A mention is not the same as an appearance, so the discrepancy for some characters could be even greater if you take that into account.

How else can you make it look like a linear grouping?

I would even consider watching it of they covered it!

I think you are assuming more than is warranted. Why is it beyond our reach?

There is no precedence for the existence of deities.

For belief in deities, yes, but not for their existence.

That is all we need to say if we believe in the existence of deities; prior plausibility.

Staying in the middle ground of “maybe, we don’t know” makes no sense, because it puts the plausibility one step further towards “yes” than is warranted based on the evidence we have.

I’m more surprised by them referring to it as the fourth instalment at all.

This movie is supposedly a reboot, so not part of the same storyline as the previous three.

Yet, that is what those words seem to communicate.

Marketing? Sloppy writing?

Pre-Madonna, I think.

I would even go further back, and recommend Equal Rites.

I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that there isn’t even a person on the other end, but instead it’s just an AI.

Looks like it’s two separate projects.

Having read it again not too long ago, I was actually surprised by how much of it was not good.

The framework was interesting, but much of the actual writing wasn’t nearly as good as I had thought.

Maybe it’s because I had read it in a Dutch translation the first couple of times, and the translator had had improved the prose without intending to, or maybe it’s because it was many years ago.

Whatever the reason, I felt like it needed another pass of the editor.

The movie, on the other hand, still thrills me every time I see it.

“The Parker’s”.

That is the worse crime.

Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks. Space opera at its best.

As a big fan of Farscape, your opinion is invalid.

Kidding aside, I realise it’s an acquired taste.

Intellectual property owners.

When you say “non-political”, what do you mean?

The movie is about national division. I find it strange that any movie could do that without having any politics in it.

84K by Claire North. It’s a dystopian novel about corporatization of government.

At first glance that might sound generic, but she’s an incredible writer, and really makes the world she created come alive.

Such a good choice!

Standard Ebooks is a wonderful resource, although they do sometimes go for more modern words or spelling. It’s to help modern readers better understand old texts, but it means you won’t get some of the cool and quaint wording and formatting.

The Planetfall books by Emma Newman are set in a corporatocracy.