In the Fallout games, survivors of the apocalypse use ‘brahmin’ – two-headed cows mutated by radiation – as pack animals.
Rumor: Brahmin is why Fallout 3 won’t be heading to India. Couldn’t they have found a better name for the cows, I wonder.
No Fallout3 for India
November 14th, 2008 § 0
List of 34 links to download free e-Books
November 14th, 2008 § 0
Voting Patterns in 2008 compared to Cotton Production Patterns in 1860
November 14th, 2008 § 0
The top map is voting patterns in this 2008 election– the bottom map is cotton production in 1860…
Orson Scott Card on the Ender’s Game’s Reviews at Amazon
November 12th, 2008 § 0
Orson Scott Card, on reviews of his book Ender’s Game, on Amazon.
To quote him:
First, I’m embarrassed, as the author, that I have to give a rating in “stars” in order to comment here. But since I do have to do so, I’m not about to bring down the average by rating my own book any less than five
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I have often wondered if writers ever read reviews of their books at Amazon.com, apparently some do, and some actually respond.
What I also found amusing is 51 out of 52 people say they found that review (which is just Orson Scott Card’s comment on his style, and what people had to say about it) useful. How did it help them in choosing the book, I wonder. Perhaps, like me, they thought it was neat that an author cared enough to read the reviews and write a response. Perhaps, they wanted everyone to see he had responded and said they found the “review” useful.