Alan Pennie

Tbf a great many people on here don't understand anything.
I hope they will eventually.

Joseph Conrad called HG Wells "the historian of the days to come".
Which was kind of an awesome tribute.

That's right. Brit SF was much less of a literary subculture than its US equivalent.

I daresay Tolkien would have bonded with Stanislaw Lem.
But I don't suppose he attended fan conventions either.

I'd kind of forgotten he existed.
I used to follow him a couple of years ago.

A question expecting the answer duh!

It has sometimes been said that the horrors of The Khmer Rouge were the result of half -; educated Cambodians taking seriously the chatter of Parisian cafés.

Why has there been no proper polling?

"I bequeath to the various futures, not to all, a prolix fantasy series without an ending..."

It sure is.

The wingnut welfare circuit may seem preferable to being a teacher in Chicago.

Oh God!
I previously thought I was quite sympathetic to *younger adults*.

Yes, it's a good article.

Yes it's a weird situation where two of Jezza's Independent pals are also members of YP (kinda, sorta) and two aren't.

Yep. My guess is that the Gaza independents will stand as independents if they decide to stand again.

It was unfortunate (or fortunate if you're a Green) that the two leaders detested each.
Good old Labour faction fighting raised to the nth power.

He's been playing the game a very long time. He's good at it, curse him!

Depressing reading. I remember my local councillor telling me years ago that he'd been on a course about situational awareness and danger reduction.
It struck at the time as unnecessary in rural Kent, but maybe not.

Plus you're working for psychos.

True. Tbf that was kind of forced.

Tbf a lot of people had problems with Jesuits, fairly or unfairly.

Capitalism is a bit too nebulous as a villain, possibly.

Voltairean D&D where The Church is the villain.
I suppose if there are any games based on *His Dark Materials* they will be that.

Most encouraging.

Avenge the insult to Cadmus!

I do indeed.

It may possibly need refinement.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Oppression!

There's been a lot of very ignorant comment about them today.