tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post2889471984125251789..comments2024-03-28T07:09:28.500+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: From Your Blogosphere Correspondent (02/02/10)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-45924634153561448662010-02-04T04:08:32.637+00:002010-02-04T04:08:32.637+00:00To that end, I have decided to declare a blogwar o...To that end, I have decided to declare a blogwar on both of you.Sam Sykeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10600595086381755272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-30127359198986170552010-02-03T23:42:49.104+00:002010-02-03T23:42:49.104+00:00Done and done. Let's do exactly that, Gav. I p...Done and done. Let's do exactly that, Gav. I promise to attack you in private the next time the urge overcomes me - although I say again, I hadn't meant that last paragraph to be any such thing.<br /><br />But I'm very glad the longswords are back in their sheathes. I haven't sharpened mine in ages, anyway. Facing off against you with that would have ben like getting poked with a twig.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-73996302182506794992010-02-03T21:23:03.382+00:002010-02-03T21:23:03.382+00:00There isn't any smoke and mirrors going on - i...There isn't any smoke and mirrors going on - it was just easier to see the quote in the follow up post - so I linked to it. I was more interested in debating with Mark and Harry but I wanted show where the debate started for me and it started reading Mark's quote and poking him on twitter about it and Harry joined in as did others so I took it onto the blog. <br /><br />No sulking. I just haven't had time to get back you. <br /><br />No hard feelings but it might be better off to mention it to someone you're unhappy first rather than publicly post your annoyance on your blog - especially if your in danger of accusing them of 'lifting' or should that be stealing from you. They might response in the public way.<br /><br /> So apology accepted. Can we go back to enjoying books now?gav (nextread.co.uk)http://nextread.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-90297528561613508612010-02-03T18:02:49.652+00:002010-02-03T18:02:49.652+00:00Public blogwar update: I'm sorry to say that n...Public blogwar update: I'm sorry to say that no hugs, despite threats from Sam "crotch-stomp" Sykes, have been forthcoming. And <i>I'm</i> behaving childishly? Longswords at dawn it is, I suppose. Ah well.<br /><br />Considering the name-calling, I think I've apologised more than enough for one day. You could at least have the good grace to tell me to shove it rather than sulk, Gav. That said, if this is goodbye, I wish ye and nextread well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-21636041407414238522010-02-03T17:57:10.733+00:002010-02-03T17:57:10.733+00:00Well, if we all remember, it was America (The Stat...Well, if we all remember, it was America (The States) that nearly shot down Battlestar Galactica when it was just getting off the ground, but the UK salvaged that potential disaster and we thankfully ended up with four full seasons.<br /><br />I did my duty as an American sci-fi lover and tuned in to watch Caprica and I loved it. Seeing Adama as an 11-year-old was crazy enough, and the origin of the Cylons is shaping up to be very intriguing!<br /><br />The problem is that the channel that Caprica airs on is a terrible, terrible network. When they're not showing quality programming, they're filling up the rest of the day's airtime with silly B-movies and reruns from programs of yesteryear. There's just no reason for people to tune-in in the first place. I would have missed the premiere altogether had I not changed to that channel on accident. ><<br /><br />It's a sad thing. Hopefully the UK bails us out again.Knightfallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390837840619877391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-63292796462498286572010-02-03T05:47:16.763+00:002010-02-03T05:47:16.763+00:00GAV YOU'D BETTER HUG HIM.GAV YOU'D BETTER HUG HIM.Sam Sykeshttp://www.samsykes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-71198457851363561152010-02-03T02:46:34.296+00:002010-02-03T02:46:34.296+00:00Or we could band together, a Scotsman and a Welsh ...Or we could band together, a Scotsman and a Welsh gent, and take on the English as Nevvie suggested earler.<br /><br />Although I suspect Sam'd be happier if we worked this out with longsword and/or shurikens.<br /><br />I'm up for a hug though. Hug?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-18092661812769883922010-02-03T02:27:23.318+00:002010-02-03T02:27:23.318+00:00This has got to be the worst blogger fight I'v...This has got to be the worst blogger fight I've ever seen.<br /><br />If you guys aren't going to throw chairs at each other, you might as well just hug. Do one or the other, at any rate, because I will apeslap you both just to feel the pain.<br /><br />For what it's worth, though, there are a shitton of blogs out there, all reading at the speed of light and I can still get through them all in a day. Why is this a problem?Sam Sykeshttp://www.samsykes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-41414838747546553742010-02-03T00:35:21.251+00:002010-02-03T00:35:21.251+00:00Perhaps I've been a little territorial, Gav - ...Perhaps I've been a little territorial, Gav - apologies for that; I certainly didn't mean to step on your toes. At the end of the day, though, I was pointing readers in your direction. The community at nextread has obviously had more time to gestate that the readers have here at TSS, and the responses are coming thicker and faster there than they did here. I believe that how we read is a valuable conversation to have, and I understand how the nature of blogging means that topics change and evolve, shifting from one resource to another along the way. Hence "I do not eat the sour grapes". Hence the link. Hence the advice to visit nextread. Was I not clear on that point?<br /><br />I do, however, wish you'd linked to the post Mark had replied to in the first place, rather than the addendum in which I quoted his response to the question I'd asked not in How We Read, but the previous feature article linked to from that piece. How We Read, and Mark's quoted comment therein, was a direct response to Had We Worlds Enough and Time - links above and on the sidebar - in which I posed many of same questions you do in in How Many is Too Many? Am I wrong to wish you'd attributed the question that provoked the answer rather than the answer devoid of its proper context?<br /><br />In any event, I certainly wasn't out to offend you, Gav. I hope you can understand that rather than calling me another name. I'm truly glad the conversation is happening - wherever it's happening.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-50806387768031481532010-02-02T23:24:49.931+00:002010-02-02T23:24:49.931+00:00I have mentioned your original question, How do yo...I have mentioned your original question, How do you read? <br /><br />http://nextread.co.uk/2010/01/31/book-o-sphere-round-up-31-january-edition/<br /><br />And attributed the source of:<br /><br />And Mark Charan Newton, the trouble maker (just read his blog), made a comment, on The Speculative Scotsman:<br /><br />http://nextread.co.uk/2010/02/01/question-how-many-is-too-many/<br /><br />So anyone can click the links on the blog and visit and comment on your blog. So to say I 'lifted' on of your subjects is misleading in itself. <br /><br />Mark raised a singular point about the obsession with reading for the sake of ticking another book on the list and me and others talked about it on Twitter and brought that conversation to my blog. <br /><br />That's the nature of blogging that topics move and evolve and it's a bit childish to accuse someone of stealing your ideas just because they get responses that you didn't.gav (NextRead.co.uk)http://www.nextread.co.uknoreply@blogger.com