"A judge has ruled that the vast majority of Arthur Conan Doyle‘s Sherlock Holmes stories are now in the public domain in the US, which means (among other things) that you can make money off your Johnlock fic without Conan Doyle’s heirs swooping down on you with blazing swords, ready to exact financial vengeance. It’s go time..."

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The chart that proves just how lacking Middle Earth is in women

Examples of how the Victorians made even their microscope slides look like steampunk masterpieces

A very fun (and painlessly educational!) video about hexaflexagons (don't worry if you don't know what they are -- you will when she's done ( Read more... )

Yet another legislative body embarks on a shameful and incomprehensible endeavor to seize control of every uterus in their state, and not even let women talk about it. Seriously, what IS it with you people?? And I ask this in all sincerity, because it really does baffle me. (For "baffle" read "annoy the f**k out of".)

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Finally got around to a classic I'd never read before: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I didn't know it was only a novella, nor did I realize it was by the same author as Treasure Island! Seems an odd pair of books to have written. Enjoyed the Victorian-era ambience: oozing yellow fog, empty anatomical theatres, gaslights, flickering candles, footsteps ( Read more... )

This was not bad but not outstanding, either. Intriguing plot, a clear "female power" theme (witches, goddesses, etc.), and a great page-turner. I liked the main character (despite her being in essence a modern teenager plunked down in the 19th century!) Bray does a good job with the evolution of Gemma's relationship to the three other girls, ( Read more... )