About the Author
I'm Stephan, a Linux user with a passion for open-source, UI/UX design, and exploring what makes fiction work.
In my spare time, I focus on (and write about):
- Programming (mainly in Python and Rust)
- Retrocomputing (mostly DOS but, as of January 2023, I also own a machine running Mac OS 9.2)
- Reading and Reviewing Fiction
- The odd bit of UI/UX design or literary theory
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Category Archives: Reviews
Music with Good Lyrics
My Last.fm forum thread A week or two ago, I started a Last.fm thread asking people to point me to music with unusual/uncommon lyrics. I didn’t really get much, but the list of examples I provided (which is still growing) … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – “Curses and Blessings”
Curses and Blessings @ Fanfiction.net For the longest time, I’ve been looking for crossovers between Ranma ½ and I, My, Me! Strawberry Eggs. I’d always thought it would be cool, but I could only find one or two crossovers where … Continue reading
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Manga: Video Girl Ai
Don’t be fooled by the title. This romantic comedy is no shallow hormone fest but, because I made that mistake, it took me over a year to get around to reading it. Sure, it’s a shonen manga with a lot … Continue reading
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Ranma, chaos, and loss
How about some excellent Ranma short stories about the loss of something vital? First, Elegy to a Golden Youth by Reid Carson. As the author explains it, I was re-reading Dunsany’s The King of Elfand’s Daughter one day, and was … Continue reading
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The Vanished FanFiction Archive
The Vanished Fanfiction Archive Ever read a wonderful fic, and then go to tell a friend a few years later and find that the site is dead? In most cases, authors have the foresight to also send their fics to … Continue reading
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The new standard in fan music videos
EGS Music Video – Collide @ YouTube For those of you who have never read El Goonish Shive, let me explain. It’s a webcomic about a bunch of teenagers who get into various situations that don’t always respect the laws … Continue reading
Fanfiction – Wishes Three
Title: Wishes Three URL: Fanfiction.net Author: Valandar Source: Harry Potter Rating: 5/6 Type: Joke-as-Prose (a humorous story with the humor concentrated on the punchline) Length: oneshot Let’s just let the Type entry (Joke as prose) do the talking. It’s suprising … Continue reading
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