Was bored and a little sleepy, so I bought @Will_S_7's Rings of Akhaten ebook because my physical copy isn't here yet, and I find it very engrossing. Also a little spiky; I used to be a fan of the "New Athiests" (though haven't read their work in at least a decade). Buy his book!

If you'd told me back in highschool that, in my thirties, I'd stay awake on a Friday night by voluntarily reading media criticism of a British science fiction television show... Well, I'd be surprised about the subject matter, at least.

There's been more than one moment where - and I have to admit I didn't like the episode going into this book, having rewatched it last night - I've thought to myself "...fuck, he's right," and gained some respect for the episode.

The New Athiesm bits are "spiky," by the way, in the sense that it's uncomfortable to revisit old prejudices I'd had when I was young and dumb(er), not because I still think of myself as ideologically allied to that movement - I don't.

God - and I can't stress this enough - *DAMMIT*