go for lit spec-fic information, I'll be leaving them as URLs not linked because there will be a bundle and I don't want to trigger any spam filters.<BR/><BR/>Starting at the low end, there's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-1161028847028113482006-10-16T15:00:00.000-05:002006-10-16T15:00:00.000-05:00Jason, before getting any further, I would have to...Jason, before getting any further, I would have to say that you, on many levels, probably prove an exception to many rules. =D<BR/><BR/>But maybe you do have a point. Maybe I should have referred to Spec Fic fandom rather than the whole community. Nonetheless, fandom does have the tendency to create certain impressions on the rest of the world. I don't really want to get into that topic too much,The_Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01042029949389704751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-1161023570223173492006-10-16T13:32:00.000-05:002006-10-16T13:32:00.000-05:00I take plenty of sf reading serious, and I read a ...I take plenty of sf reading serious, and I read a lot of the blogosphere that takes an interest in serious consideration of sf texts on a literary level. I can't really imagine going to that place with Robotech novels though. This is largely out of ignorance of their content, and the fact that I really don't allow time at all for derivative material when there is so much original stuff that I'mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com