A Pop Culture and SF Post
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tcpipRecently, inspired by my RuneQuest/Stormbringer gaming, I've had the opportunity to appreciate the works of Michael Moorcock. In the past week or so I've read The Jewel in the Skull, The Mad God's Amulet, The Sword of The Dawn, The Runestaff (all fantasy), An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands, The End of All Songs (all sf), The Warlord of the Air, The Land Leviathan, and The Steel Tsar (original steampunk). Moorcock also was regular collaborator with Hawkwind, and even ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
caseopaya admits to humming along to the tunes of late. mickey_ob points me to the Prog Rock timeline.
More on the science-fiction theme, I recently did a review of the old sf game Universe. Last week was the 30th birthday of the original Traveller. In recent weeks I've finally (yeah, talk about ignoring pop culture) had the opportunity to watch many sessions of Babylon Five; I find the setting grating, the characters and acting often very wooden, but damn the story is developing just fine. Torchwood has also proven to be sufficiently interesting for me to watch as well.
On other topics, last Friday was Sysadmin appreciation day, which surely must be some wicked joke to grind in how unrecognised they really are. Old uni comrade Adam Bandt is standing for the Greens in Federal seat of Melbourne (MARS used to joke about the World Domination Sub-committee). Somewhat on topic, a star system with four suns may include a planet.
caseopaya admits to humming along to the tunes of late. mickey_ob points me to the Prog Rock timeline.More on the science-fiction theme, I recently did a review of the old sf game Universe. Last week was the 30th birthday of the original Traveller. In recent weeks I've finally (yeah, talk about ignoring pop culture) had the opportunity to watch many sessions of Babylon Five; I find the setting grating, the characters and acting often very wooden, but damn the story is developing just fine. Torchwood has also proven to be sufficiently interesting for me to watch as well.
On other topics, last Friday was Sysadmin appreciation day, which surely must be some wicked joke to grind in how unrecognised they really are. Old uni comrade Adam Bandt is standing for the Greens in Federal seat of Melbourne (MARS used to joke about the World Domination Sub-committee). Somewhat on topic, a star system with four suns may include a planet.
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Date: 2007-07-31 07:37 am (UTC)I wouldn't have recognised Adam.
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Date: 2007-07-31 07:54 am (UTC)Of course, both the Labor right and the Tories will be sweetly chuckling as this goes on.
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Date: 2007-07-31 11:23 pm (UTC)Interesting website, too.
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Date: 2007-07-31 11:54 pm (UTC)He's still looking pretty young. The new glasses suit him too.
Haven't seen him for about a year. Must catch up again one day...
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Date: 2007-07-31 07:57 am (UTC)Which season? I found Season #1 always rather lack-luster, but then again, it's a first season. They definitely seem to get better as they go along, though #4 comes across as rushed (as they had no idea if they'd be contracted to do #5, and tried to cram two seasons worth into one).
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Date: 2007-07-31 11:34 am (UTC)Season #1 was pretty average; currently about 2/3rds of the way through Season #2. The plot development is improving significantly although there is a couple of truly lame episodes interspersed.
I think I may have a read of the Babylon 5 RPG tonight as well.
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Date: 2007-08-01 11:34 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-08-03 05:41 am (UTC)Well, it wasn't too bad, about on par with most popular SF. But yeah, I saw a couple of episodes from later series once and quite liked them..
I owe you a document in a proper format as well. I haven't forgotten :-)
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Date: 2007-08-03 01:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-04 12:28 am (UTC)I'll get you a newer version asap. It's changed significantly since version 0.1
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Date: 2007-08-01 11:35 pm (UTC)lol, well yeah, that might colour your perspective a bit! ;-)
Anyway, it's plodding along quite nicely storywise.. But really I am looking forward to the day when someone with imagination writes a script of a setting two to three hundred years in the future and really thinks about what changes to people can be expected by then.
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Date: 2007-07-31 08:56 am (UTC)Moorcock & Hawkwind had strange effects on each other. An album The New Worlds Fair by "Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix" was released in 1975, which included a number of Hawkwind regulars in the credits. I have a vinyl copy somewhere, but as a Hawkwind (and Moorcock) fan I had to (I also have a copy of Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters)! Finally got to see Hawkwind live at the Metro in 2000 (though Moorcock wasn't playing with them by then). That was a good year for live shows for me.
You realise that I watched the whole of Babylon 5 in order earlier this year (about one episode a day). It's a good way to watch it, though Season 5 (which I remember best of all) was disappointing. Still don't have the TV movies, Tales of the Rangers, or Crusade however.
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Date: 2007-07-31 11:37 am (UTC)I can imagine the synergistic effects of Moorcock and Hawkwind! I've seen (but never heard) a copy of the Deep Fix/Moorcock "Dodgem Dude", looks very strange.
Seeing Hawkwing perform live would have rocked verily; I can only ave an inkling of the sort of stage show they'd put on. Hassan i Sabah!
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Date: 2007-07-31 09:33 pm (UTC)Actually it was exactly as I'd read and expected, which was great!
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Date: 2007-07-31 10:53 pm (UTC)*sigh* I believe they're still producing and touring... Next time I won't miss them!