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Originally Posted by Sanctus
That....pretty much sums up this whole scenario.
So I heard that Asimov's estate authorized some low-profile author to write a sequel series to the I, Robot books. Either his estate is completely retarded or Mickey Zucker Reichert is a boss author.
If you are wondering how it ties in, 343i is the Halo estate and Greg Bear is Reichert. This is scenario one, where idiots let a bad writer write badly.
Ur is german (I believe) prefix that means "Original".
Either way, I'm definitely am looking forward to the books, since I loved the first too. And before anybody goes "ER MAI GAWRD, HOW CAN YOU LIKE THAT SHIT?!". It's called opinions, some people have different ones.
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Originally Posted by Hotrod
Yes, there are different opinions, but do the opinions have reason and are they intelligent for the better? Well, that seems to be the million dollar question here.
Well, when it comes to enjoying something or not, there's none that's "better".
True, but when something is rehashed from a lot of other things, it's called a casserole. Casseroles are usually created as a cheaper way to produce the product (the dish). As good as they are at times, I'd rather have a steak dinner than a casserole any day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotrod
That's a fair point, and while I do agree with you, it doesn't stop me from enjoying it all the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkHalo003
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Hotrod that doesn't make any goddamn sense. Didact is derived from Didactic which is latin. Why would a Latin title have a German prefix, that's just stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotrod
Halo 4 Plotline:
What did the Master Chief say to Didact after the Didact insulted him? Ur-Didact.
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Don't ask me, it's just what I read in some interview about the book. Don't ask for the source, I don't have it nor am I looking for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeeKup
Proof that I'm not an idiot: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur-
In plus, Great Bear stated that there are two Didacts that are alive in Silencium, meaning that the original must not have been executed by Faber, the Master Builder, as was previously thought.
I'm not calling you an idiot, I'm calling Greg Bear an idiot for not understanding or following the paradigms and patterns of established languages. The vacuous manatee that he is.
Oh, oops, I thought you were saying that my explanation was stupid, not that Greg Bear's "Ur-Didact" was stupid, my bad.
But yeah, I do agree that it makes no sense and sounds a bit silly, why not just call them "Didact" and "Bornstellar-Didact"?
Or why not say something like "Ante-Didact" or even the "Antecedent" ("antedens" means pre-existing in Latin and we all should know that Antecedent means something preceding) which gives the previous Didact a more serious title? Something as simple as Ur-Didact just seems like it's one of those unintelligent attempts at creative design, like naming something Unobtainium simply because it's difficult to obtain. It also reaches the trope "Did Not Do the Research" which has already been explained in the thread.
More on "Did Not Do the Research" trope:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...tDoTheResearch
Not to mention that Ante-Didact sounds much better than Ur-Didact. The latter sounds like somebody screaming "LOLOL, UR TEH DIDACT!!1!!1!one!11!!"
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Originally Posted by DarkHalcyon
So anyone got Silentium yet? was thinking the other day when does the third book comes out, checked today and was shocked it was already out lol I'm just waiting for the Kindle version.
I have heard it's a lot better than the first two.
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Originally Posted by DarkHalo003
Its not hard to be better than garbage.
I dunno, most garbage has landfills going for it. Might be a tough sell.
I heard it from multiple online reviews who had a look at it ahead of time. But basically this.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeeKup
I bought it earlier. Having only read the wiki entries and the first few chapters of cryptum, I'm enjoying it. If you catch up on halo wikia and watch the h4 terminals (which are awesome) you'll probably like this book. The terminals made me fall in love with both Didact and Librarian. The Didact is an awesome fallen hero, and the librarian is interesting as she is forced to betray her husband in order to protect what she and he once believed in. I'm interested in seeing how this plays out in the book.
I actually really enjoyed the H4 terminals. I thought some of the Forerunner gadgets and things were dinky and silly but over all they were good.
Ancient humans were pretty boss in those.