Roundup

Looking forward to Yuletide :D Actually took the time to sit down and request those fandoms that kept popping into my memory only in January/February...

20020

This sequel to 17776 just ended. A second part comes out next year. It was good! I reread 17776 first to refresh my memory, and I like how 20020 uses the framework of Juice's absurd college football game to revisit the same themes - there's a palpable love for the game of American football, the exploration of space, and America itself, the kind of love that doesn't flinch from bitter truths. Space is empty, and humanity is alone. In Bois' own words in the linked Q&A below, both America and football "are beautiful, and both destroy people."

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...I do continue to not actually understand the game of American football at all, despite having watched all of Friday Night Lights. I am very okay with that.

Writing

Another set of TSCOSI ficlets on Tumblr.

Links

17776: Questions and answers

Exploring the Map: The Mississippi River

The influencer challenging Singapore's racial taboos - A profile of Preetipls