February is book hoarding month..generalblossomFebruary 10 2005, 21:44:27 UTC
I don´t understand, january has to be book hoarding month, why o why am I buying so many books this month? Part is sales, fnac is having sales and 50 cent books is hard to resist. even if I need to get a couple 5 euros ones as well to go with it. Glad I am not the only one afflicted, strength in numbers!
I love This Alien Shore, it seriously kicks ass. I gotta reread it one day - and point agreed about Iain Banks, Aristoi I still have to read ( and buy! Got a shameful number of WJW bought and unread).
Re: February is book hoarding month..generalblossomFebruary 10 2005, 22:49:04 UTC
I don´t know about the ending, maybe you right. I do think TAS is awesome.
About 50 cents books, nothing too exciting, one beat pb of Le Chartreuse de Parme, right in french ( one of my fave books all time, I will eventually read it in French. I already had a french copy but 50 cents come on), plus let me see, pt translation of a Marie Darrieussecq book ( never read anything of hers, but 50 cents and slim, I will try it), and one volume of the Heptameron ( not nearly as good as other medieval-renaissance stories, had read it, but still good enough to own for 50 cents).
Oh, and so know what you mean about Merry Gentry. Though I probably gave up on book 2. But drat it, there were cool ideas and scenarios in book 1, but the whole plot and universe seems full of holes more and more as Merry must have sex with everything. Bah.
Oh come ! It's the whip ! And the horns, and the wings and the black fire thing - but especially the whip. It's simply gorgeous, i want one home <33 The Nazgul comes close, but the Balrog is still the most lovely piece of FX in these movies.
Faramir, Legolas and Gimli, Merry and Pippin were my favourite characters in the book. Oh, and I was quite fond of Sarouman and Grima too... but the movie didn't come around with those characters. However it did turn the characters I though were sadly, badly done in the books - Eowyn and Boromir - around and made them great; so it wasn't all bad.
Actually, i'm not deciding anything. I'm just feeling a bit bleak about it. With a touch of irony "Hey, I usually quit fandoms, they don't quite me"
And thank you for that, that's very kind of you to say ^^ I would feel sad if I didn't find in myself to finish all the projects I have for fanfics... I hope that feeling will pass
Fandom is what you make of it. If you enjoy it, and you cherish it, then it's yours to make what you wish with it.
The fandom is always "dying". *laughs* I mean, really. But we're still good. Friendships have been made, good works have been written, and there's much love in circulation.
*hugs* I'm keeping you in my thoughts - it's sounding like you've got a lot of things to deal with.
true that. But I feel tired because sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who tries and it all falls on a deaf ear.
Friendships have been made, good works have been written, and there's much love in circulation. Definitly true, and I do cherish all the friendship I made there *huggles*
whee ! Icon ! And thank you for being so kind, you're a dear ^^
The X/1999 fandom falling apart? Maybe it's just going through a quiet patch. If CLAMP starts continuing X again, then maybe the fandom will spring to life once more. I've only been a proper fan for about half a year, so I'll be plenty irritated if it bites the dust.
Wow, there are decent Good Omens fanfics out there? Joy! I will have to look for them. I thought it wasn't a book which would lend itself to fanfics, so I haven't looked before. ^^
Maybe not the fandom itself as much as lots of the people I knew and respected from the fandom losing interest (or having left interest a while ago to be truthful) I'm sure there'll still be people interested.
Good Omens have amazing fics. Mostly CrowleyxAziraphale slash. This is the place from which I found all those links. ^^ And I wouldn't have thought of it on my own either.
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I love This Alien Shore, it seriously kicks ass. I gotta reread it one day - and point agreed about Iain Banks, Aristoi I still have to read ( and buy! Got a shameful number of WJW bought and unread).
welcome back btw!
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I think this alien shore is best friedman book. I just don't like that the ending is a bit abrupt.
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About 50 cents books, nothing too exciting, one beat pb of Le Chartreuse de Parme, right in french ( one of my fave books all time, I will eventually read it in French. I already had a french copy but 50 cents come on), plus let me see, pt translation of a Marie Darrieussecq book ( never read anything of hers, but 50 cents and slim, I will try it), and one volume of the Heptameron ( not nearly as good as other medieval-renaissance stories, had read it, but still good enough to own for 50 cents).
Oh, and so know what you mean about Merry Gentry. Though I probably gave up on book 2. But drat it, there were cool ideas and scenarios in book 1, but the whole plot and universe seems full of holes more and more as Merry must have sex with everything. Bah.
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what is the Heptameron ?
Yes, the book 2 was especially depressing in its plotlessness. But book 1 wasn't so bad, so we'll see. *is hopeful*
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Faramir, Legolas and Gimli, Merry and Pippin were my favourite characters in the book. Oh, and I was quite fond of Sarouman and Grima too... but the movie didn't come around with those characters. However it did turn the characters I though were sadly, badly done in the books - Eowyn and Boromir - around and made them great; so it wasn't all bad.
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But still, don't rush your decision. Even if I don't comment, I do love your X fanfic and it'll be a shame if that's lost forever.
Besides, wankers are everywhere, want it or not.
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Actually, i'm not deciding anything. I'm just feeling a bit bleak about it. With a touch of irony "Hey, I usually quit fandoms, they don't quite me"
And thank you for that, that's very kind of you to say ^^ I would feel sad if I didn't find in myself to finish all the projects I have for fanfics... I hope that feeling will pass
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Fandom is what you make of it. If you enjoy it, and you cherish it, then it's yours to make what you wish with it.
The fandom is always "dying". *laughs* I mean, really. But we're still good. Friendships have been made, good works have been written, and there's much love in circulation.
*hugs* I'm keeping you in my thoughts - it's sounding like you've got a lot of things to deal with.
And I still need to make an icon for our OTP. ^^
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true that. But I feel tired because sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who tries and it all falls on a deaf ear.
Friendships have been made, good works have been written, and there's much love in circulation.
Definitly true, and I do cherish all the friendship I made there *huggles*
whee ! Icon ! And thank you for being so kind, you're a dear ^^
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Wow, there are decent Good Omens fanfics out there? Joy! I will have to look for them. I thought it wasn't a book which would lend itself to fanfics, so I haven't looked before. ^^
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I'm sure there'll still be people interested.
Good Omens have amazing fics. Mostly CrowleyxAziraphale slash. This is the place from which I found all those links. ^^
And I wouldn't have thought of it on my own either.
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