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The GCU “He Hates It When You Call Him That”

Bill Humphries — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:40:38 +0000

Having watched the finale of Battlestar Galactica, I’m going to assume the awful slog that the Colonials and Cylons were put through was the doings of a Culture Mind with a mean streak and a sense of humor.

The Victorian Culture

Bill Humphries — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:32:47 +0000

I found an airship avatar at Grendel’s Children.

It’s great for tooling around Steampunk sims like Babbage Square.

And as you see in the photo below, it’s small. Great for days you want to be a Steampunk version of a drone from Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels.

Hey, wait, I was on a GSV with that guy.

Just Another Village of the Damned

Bill Humphries — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:36:10 +0000

While I was not exactly the audience they had in mind, three things in Hot Fuzz made me smile:

Desk sergeant reading a Iain Banks novel.
Pub playing Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me).
Skellingtons reference.

Dana Stevens has the best summary of the movie: Hot Fuzz is like an Agatha Christie novel directed by Michael Bay and adapted for the screen by P.G. Wodehouse.

Update: Dave, in the comments, says he thought he saw the two desk sergeants (both played by Bill Bailey) reading both Iain Banks and Iain M. Banks. I asked some other people who saw the movie, who confirmed it. This adds another layer to the joke. Both Banks are the same person, but Banks’ science fiction is published with the middle initial.