Abigail Nussbaum
@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner.
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
I mean, it's also a very blatant (and creative and well-done) Stephen King riff by way of Stranger Things, but it's interesting how those two things end up dovetailing.
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I mean, it's also a very blatant (and creative and well-done) Stephen King riff by way of Stranger Things, but it's interesting how those two things end up dovetailing.
“If you’re not a member of my religion, you don’t matter”, an attitude famously adhered to by the followers of one and only one religion.
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“If you’re not a member of my religion, you don’t matter”, an attitude famously adhered to by the followers of one and only one religion.
Helm by Sarah Hall
We Love You Bunny by Mona Awad
Animals by Geoff Ryman
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska (recommended by @niallharrison.bsky.social)
We Love You Bunny by Mona Awad
Animals by Geoff Ryman
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska (recommended by @niallharrison.bsky.social)
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Helm by Sarah Hall
We Love You Bunny by Mona Awad
Animals by Geoff Ryman
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska (recommended by @niallharrison.bsky.social)
We Love You Bunny by Mona Awad
Animals by Geoff Ryman
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska (recommended by @niallharrison.bsky.social)
A day or two after he was elected I noted to some friends that it might be a good thing that he doesn't have children, and that if he has any in office they'll be too young for the NYPD to be able to plausibly abduct them.
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A day or two after he was elected I noted to some friends that it might be a good thing that he doesn't have children, and that if he has any in office they'll be too young for the NYPD to be able to plausibly abduct them.
Pretty classic case of "the most famous person in the cast is the murderer"
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Pretty classic case of "the most famous person in the cast is the murderer"
אני חושבת שזה תלוי בגודל הכלב ועובי הפרווה. כנראה שהיום כלב לא צריך סוודר, אבל בשיא החורף כלב קטן כזה אולי צריך קצת שכבות.
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
אני חושבת שזה תלוי בגודל הכלב ועובי הפרווה. כנראה שהיום כלב לא צריך סוודר, אבל בשיא החורף כלב קטן כזה אולי צריך קצת שכבות.
די סטנדרטי בכנסיות הענק האוונגליסטיות בארה״ב. קצת מאכזב שהקתולים בעולם הישן גם הולכים לכיוון הזה.
November 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
די סטנדרטי בכנסיות הענק האוונגליסטיות בארה״ב. קצת מאכזב שהקתולים בעולם הישן גם הולכים לכיוון הזה.
There is certainly something very familiar about the way the virus has mashed together every bit of human experience and intellect and yet the resulting persona appears to be kind of dim.
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
There is certainly something very familiar about the way the virus has mashed together every bit of human experience and intellect and yet the resulting persona appears to be kind of dim.
I have to tell you, when I saw that book on the lineup, it was literally like a disturbance in the force.
I was once on a reading holiday where a friend was reading it, and you could see her face drop as first I, then several other people walked up to her, saw what she was reading, and made a face.
I was once on a reading holiday where a friend was reading it, and you could see her face drop as first I, then several other people walked up to her, saw what she was reading, and made a face.
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I have to tell you, when I saw that book on the lineup, it was literally like a disturbance in the force.
I was once on a reading holiday where a friend was reading it, and you could see her face drop as first I, then several other people walked up to her, saw what she was reading, and made a face.
I was once on a reading holiday where a friend was reading it, and you could see her face drop as first I, then several other people walked up to her, saw what she was reading, and made a face.
I don't know how well that tracks with Gilligan apparently having this idea more than a decade ago, but I guess we'll see.
November 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I don't know how well that tracks with Gilligan apparently having this idea more than a decade ago, but I guess we'll see.
Why? The hivemind killed her wife and is trying to absorb her. Beyond not hurting it, why should she show it any consideration?
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Why? The hivemind killed her wife and is trying to absorb her. Beyond not hurting it, why should she show it any consideration?
Respect. I barely got three and I'm not even sure I found all the riddles.
November 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Respect. I barely got three and I'm not even sure I found all the riddles.
Carol: cavalierly accepts a world in which whole passenger planes are redirected for her pleasure and hundreds of people appear out of nowhere to stock an entire grocery store just for her.
Me:
Me:
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November 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Carol: cavalierly accepts a world in which whole passenger planes are redirected for her pleasure and hundreds of people appear out of nowhere to stock an entire grocery store just for her.
Me:
Me:
אני חושבת שאפשר להבדיל פה בין שתי רמות של אותה התופעה. אי אפשר להכחיש שישראלים הפנימו שאירופה זה מקום עם "המון מוסלמים" ושזה כמעט הדבר הראשון שעולה כשמדברים עליה. זה לא אומר שכל ישראל חושבת שאנחנו מרחק שני פסעים מהחליפות השנייה.
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
אני חושבת שאפשר להבדיל פה בין שתי רמות של אותה התופעה. אי אפשר להכחיש שישראלים הפנימו שאירופה זה מקום עם "המון מוסלמים" ושזה כמעט הדבר הראשון שעולה כשמדברים עליה. זה לא אומר שכל ישראל חושבת שאנחנו מרחק שני פסעים מהחליפות השנייה.
Alien: Earth at least has the justification that the entire franchise has rested on the concept that corporations are willing to sacrifice hundreds of lives for a bit of profit, and sometimes misjudge how many lives will actually be lost. That's not an idea that Pluribus seems to be playing with.
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Alien: Earth at least has the justification that the entire franchise has rested on the concept that corporations are willing to sacrifice hundreds of lives for a bit of profit, and sometimes misjudge how many lives will actually be lost. That's not an idea that Pluribus seems to be playing with.
I mean, it's an organism from outer space. The whole thing should be taking place in a military installation with a soldier whose sole job is to keep their hand hovering constantly above the "total incineration with a wide perimeter" button.
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I mean, it's an organism from outer space. The whole thing should be taking place in a military installation with a soldier whose sole job is to keep their hand hovering constantly above the "total incineration with a wide perimeter" button.
Like Erin, I'm sufficiently intrigued and entertained that I'm going to keep watching. And maybe going forward the worldbuilding will cohere into something that makes the plot holes in the premise feel less important. But I'm falling very short of the effusive praise I've been seeing on my feed.
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Like Erin, I'm sufficiently intrigued and entertained that I'm going to keep watching. And maybe going forward the worldbuilding will cohere into something that makes the plot holes in the premise feel less important. But I'm falling very short of the effusive praise I've been seeing on my feed.
I think Erin's comparison to Severance is instructive. Severance's worldbuilding also has blind spots. But what shows up on screen is so coherent and all-encompassing that you can set those questions aside. Pluribus, in contrast, feels sloppy.
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I think Erin's comparison to Severance is instructive. Severance's worldbuilding also has blind spots. But what shows up on screen is so coherent and all-encompassing that you can set those questions aside. Pluribus, in contrast, feels sloppy.
Which makes the viewing experience very frustrating, because I'm never entirely sure whether the question I have are ones the writers intended me to think about, or things they'd prefer that I ignore.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Which makes the viewing experience very frustrating, because I'm never entirely sure whether the question I have are ones the writers intended me to think about, or things they'd prefer that I ignore.
A podcast I listen to recently read and discussed V for Vendetta, which very clearly emerges from the feelings of paranoia and hopelessness of Britain in the late 70s.
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A podcast I listen to recently read and discussed V for Vendetta, which very clearly emerges from the feelings of paranoia and hopelessness of Britain in the late 70s.
התנהגות שבהחלט לא יחודית לנערים בסיכון. יכולה לחשוב על מנהיגים וממשלות שעושים אותו דבר.
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
התנהגות שבהחלט לא יחודית לנערים בסיכון. יכולה לחשוב על מנהיגים וממשלות שעושים אותו דבר.