Esther Inglis-Arkell's discussions

I actually read the book before seeing the movie, and I think that's one of the reasons why I liked the movie. Read more

Well, looking at their faces I do feel a little silly now. Read more

You intrigue me . . . bus cannibalism? Read more

That is a good point. Maybe he was secretly working for the other side? Read more

I propose we test that theory. TO KICKSTARTER! Read more

Better to just install a lightning rod, I guess. Read more

The entire world is aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive! Read more

Oh god yes. I love QI because it gives me the start for a lot of ideas. Wish it were one every week. Read more

No, you're right. I've checked this with actual scientists. This is why they're working on giving people a third eye. Read more

Lucid zombies? That can't be sexy. Read more

Oh, that's right. I did read Anne Rice vampires in my early teens, but that was all sublimated. Read more

I felt like I should have an entire different post on how to write sex well, which even the best writers don't tend to do. (Actually, given the show's subject matter, we could further divide it into how to give appropriate names to body parts, since no one seemed satisfied with the current naming conventions.) Read more

See, I don't agree. While romance is a genre, it bothers me when, to be part of the genre, a book has to be bad with flat characters and no story. It seemed to me that Jemisin's first book was so entirely centered on love, sex, and romance that it qualified as a fantasy romance. It was just thrust aside because it… Read more

The things they got away with on that show. Read more

Actually, I think she might be posed that way for the picture to cover up the giant's loins. There are a lot of black-and-white pictures with the Giant's bits artfully obscured. Read more

Actually, we didn't even get around to talking about it. The extended cut would be fifteen minutes long and still have people chatting about pet peeves and more in-depth about their favorite books. Although you can ask the Bookclub specifically about it on Tuesday, as they take questions during their discussion. Read more

Yes, although I find it funny that, of all the characters on the show, the stick-in-the-mud was the only one that hooked up on-page. They have all this talk about Zaphod hanging out with famous hookers and Ford being good with the ladies and Trillian seems pretty fun-loving, but no. It's Arthur. Read more

Picard actually hooked up with a lot of women on that show, if you think about it. Read more

Histrionic Spock should not be watching a podcast about naughty books. What was that famous Star Trek quote? Ah, yes. "Mr. Spock is much stronger than the ordinary human being. Aroused, his great physical strength could kill. But it's a risk I'll have to take." Read more