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| 01:37:23 [Puyopuyo] | *waves at everyone, including Cassian* |
| 01:38:22 [Cassian] | * Cassian waves |
| 01:39:10 [Puyopuyo] | If you can hop online, I have your Chespin |
| 01:39:35 [Cassian] | Okay, one sec |
| 01:40:00 [Cassian] | What do you want for it? |
| 01:40:10 [Puyopuyo] | Mankey or Vulpix are fine. |
| 01:40:18 [Cassian] | Okay |
| 01:42:59 [Cassian] | Sorry can't find which box its in |
| 01:43:34 [Puyopuyo] | It's fine |
| 01:43:34 [Cassian] | Thanks again |
| 01:43:38 [Puyopuyo] | You're welcome. |
| 01:43:39 [Puyopuyo] | Enjoy! |
| 01:43:45 [Cassian] | Will do |
| 03:06:05 [nathanbp] | Is this the Pokemon trading room now? :P |
| 03:07:14 [Puyopuyo] | This is a quiet, quiet room where little happen |
| 03:07:16 [Puyopuyo] | *happens |
| 03:08:49 [nathanbp] | ah |
| 03:09:04 [nathanbp] | I finished Fire Emblem just in time for Zelda >_> |
| 03:11:35 [Puyopuyo] | NICE |
| 03:14:48 [nathanbp] | * nathanbp orders manga for the next month |
| 03:16:58 [nathanbp] | not that I've read any of the manga that's shown up in the past month >_> |
| 03:18:13 [Puyopuyo] | Heh |
| 03:30:55 [nathanbp] | why am I playing hearthstone? >_> |
| 03:31:38 [Puyopuyo] | Because you're a sucker for everything Blizzard does. |
| 03:32:08 [nathanbp] | apparently... |
| 03:36:45 [Cassian] | Oh hi Nathan |
| 03:36:58 [nathanbp] | hi |
| 03:42:14 [Cassian] | How's Fire Emblem going |
| 03:44:30 [nathanbp] | I beat it (although not the 6 bonus stages) |
| 03:44:35 [nathanbp] | just in time for zelda tuesday |
| 03:45:27 [Cassian] | Yay |
| 03:46:06 [Puyopuyo] | Oh right. |
| 03:46:11 [Puyopuyo] | Nathan: Recommend some science fiction. |
| 03:46:18 [Puyopuyo] | Cassian's been looking for some good stuff. |
| 03:48:12 [nathanbp] | what have you read that you liked? |
| 04:20:31 [nathanbp] | Well, on the assumption that Cassian will eventually tab back to this chat, I'll leave a couple suggestions: |
| 04:22:37 [nathanbp] | A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge features Usenet in SPAAAAACE, as well as some of the best hyperintelligent aliens I've seen |
| 04:23:53 [nathanbp] | Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis is a fairly good time travel book |
| 04:28:32 [nathanbp] | Ringworld by Larry Niven is pretty much the original ridiculously big structure book |
| 04:29:12 [Puyopuyo] | I did suggest Niven, but yeah, Ringworld is pretty highly recommended. |
| 04:30:01 [nathanbp] | I feel like I should recommend something by Charlie Stross... |
| 04:31:03 [nathanbp] | Ah, yeah, Halting State is near future sci fi about a robbery in an MMORPG among other things... |
| 04:31:50 [nathanbp] | and Accelerando is 9 short stories that start in the near future and go up through and after the Singularity |
| 04:32:38 [nathanbp] | Accelerando is also available to read for free online: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando-intro.html |
| 04:33:37 [nathanbp] | I think everything I listed either won or was nominated for the Hugo >_> |
| 04:33:52 [Puyopuyo] | Heh |
| 04:37:58 [nathanbp] | I guess I might as well mention David Brin's Uplift books too, about a universe where various intelligent species uplift non-intelligent species to intelligence (start with Startide Rising though, Sundiver is so-so) |
| 04:38:20 [nathanbp] | I could go on all night >_> |
| 04:38:36 [Puyopuyo] | No reason not to! |
| 04:38:47 [nathanbp] | Probably A Fire Upon the Deep and Halting State are the 2 I'd recommend most highly |
| 04:38:49 [nathanbp] | sleep? |
| 04:40:43 [Puyopuyo] | Ah, yes. |
| 04:46:58 [Cassian] | Cool, thanks |
| 05:02:10 [nathanbp] | let me know what you like |
| 05:29:59 [Cassian] | Will do |
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