Max Cairnduff
@maxcairnduff.bsky.social
Repairer of Reputations.
That explains a lot!
Tbh I think the Daryl Dixon spinoff is the best TWD has been in years, though they do seem perhaps to have confused Spain with 19th Century Mexico.
Tbh I think the Daryl Dixon spinoff is the best TWD has been in years, though they do seem perhaps to have confused Spain with 19th Century Mexico.
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
That explains a lot!
Tbh I think the Daryl Dixon spinoff is the best TWD has been in years, though they do seem perhaps to have confused Spain with 19th Century Mexico.
Tbh I think the Daryl Dixon spinoff is the best TWD has been in years, though they do seem perhaps to have confused Spain with 19th Century Mexico.
How would Walking Dead in Space possibly be a bad thing?
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
How would Walking Dead in Space possibly be a bad thing?
The word “could” doing a lot of lifting there.
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The word “could” doing a lot of lifting there.
That film!
Just extraordinary.
Just extraordinary.
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That film!
Just extraordinary.
Just extraordinary.
I reviewed it on my blog years ago and as I recall got a lot of stick for absolutely hating it. I just didn’t think it was good.
Maybe you need to read it as a teenager.
Maybe you need to read it as a teenager.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I reviewed it on my blog years ago and as I recall got a lot of stick for absolutely hating it. I just didn’t think it was good.
Maybe you need to read it as a teenager.
Maybe you need to read it as a teenager.
I generally do, but I didn’t know there was a prompt setting. I’ve now toggled that to on. Thanks!
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I generally do, but I didn’t know there was a prompt setting. I’ve now toggled that to on. Thanks!
Good points, well made!
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Good points, well made!
I had that thought too. It’s high risk.
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I had that thought too. It’s high risk.
You are not the best! You are the worst!
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
You are not the best! You are the worst!
Tbh, I’m probably wrong in this but none of this year’s list tempted me.
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Tbh, I’m probably wrong in this but none of this year’s list tempted me.
2025 reading 🧵
A charming and influential 1896 American pastoral classic, though not without some bite if you pay attention. Henry James was a fan and I can see why. Lovely little Penguin edition too.
A charming and influential 1896 American pastoral classic, though not without some bite if you pay attention. Henry James was a fan and I can see why. Lovely little Penguin edition too.
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
2025 reading 🧵
A charming and influential 1896 American pastoral classic, though not without some bite if you pay attention. Henry James was a fan and I can see why. Lovely little Penguin edition too.
A charming and influential 1896 American pastoral classic, though not without some bite if you pay attention. Henry James was a fan and I can see why. Lovely little Penguin edition too.
2025 reading 🧵
Ghostworld was a naturalistic slice of life, which is how this opens. This, however, is not Ghostworld. Strange, cosmic, yet ultimately grounded. I’d intended to take this at just a few pages at a time but ended up so keen to see where it was going that I read it in one sitting.
Ghostworld was a naturalistic slice of life, which is how this opens. This, however, is not Ghostworld. Strange, cosmic, yet ultimately grounded. I’d intended to take this at just a few pages at a time but ended up so keen to see where it was going that I read it in one sitting.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
2025 reading 🧵
Ghostworld was a naturalistic slice of life, which is how this opens. This, however, is not Ghostworld. Strange, cosmic, yet ultimately grounded. I’d intended to take this at just a few pages at a time but ended up so keen to see where it was going that I read it in one sitting.
Ghostworld was a naturalistic slice of life, which is how this opens. This, however, is not Ghostworld. Strange, cosmic, yet ultimately grounded. I’d intended to take this at just a few pages at a time but ended up so keen to see where it was going that I read it in one sitting.
Absolutely loved that book.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Absolutely loved that book.
2025 reading 🧵
A strange one this: fittingly it’s compelling but frustrating, fascinating but infuriating, well-crafted but shallow. Paul Morand, that silky old fascist, captures Chanel who doesn’t seem to know the name of a single person who’s not already famous.
A strange one this: fittingly it’s compelling but frustrating, fascinating but infuriating, well-crafted but shallow. Paul Morand, that silky old fascist, captures Chanel who doesn’t seem to know the name of a single person who’s not already famous.
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
2025 reading 🧵
A strange one this: fittingly it’s compelling but frustrating, fascinating but infuriating, well-crafted but shallow. Paul Morand, that silky old fascist, captures Chanel who doesn’t seem to know the name of a single person who’s not already famous.
A strange one this: fittingly it’s compelling but frustrating, fascinating but infuriating, well-crafted but shallow. Paul Morand, that silky old fascist, captures Chanel who doesn’t seem to know the name of a single person who’s not already famous.
Honestly, given your other translations if you’re proud of this one in particular then that’s all I need to know. It’s on the list!
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Honestly, given your other translations if you’re proud of this one in particular then that’s all I need to know. It’s on the list!
Tbh much as I love Rendezvous with Rama, I think maybe there’s evidence now that one can be a little too fond of that book…
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Tbh much as I love Rendezvous with Rama, I think maybe there’s evidence now that one can be a little too fond of that book…
I think the idea is a vast fleet of von Neumann probes that we’ve only just started noticing.
Your maths does though make it sound a very, very vast fleet…
Eh, when he said it once it was interesting. When he says it every time it becomes just a bit odd.
Your maths does though make it sound a very, very vast fleet…
Eh, when he said it once it was interesting. When he says it every time it becomes just a bit odd.
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I think the idea is a vast fleet of von Neumann probes that we’ve only just started noticing.
Your maths does though make it sound a very, very vast fleet…
Eh, when he said it once it was interesting. When he says it every time it becomes just a bit odd.
Your maths does though make it sound a very, very vast fleet…
Eh, when he said it once it was interesting. When he says it every time it becomes just a bit odd.
I think the argument was the solar sail must have failed and wrapped itself round the spaceship. That was also the supposed explanation for the tumbling.
Or you know, maybe it wasn’t a spaceship and we don’t need to multiply hypotheses.
Or you know, maybe it wasn’t a spaceship and we don’t need to multiply hypotheses.
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I think the argument was the solar sail must have failed and wrapped itself round the spaceship. That was also the supposed explanation for the tumbling.
Or you know, maybe it wasn’t a spaceship and we don’t need to multiply hypotheses.
Or you know, maybe it wasn’t a spaceship and we don’t need to multiply hypotheses.
I’ve bought The Samurai Detectives.
If it doesn’t contain detectives who are also samurai I shall be irked!
If it doesn’t contain detectives who are also samurai I shall be irked!
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’ve bought The Samurai Detectives.
If it doesn’t contain detectives who are also samurai I shall be irked!
If it doesn’t contain detectives who are also samurai I shall be irked!
May god have mercy on your soul.
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
May god have mercy on your soul.
Though tbh I’m also not that enticed by Eurotrash. I wonder if it has longevity.
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Though tbh I’m also not that enticed by Eurotrash. I wonder if it has longevity.