Extra Credits: Extra Sci Fi

[Jcogginsa]

It's not much of a difference

 

[krinsbez]

It's not much of a difference

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Yes it is.

An anthology is a collection of stories written by a bunch of different people, this is not.

 

[Jcogginsa]

Yes it is.

An anthology is a collection of stories written by a bunch of different people, this is not.

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No, there's no requirement that stories in an anthology need to be written by different people

 

[krinsbez]

No, there's no requirement that stories in an anthology need to be written by different people

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Yes, there is, that's what makes it an anthology and not a short story collection.

 

[Jcogginsa]

Yes, there is, that's what makes it an anthology and not a short story collection.

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here are you getting your definition from?

 

[krinsbez]

here are you getting your definition from?

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What I learned in elementary school.

 

[Jcogginsa]

This is what I get from Googling Anthropology Definition

a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.
"an anthology of European poetry"

• a published collection of songs or musical compositions issued in one album.

 

[Terra Novan]

 

[krinsbez]

I don't really remember the book well enough to agree or disagree with their conclusions, but I do have one nitpick; even if we agree with their thesis that "The Million Year Picnic" is a cycle in-of-itself, it seems kinda cheap to just skip the rest of the post-Earth stories.

 

[RoboRenee]

 

[krinsbez]

Aww, they don't talk about Robur.

 

[RoboRenee]

 

[krinsbez]

By what logic is War of the Worlds "subtle" in it's critique of colonialism?

The narrator explicitly makes the comparison.

Anyways, what are the odds they'll hit my man ERB at some point?

 

[cB557]

By what logic is War of the Worlds "subtle" in it's critique of colonialism?

The narrator explicitly makes the comparison.

Anyways, what are the odds they'll hit my man ERB at some point?

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Well, they said nuanced, not subtle.

 

[krinsbez]

Well, they said nuanced, not subtle.

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Their discussion on it starts with "War of the Worlds, on the other hand, is a much subtler novel."

 

[cB557]

Ah, so it does.

 

[Teen Spirit]

 

[RoboRenee]

Also I see that Constantine ref you clever little buggers.

 

[krinsbez]

Hey, this talk of pseudoscience makes me wonder if they're gonna discuss the Shaver Mystery?

 

[LSkullD]

Also I see that Constantine ref you clever little buggers.

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Let's face it Extra Credits is not subtle with it's references.

Though Conan the Barbarian and/or the G8 Squad would have been more appropriate.

 

[krinsbez]

Though Conan the Barbarian and/or the G8 Squad would have been more appropriate.

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What is the latter of those?

And Conan fights wizards, he isn't one himself, so I'm not sure it would be appropriate.

Also, now I'm wondering what an Extra Fantasy series would be like.

 

[LSkullD]

What is the latter of those?

And Conan fights wizards, he isn't one himself, so I'm not sure it would be appropriate.

Also, now I'm wondering what an Extra Fantasy series would be like.

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It's a reference to this:

G-8 and His Battle Aces.

 

[krinsbez]

It's a reference to this:

G-8 and His Battle Aces.

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Huh, I knew about 'em, but not that they did magic stuff.

 

[Kokurokoki]

Looking at this and Nasuverse's Frankenstein, I realize that everything about Nasuverse Frankenstein defeats the point of the original work's Frankenstein. Not that it's surprising, considering what it did with the Indian heroes, but it was kind of disappointing.

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What do you mean by this? Explain? I'm genuinely curious.

 

[krinsbez]

What do you mean by this? Explain? I'm genuinely curious.

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Knowing very little about the Nasuverse, I agree!