tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post71491752182610477..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: ContinuityNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-11382436588319747722012-02-29T22:25:15.625+00:002012-02-29T22:25:15.625+00:00Sniper is DEFINITELY male.Sniper is DEFINITELY male.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15579169638761347615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-50970457640618073612012-02-20T13:49:50.246+00:002012-02-20T13:49:50.246+00:00although why I think the Haynes guide to the A4 wo...although why I think the Haynes guide to the A4 would help me, I have no idea ;)<br /><br /><br />audibook should read audiobook !Graeme.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02879702748862786563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-43347690763817807022012-02-20T13:46:22.462+00:002012-02-20T13:46:22.462+00:00OK - if Penny's avatar's a dominatrix, wha...OK - if Penny's avatar's a dominatrix, what's Sniper's ?<br /><br />Surely Sniper's male ?<br />I think I had that impression when I read the Spatterjay books (before listening to the audibook).Graeme.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02879702748862786563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-76160126171611348212012-02-20T13:25:51.530+00:002012-02-20T13:25:51.530+00:00We were talking about her VR avatar... just becaus...We were talking about her VR avatar... just because IT's a giant black spiny psychopath on the outside, doesn't mean it can't be a leather clad, thigh booted Uber bitch on the inside... or ex wife as some us call them.<br /><br />Maybe there's the problem... it has a confused gender identity and so lashes out (nerf nerf), especially around mid month… or if it doesn’t get regular flowers and chocolates… or other tributes. I may be off on a tangent, I’ll get my coat.Grim's Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141927678427787365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-30055378337723026842012-02-20T08:38:31.623+00:002012-02-20T08:38:31.623+00:00Of course we could get into a deep discussion abou...Of course we could get into a deep discussion about sexism here, which seems one of the forms of self-flagellation many in the SFF world enjoy. You are obviously all sexists because you have assumed that a giant psychopathic AI sea urchin is female ... or some such.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-12271422158490508522012-02-18T18:44:02.402+00:002012-02-18T18:44:02.402+00:00i always thought that an 'it' was a better...i always thought that an 'it' was a better description, as it makes AI more 'alien' for lack of a better word, and i doubt any AI would view itself in our distinctive 'battle of the sexes' fashion...<br /><br />exactly how i pictured it, too, only massive and psychopathic.Jebel Kronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268376841818116214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-50992438647047516602012-02-18T12:31:30.532+00:002012-02-18T12:31:30.532+00:00"I thought 'she' simply because of th..."I thought 'she' simply because of the name."<br /><br />ditto, ..and the way she slow danced with 25 male corpses with a saxaphone soundtrack.vaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-91258853986882760402012-02-17T19:24:40.580+00:002012-02-17T19:24:40.580+00:00Hey, that is how I have always imagined her!Hey, that is how I have always imagined her!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01213897298556478125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-31818552696986974782012-02-17T17:59:36.931+00:002012-02-17T17:59:36.931+00:00See, its a line you have to walk between over-desc...See, its a line you have to walk between over-describing and letting the reader's imagination work. I can't really say whether I've succeeded or failed there!Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-43631165587939245452012-02-17T14:44:54.753+00:002012-02-17T14:44:54.753+00:00No Graeme... I like your Avatar better. I must hav...No Graeme... I like your Avatar better. I must have been having a moment.Grim's Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141927678427787365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-35730536749309526522012-02-17T10:44:19.361+00:002012-02-17T10:44:19.361+00:00I thought 'she' simply because of the name...I thought 'she' simply because of the name.<br />I like Graeme's use of an avatar to describe perception - for me she would be a dominatrix type of look !<br />(maybe that's saying more about me personally, than Penny lol)Graeme.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02879702748862786563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-40766890826314762232012-02-17T09:09:17.352+00:002012-02-17T09:09:17.352+00:00I made the comment somewhere on Facebook many moon...I made the comment somewhere on Facebook many moons ago that Penny Royal was the dawdling old ratbag with its/her shopping trolley crosswise to the aisle looking at thee with a baleful stare for daring to say excuse me as you require passage past.<br /><br />I think it/she comes across at times as an evil witch. Her VR avatar would be an evil old crone with one eye and hunched back. Funny innit.Grim's Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141927678427787365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-6044067499593397732012-02-17T08:21:33.638+00:002012-02-17T08:21:33.638+00:00Ho ho, Bob. Penny Royal is a mobile AI and in that...Ho ho, Bob. Penny Royal is a mobile AI and in that state is about ten feet across.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-6094812563824313112012-02-17T00:53:36.502+00:002012-02-17T00:53:36.502+00:00Wow... that's a small spaceship :)Wow... that's a small spaceship :)Bob Lockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141837277102776901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-64968605530527893842012-02-16T17:38:29.380+00:002012-02-16T17:38:29.380+00:00Nick, in my writing I do it for effect. It's a...Nick, in my writing I do it for effect. It's a lot easier to see a drone, AI or whatever as a character if it is a 'he' or 'she'. It's also easier to 'dehumanize' the 'it'.<br /><br />It can be a pain, KJ, but it can also lead to plot useful elements when I remember or find out something about a character as in this post. The particular bit that stuck was about Penny Royal controlling skeletal Golem all across the Graveyard.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-18783465010204806422012-02-15T17:38:01.957+00:002012-02-15T17:38:01.957+00:00Interestingly enough I just read Alien Archeology ...Interestingly enough I just read Alien Archeology a couple of weeks ago and encountered Penny Royal for the first time.<br /><br />Messing up continuity can happen so easily within the Polity since it spans so many books and short stories. Glad it's not me that have to keep track of it all. ;)KJ Mulderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306475344390343790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-81635127722958818922012-02-15T17:25:40.049+00:002012-02-15T17:25:40.049+00:00Hi Neal! Something to be said about anthropomorphi...Hi Neal! Something to be said about anthropomorphism,non human entities and our dealings with them. We get it sorted now and the A.I. masters won't be offended when we let them take over and we accidentally call them the wrong thing...See! Done it again! Looking forward to Penny Royal when it appears.Nick Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03420485095376832207noreply@blogger.com