There was more e-drama on the forums today as one of the moderators was accused of racism.

pumpkin:

...theory's endings are recurrent, multiple, and interminable, and that each proclamation of its passing, every mournful eulogy or triumphant gravedance, yields renewed and often powerful examinations of its powers, goals, histories, meanings, and values.

Empire of the Sun was an enormous literary and commercial success in Britain but pretty much bit the Big One on its own in the United States.