Sarah Monette's Blog, page 86
August 31, 2009
Waterlog
TIME: 43 min.
DISTANCE: 5.7 mi.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 269.8
DISTRACTION: The Dead Zone, "Here There Be Monsters"
SHIRE RECKONING: Still somewhere between Weathertop and the River Hoarwell.
This episode made me homesick for The X-Files, most especially "Die Hand die verletzt." I was also, of course, yelling at the TV: "They never burned witches in New England!" But that's just me.
DISTANCE: 5.7 mi.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 269.8
DISTRACTION: The Dead Zone, "Here There Be Monsters"
SHIRE RECKONING: Still somewhere between Weathertop and the River Hoarwell.
This episode made me homesick for The X-Files, most especially "Die Hand die verletzt." I was also, of course, yelling at the TV: "They never burned witches in New England!" But that's just me.
August 25, 2009
The Drowning City
Today is the release day for Amanda Downum's first novel,
The Drowning City
. Amanda (
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stillsostrange) is a friend, so I offer a woo-hoo! and a flailing frog to her. Also, though, I read The Drowning City back in March for blurb purposes, and enjoyed it immensely*, so I commend it to your attention as a book worth picking up.
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*Here's what I posted then: The Drowning City takes place in an entirely imaginary city, Symir, which is a point of conflict between the Assari Empire (I suspect the echo o
stillsostrange) is a friend, so I offer a woo-hoo! and a flailing frog to her. Also, though, I read The Drowning City back in March for blurb purposes, and enjoyed it immensely*, so I commend it to your attention as a book worth picking up.---
*Here's what I posted then: The Drowning City takes place in an entirely imaginary city, Symir, which is a point of conflict between the Assari Empire (I suspect the echo o
August 24, 2009
2 things of possible interest
1.
Clarkesworld Magazine
will be publishing "White Charles," which is a Kyle Murchison Booth story, on September first. Free online fiction!
2. Peter Mulvey's new CD, Letters from a Flying Machine, can be ordered online. (You can download the first track, "Kids in the Square," for free here.)
2. Peter Mulvey's new CD, Letters from a Flying Machine, can be ordered online. (You can download the first track, "Kids in the Square," for free here.)
August 22, 2009
Happy birthday, elisem!
Happy birthday,
elisem!
elisem!
August 20, 2009
Due South: "Mountie on the Bounty, Part I"
"Mountie on the Bounty, Part I" (DS 3.12)
Original air date: March 15, 1998
Favorite quote:
FRASER: Gentlemen! There's something I'd like to get off my chest.
CREW MEMBER: What's that?
FRASER: [bursts into song:]
I am using this transcript for quotations, again modifying spelling and punctuation as necessary. I am very grateful to this site for making the transcripts available.
Spoilers.
This episode is difficult to analyze, because it's moving in two completely contradictory directions at once.
1. It is
Original air date: March 15, 1998
Favorite quote:
FRASER: Gentlemen! There's something I'd like to get off my chest.
CREW MEMBER: What's that?
FRASER: [bursts into song:]
I am using this transcript for quotations, again modifying spelling and punctuation as necessary. I am very grateful to this site for making the transcripts available.
Spoilers.
This episode is difficult to analyze, because it's moving in two completely contradictory directions at once.
1. It is
Waterlog
TIME: 45 min.
DISTANCE: 6 mi.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 264.1 mi.
DISTRACTION: Due South, "Mountie on the Bounty, Part I"
SHIRE RECKONING: Somewhere between Weathertop and the River Hoarwell.
Yes, this does mean there will be a new Due South post presently.
DISTANCE: 6 mi.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 264.1 mi.
DISTRACTION: Due South, "Mountie on the Bounty, Part I"
SHIRE RECKONING: Somewhere between Weathertop and the River Hoarwell.
Yes, this does mean there will be a new Due South post presently.
cool thing of which I am a part
Last Drink Bird Head
, an anthology of flash fiction to support literacy charities (and check out the contributors' list), will be out at WFC.
August 16, 2009
a request (not mine) for help
An anonymous commenter has asked if I know of any online plot synopses of the first three books of the Doctrine of Labyrinths. I don't--and before anyone suggests it, I am not, repeat NOT, going to write one myself--but if you do, or have any other helpful suggestions for a reader wanting to get back up to speed before reading Corambis, please reply to their comment. Thank you all.
August 13, 2009
The writer at work
BEAR: I have practiced guitar, and am about to go look for the first line of Grail in the fridge.
MOLE: Oh, is that where you keep them? I suppose it keeps them fresh.
BEAR: Well, it wasn't in the guitar.
MOLE: Are you the first line of my novel?
No, I am not the first line of your novel. I am a guitar string.
Are you the first line of my novel?
No, I am not the first line of your novel. I am a sweet potato.
Are you the first line of my novel?
No, I am not the first line of your novel. I am unidentifiab
MOLE: Oh, is that where you keep them? I suppose it keeps them fresh.
BEAR: Well, it wasn't in the guitar.
MOLE: Are you the first line of my novel?
No, I am not the first line of your novel. I am a guitar string.
Are you the first line of my novel?
No, I am not the first line of your novel. I am a sweet potato.
Are you the first line of my novel?
No, I am not the first line of your novel. I am unidentifiab
August 10, 2009
UBC: The Leavenworth Case
Green, Anna Katharine. The Leavenworth Case. 1878. Teddington: Echo Library, 2008.
I first read about Anna Katharine Green in Murderess Ink (1979). (I notice on looking at it now that Murderess Ink describes Charles Rohlfs as a "furniture tycoon," a grossly inaccurate label given that throughout their married life, it was Anna Katharine Green's income that supported the family. On the evidence of the exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Rohlfs was a brilliant furniture designer, but that's not at
I first read about Anna Katharine Green in Murderess Ink (1979). (I notice on looking at it now that Murderess Ink describes Charles Rohlfs as a "furniture tycoon," a grossly inaccurate label given that throughout their married life, it was Anna Katharine Green's income that supported the family. On the evidence of the exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Rohlfs was a brilliant furniture designer, but that's not at
