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2019-08-15 Home Front: Culture Wars

Why Ripley In ‘Aliens' Is The Ultimate Anti-Mary Sue

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Posted by DarthVader 2019-08-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Also fr pile, re the Masked Malaysian (really showinf off the ol' work ethic on this one):

Ayuda me, muse, as I canto...
Of whom? The Mohammedan Santo,
Ms. Mary Sue! Yay!
Now I've no more to say
And descend to an end rallentando.

Posted by Dopey Phatle7682 2019-08-15 06:50|| 2019-08-15 06:50|| Front Page Top

#2 The SJW's have made it hard to find any new science fiction to read if it is published by one of the major publishers... So, yeah, I see what he is saying.

Posted by magpie 2019-08-15 11:40|| 2019-08-15 11:40|| Front Page Top

#3 The SJW's have made it hard to find any new science fiction

Try rereading some of the old (our contemporaries) guys: Bulmer, Offutt, etc...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-08-15 11:48|| 2019-08-15 11:48|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd be interested in your opinion of Andi Through the Multiverse.

Posted by Fred 2019-08-15 12:07|| 2019-08-15 12:07|| Front Page Top

#5 To save you lazy bums the trouble of googling: Andi Through the Multiverse

It sounds like fun.

Posted by SteveS 2019-08-15 12:39|| 2019-08-15 12:39|| Front Page Top

#6 I like Baen publishers, they do Larry Correia's

Posted by Frank g 2019-08-15 13:20|| 2019-08-15 13:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Another character whose progression from naif to expert was logically done so her capabilities were earned is "Game of Thrones" Arya Stark.

Posted by Ptah 2019-08-15 13:30|| 2019-08-15 13:30|| Front Page Top

#8 I liked David Weber's 'Honor Harrington' series

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-08-15 14:15|| 2019-08-15 14:15|| Front Page Top

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