Comments | angua9: Catch-Up Post

angua9

Catch-Up Post

Oct 05, 2006 21:25

You know how it is when you haven't posted for so long that when you start to post there's just too many things to say, and you give up and don't post? That's been happening to me. But I'm going to give it a shot, in traditional sad face/happy face format:

:( I missed the WOMBATs. I took the test, but I didn't get a code, and right when I ( Read more... )

bujold, books, astros, hp, scribbulus

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connielane October 6 2006, 11:03:09 UTC

The thirteenth and LAST Series of Unfortunate Events will be out on October 13

I'm actually quite excited about this, though I won't be able to read it as soon as it comes out, due to my practice of checking the Snicket books out of the library rather than buying them. I'm currently 45th in line. :P

lilac_bearry October 7 2006, 01:06:55 UTC

And it's just called...The End? No clever alliteration?

shipaholic October 6 2006, 11:26:56 UTC

You know how it is when you haven't posted for so long that when you start to post there's just too many things to say, and you give up and don't post?

All too well. ;)

I really wanted to read your essay, but TLC isn't working for me, for some reason... it just links me back to the main page every time. Woe.

angua9 October 8 2006, 00:15:20 UTC

:( Sorry, I forgot to respond to this before.

:) You probably can read it. It always goes to the main page first, but if you wait (sometimes it takes a while), the essay page will come!

shipaholic October 8 2006, 16:54:53 UTC

It worked! Thank you. :)

ex_jo_blogs October 6 2006, 11:47:17 UTC

I thought your essay was great. What it made me think of was whether rather than simply asserting her *authority*, what JKR is doing with the interviews and the website (and the books!) is really taking on the fans at their own game - she's not only positioning herself as the writer and supreme authority but is also using *fan* strategies that she's learned from her readers. Obviously - as an interpreter of her own books - she *knows* she has enormous power compared to the rest of us ( ... )

sunsethill October 6 2006, 16:04:52 UTC

Thanks for telling us about these. I've been hearing about Scribbulus a lot recently and now I know I need to go read these. I also appreciate the heads-up on Bujold's new book. It's nice of my flist to keep me up to date on things I'm too lazy or not web-crazy enough to look up myself. ;-)

Death of the Author vs. Author-Function cryptoxin October 7 2006, 02:28:47 UTC

Great essay -- I think Michel Foucault offers a way to reconcile the intentional fallacy with the stubborn persistence of authors and readers who care what they say about their work in his essay "What is an Author?" -- excerpts here ( ... )