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• jaytee.foster commented on "It doesn't have a major theme or anything"
  I mean, I thought it was a pretty obvious satire of the reviews you posted about... I even started out by giving the post a star-rating; I figured surely that would clue anyone in to my intentions. However, the funniest part (to me) is that this is only time I've ever generated a response from you, despite many more serious discussions of your posts. Excuse me for a moment, I'm going to go brag to my nerd friends that Charlie Stross knows I exist and that he thinks I'm stupid....
• brucecohenpdx commented on "It doesn't have a major theme or anything"
  Look here for even more info and bigger pictures on cylindrical (aka helical) slide rules. You say you wanted a slipstick with a 5 foot scale?...
• roxysteve commented on "It doesn't have a major theme or anything"
  No, a review by my 15 year old self that has informed my reading policy thenceforward. The point being that although I'm sure my 15 year-old self missed the thrust of the ingenious ACD, my (possibly faulty) memory of that experience and let-down has induced an aversion to re-examining the premise upon which the policy was formulated. It was sort of intended as irony and self-deprecation. Clearly I'm not very good at them....
• bellinghman commented on "It doesn't have a major theme or anything"
  Oh joy. My first wife did her thesis on the character of Natty Bumppo - I wonder if she ever read Twain's comments....
• bellinghman commented on "It doesn't have a major theme or anything"
  And talking of literature, this article on the Grauniad website ponders why works such as Accelerando don't get considered for the Booker. (Thanks to Jo Walton for noticing the article, which mentions her latest in glowing terms.)...