happy St.Turibius's day!
- someone made a video for her song "somebody will"
- she's on episode 16 of James and Ashley Stay at Home (52 minutes)
- she has a patreon which will hopefully fund a podcast she's planning with Jo Walton
- she wrote a piece called Why I Teach Machiavelli Through His Letters
- in the last roundup i mentioned that she'd been on the in lieu of fun podcast (75 mins). she's been on again twice since then: another 75 mins and 76 mins
- and people on the subreddit are starting a re-read of books 1-3 in preparation for the release of book 4. the schedule is here, and the reading for this week is here.
another update on ada palmer
- in the previous update i linked up a 2¾ hour podcast she did. well, she went back for another 3 hours with the same dude. lots more good stuff in this one too.
- she put up a blog post on self-care and healthy work habits for the pandemic which links to two documents she wrote for the university of chicago: which will be increasingly useful as your job more closely approximates "social sciences academic", but the self-care one especially has a lot of very good general advice too.
- two other podcasts she's done recently:
- in lieu of fun 1¼ hours
- getting smart 50 minutes
- in lieu of fun 1¼ hours
- and in the 2020/21 academic year she's running a science fiction RPG for U Chicago students
that should be enough to keep you busy for a little while
some recent info from ada palmer, including excerpts from the next book
- as part of jo walton's decameron project, she has two excerpts from perhaps the stars which apparently won't be out until july 2021
- she wrote an essay on genre fiction and censorship uncanny magazine
- she did an amazing 2¾ hour podcast on the singularity podcast that's amazingly informative. (who knew that canteloupe had an effect on the french revolution?)
- she transcribed some comments from herself and jo walton on writing and point of view that show up at the end of her post.
- and then in another post, she wrote a long explainer (with some overlap with the podcast) about whether covid will lead to a new age, like the black death lead to the renaissance. short answer: there are several things wrong with that suggestion. long answer: it sounds like she may actually have (inadvertently?) mostly-written a book about this, of which this essay is a précis?
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Sniper dolls -- not unique to Sniper, obviously...?
The most obvious candidate, of course, is Kraye.
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Mapping between Madame's and Rocky Horror
Further mappings?
This was prompted by https://justiceoftoriel.tumblr.com/post/173547100477/trying-to-get-to-sleep-last-night-my-brain-was
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Did Madame plan Mycroft?
Thoughts, quotes, speculations?
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Other Hive names
the Humanists were born from the Olympians and One Big Party, the Cousins absorbed Rainbow Bridge and Schools Without Borders, Europe swallowed Volemonde and IBN
I wonder what they might have referred to. The Olympians and One Big Party have been mentioned elsewhere, but I don't think the others were.
(edit: TWTB Chapter 2, mentions another Hive, "Auxilio" which merged with Gordian sometime around 2330. (page 23))
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TWTB Chapter 10 -- Clarification of the 2nd Law
Such a well written thing. Your comments or other thoughts very welcomed.
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Differences between the text and the audio books
I'll likely update this post with transcripts of what the audio books do, as well as the original text -- but I'd love to hear any comments from others about the topic!
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TLTL Chapter 11 -- Enter Sniper
There is so much foreshadowing in Cato's part in this chapter. Sniper (true to form) is so enjoying hiding in plain sight.
You must finish, doctor! You will! There's nowhere to turn back to. You've already shattered the laws of man, of king and country, medicine, conscience, humanity. There's no forgiveness now, nothing waiting for you but the gallows or the asylum. You have only one choice! Push on, doctor! Shatter the next laws, too, the laws of Nature! Then, with the powers of life and death at your command, and your glorious creation at your side, you will lord it over your enemies like a god! Throw the switch!
So much implied there about the further course of the books. And having Cato "rescued" by the Junior Scientist Squad -- it's so perfect.
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TLTL Chapter 19 -- intro of Chagatai
Such a massive collection of misdirection and forshadowing! And there are lots of bits of it that still aren't clear what point (if any) they have, but they are delightful just on their own. The whole discussion of the kitchen tree, and smelltracks (so many clues left there, not that we notice them).
And is the ba'sib Mycroft rescued a significant character, and if not, why were they mentioned?
Are there other bits from that chapter that struck you? Mention them in the comments!
Dr. Palmer is doing an AMA on reddit, and has a youtube channel
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New convention featuring Ada Palmer
It's preorder for a small literary con organized by Jo Walton. Who wants to go to Montreal next year?
in case you can't wait
http://www.torforgeblog.com/2017/10/19/excerpt-the-will-to-battle-by-ada-palmer/
three more pages of Terra Ignota!
five links about ada palmer/terra ignota make a post?
- there's a subreddit for too like the lightning-related stuff at /r/TerraIgnota
- in case you've not yet heard, she won the john w. campbell award for best new writer. here's her transcription of her speech as well as some discussion (by her) of her invisible disability.
- she did an interview on a site which now has a giveaway contest for TLTL and SS
- the economist interviewed her for a piece about gelato. (if you've already read her blog post about gelato, there's not a lot new here.)
- she wrote a three part series on how gender is presented in the terra ignota books.
how Too Like The Lightning got published
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What would your Utopian coat look like?
Apollo's looked like the world after the first year of a war ("...it's a little strange that this never struck anyone as suspicious?"). Mushi's coat showed ants. Others show futuristic cities.