Sci-2 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I loved geometries and parabolas the first time. Subsequent times lead to diminished interest, then escalated into mild annoyance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmail Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Hee!Also, Rick astley came swirling down.That is either a milkshake of some sort, or a porn. I think the latter.And i agree with Sciborg2. He does tend to repeat himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 the only problem with this conversation is that once one is primed to 'see' an overusage one can't but help to see it everywhere. Priming is not the fault of the author, but is a non-diagetic effect the reader unconsciously imposes upon the text.I have noted with great dismay that Bakker overuses the word "the" far too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmail Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 the only problem with this conversation is that once one is primed to 'see' an overusage one can't but help to see it everywhere. Priming is not the fault of the author, but is a non-diagetic effect the reader unconsciously imposes upon the text.I have noted with great dismay that Bakker overuses the word "the" far too much.If you are not joking i want to punch you in your internet face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curethan Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Say one thing for fantasy authors, they use signature words and phrases much and more. Woe betide them when criticism of repetition comes swirling down like a wind that starts in the north blah fucking blah lets swell the word count and make this a really thick book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 *tugs forelock* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Man, it's really come down to the last bits of popcorn in the bucket...Bakker needs to release something.Hell, I want a definitive answer on why dragons can't use chorae, but I'll settle for some Inchie-Mandati-Dunyain mpreg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I think it bothers everyone on some level. For any author. It's not something to damn him for, though for those people who like good prose or have a good memory it can be one of those nails on chalkboard moments. What, Niello AGAIN? Fuck. FUCK. What, porn descriptions of food again? Bah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 my three-year old whines less than you kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Ever are men deceived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 my three-year old whines less than you kids.I think people are just scraping to talk about something relating to these books. Looks like we're not getting that TUC chapter anytime soon either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmail Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 my three-year old whines less than you kids.Your three year old probably capitalizes the beginnings of sentences as well. So he/she is one up on us and one up on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 she better be; i am breeding her to be aspect empress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmail Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 That might result in problems for you, as we saw what Khellus did with his father. I can only expect that you will flee to hide with some angry gay barbarian that likes to fuck holes in the ground in an attempt to escape her patricide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marwyn Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I will swirl scintilating geometries of radiant death down upon them.I'm so going to use this sentence in real life the next time the chance presents itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madness Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Lol, this is awesome. Though, I will up lockesnow the Spacing effect. The thing to remember is that cognitive biases are mostly contrasted againt a statistical reality. I mean, HE's got citations.Also, Bakker's pretty concerned about a level of consistency in his work - WHCB aside, in my opinion. So I except the excerpt/chapter awaits the concretization of other points in the narrative.It'll come and before TUC is out ;). Damn anticipation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Meh, in all this time we could at least have a proper site with a map, and the appendix online as well.It'd be good to separate the series from the author's science-related hobbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Lol, this is awesome. Though, I will up lockesnow the Spacing effect. The thing to remember is that cognitive biases are mostly contrasted againt a statistical reality. I mean, HE's got citations.Also, Bakker's pretty concerned about a level of consistency in his work - WHCB aside, in my opinion. So I except the excerpt/chapter awaits the concretization of other points in the narrative.It'll come and before TUC is out ;). Damn anticipation...You realize you are saying that What Comes After determines What Comes Before(this seems like the great irony of all fiction, After tends to determine the before) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 in an attempt to escape her patricideno no. in my house, we practice ritual cannibalism, to transfer our power to our descendants. my last act will accordingly be to serve my own brains for breakfast one morning, like the cow in the restaurant at the end of the universe.After tends to determine the before)those musings struck me as uncritical in PoN--the prophetics/predictions precede the events--so how is causality said to be flowing backward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 those musings struck me as uncritical in PoN--the prophetics/predictions precede the events--so how is causality said to be flowing backward??It's not flowing backwards, but rather events are moving toward a future point. So the exact events may be undetermined, but the set of possibilities in the probability space is narrowed because ultimately the chains have to lead to the prophesied events.This is different than backwards causality, which is like the drink in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, wherein Harry realizes taking a sip doesn't make something funny happen, but rather future-funnies will make him take a sip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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