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## [D] Rationally Writing 25 - Endings
* Author: u/DaystarEld *Pokémon Professor**
* URL: http://daystareld.com/podcast/rationally-writing-25/
* Score: 12
* Created: 2017-02-19T20:39:09
### Post:
[Link to content](http://daystareld.com/podcast/rationally-writing-25/)
### Comments:
> **u/Dwood15** [+4] (9 minutes later)
>
> 2 in 1 week eh? nice.
>> **u/DaystarEld** [+2] *Pokémon Professor* (11 minutes later)
>>
>> That last one was really just me taking too long with editing and it getting pushed past the weekend >.>
>>> **u/Dwood15** [+1] (an hour later)
>>>
>>> Couple of things here, I enjoy the podcasts quite a bit.
>>>
>>> First, #25 is not listed here:
>>> http://daystareld.com/podcasts/rationally-writing/
>>>
>>> Second, can you try using each other's names once in a while besides at the start of the podcast?
>>>> **u/DaystarEld** [+1] *Pokémon Professor* (an hour later)
>>>>
>>>> Fixing the page now :)
>>>>
>>>> Do we sound too much alike?
>>>>> **u/Dwood15** [+2] (an hour later)
>>>>>
>>>>> >Do we sound too much alike?
>>>>>
>>>>> Honestly, I would say you do.
>>>>>
>>>>> Edit: You guys seem to talk the same, have the same style of speech and even dictionary, so it can be hard to tell each other apart.
>>>>>> **u/DaystarEld** [+1] *Pokémon Professor* (an hour later)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hmm. Maybe I should start speaking in an accent...
>>>>>>> **u/Dwood15** [+1] (19 hours later)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hah! You could try practicing a radio voice instead. Perhaps try inviting a third person into podcasts occasionally for additional discussion?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's actually a thing that radio personalities will do during their show. While they're having a conversation, they'll say a joke, making fun of so and so
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Ha, then Taylor spilled her drink all over the guy she was trying to woo at the bar"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And then she'll say something like "HEY, I tripped, and he was with a girl already, serves him right!" That way you as a listener can always know who is who. I don't know if it's deliberate or not but it happens frequently enough that I'm pretty sure it is deliberate.
> **u/AmeteurOpinions** [+2] *Finally, everyone was working together.* (17 hours later)
>
> For a podcast about rational fiction, you sure talk about Stephen King a lot.
>> **u/DaystarEld** [+1] *Pokémon Professor* (21 hours later)
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>> I've probably read more books by Stephen King than any other author. Which makes sense since he's so unusually prolific. He's just an amazing writer, even with his flaws :) His characters and dialogue tend to be consistently amazing.
> **u/DaystarEld** [+1] *Pokémon Professor* (4 minutes later)
>
> Hey everyone, be sure to check out the show notes to avoid the episode if it's going to spoil something you plan on reading/watching!
>
> Here's /u/alexanderwales 's book recommendation for the week:
>
> This week I'm recommending the [Merchant Princes](http://amzn.to/2kC4YGt) series by Charles Stross. The story starts as a fairly standard portal fantasy, but it's a heavily deconstructionist take on the genre. For one, Miriam Beckstein is a thirty-something tech journalist rather than a teenager or author stand-in. For another, there's a heavy focus on socio-cultural matters rather than raw exploitation of technology. The ending, which I'll leave unspoiled, was my favorite part of the book, but one of the thigns I really appreciated was that in terms of exploitation, this was a lived-in world, where the clan of world-walkers had already tried all the obvious stuff, and where strategies and counter-strategies had been deployed back and forth for years by the time the protagonist finally shows up. Stross, as always, shows a heavy attention to detail in the way he writes, which sometimes verges on being detrimental to the work, but for me, strikes just the right balance.
>
> There are six books in the series, or three if you're reading the condensed versions; the Merchant Princes series has the benefit of being complete, so you can race straight through it if you'd like.
>
> If you'd like to listen to the first book, The Family Trade, go to [Audible](http://www.audible.com/t1/30trial_at?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R) and sign up to get a free book credit and help support the show.
> **u/veruchai** [+1] (an hour later)
>
> Note that the list of spoilers is missing "I am Legend"; mentioned shortly after "Elysium".
>> **u/DaystarEld** [+1] *Pokémon Professor* (an hour later)
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>> Woops, sorry about that! Fixing now.
> **u/PersonOnInternet2** [+1] (3 hours later)
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> i've heard we sometimes buy houses-on-fire and get astounded at how that turns out...
>> **u/DaystarEld** [+1] *Pokémon Professor* (9 hours later)
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>> ?
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