Dara and I, accompanied by friends Mimi and Layna, have finally seen The Force Awakens.

YOU GUYS. That? That right there? That was a goddamned Star Wars film. And let me put this in perspective for you: do you all know the last time I would have walked out of a movie theater entirely emotionally satisfied with a Star Wars film? That would have been ( Read more... )

We interrupt my ongoing coverage of PuppyGate for this critical, and I mean, CRITICAL, report that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has just dropped a new trailer.

BRB I appear to be eight years old again, and something's in my eye. :~)

Because I got no brain, pretty much, and because I want to get this draft file out of my queue.

Picked up from Kobo:

Razor’s Edge, by Martha Wells. First of a Star Wars trilogy set between A New Hope and Empire, grabbed on that grounds and also because of Leia looking badassed on the cover. Giving me new Rebellion-era adventures IS a pretty damned ( Read more... )

The SF/F genre has taken a heavy blow today. Just a few scant days after her post to Facebook that she was doing battle with cancer, Ann Crispin, who wrote under the name A.C. Crispin, has passed away. I’m seeing the news going all over Twitter, and Making Light has a post up here.

For me, her impact was heaviest with her amazing Han Solo trilogy ( Read more... )

Clearing out a few more items off the wishlist backlog. Picked up from Carina:

• Stellarnet Prince, by J.L Hilton. This is book 2 of her series with Carina, and since I liked the first one, I’m proceeding on to the second!

And, picked up from Kobo:

• Gaming for Keeps, by Seleste deLaney. Seleste deLaney is a fellow Carina author, but this is one of her ( Read more... )