Notes various from the weekend

[kalquessa]

1. I got to "skip=110" on my friendslist (the journals only filter, I didn't even try to read it with all the comms in) and I have finally given up. If you had something posted over the weekend that I need/want/should see, leave a comment

Comments

[ruthette]

Connie Willis is completely made of AWESOME!

There's this really long story on my livejournal regarding Bellwether. I'd gotten a copy (somehow) which was misprinted and didn't have the end (ack!) so I had to order a new one from Borders. My sister zisgemx picked my order up and then, as a prank, sent it on a world tour.

If you want to see the pics, go to my LJ and click on the Bellwether tag on the left-hand column. Good times.

[kalquessa]

I remember seeing some reference to this on Colin's journal when he got the book. I ran into a used copy much later and went "Hey, I know that cover! And hey, it's by Connie Willis!" and I was reading Doomsday Book (my first Willis) at the time, and...yeah. So that's my next Willis book.

geekout

[ruthette]

Ah yes, Colin did go a bit nuts with Bella.

Doomsday Book was my second Connie Willis (can you say DEPRESSING?!) and my first was To Say Nothing of the Dog. Has anybody warned you about Passage yet?

Have you read Lincoln's Dreams? If you're currently into the Civil War, then now's the time.

Re: geekout

[kalquessa]

See, I loved Doomsday Book, but was glad I'd read it before TSNOTD, so I could read the fluffy Victoriana humor to cheer up after the Black Death. heh.

Haven't read or heard aught of Passage.

Read Lincoln's Dreams not too long ago. Told with amazing skill, but that's the one I found depressing.

Re: geekout

[ruthette]

Passage is completely AWESOME, but the ending is... I don't even know if there's a word for it.

Yes, Lincoln's Dreams = so sad! I read it in under 24 hours, and then I just sat and stared at a wall for a while.