I am going to confess. I am a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction. I am a sucker for post-human books and TV shows like The World Without Us and Life After People and the like. I have always been interested in huge catastrophes, and as I grow I become more interested in the effect of those catastrophes on the people who survive them - and not the ( Read more... )

Silmarillion
Her Eyes - Future!fic, in which Elves are released from Mandos. Everything about this I love. There are perfect little details - Caranthir likes the modern arms trade, Celegorm makes a brief appearance as his annoyed and slightly disappointed self, and Aegnor and Finrod are spot on and it's just - adorable all over and the ending ( Read more... )

I'm going to try to be coherent here. I know I won't quite manage, but I will make my best effort.

First and most importantly: was it "good?"

Oh yeah. Yeah, it was good.Things happen. The pace is picking up. It's a return, for me at least, to the wonder of first picking up the earlier books, unable to stop reading, just - hooked. While I have ( Read more... )

Because it's where my head has been - a post, primarily related to A Song of Ice and Fire but with a couple other things thrown in there too. I was thinking in Chemistry today (not about Chemistry, alarmingly enough) and a few things came up in my head ( Read more... )

God thinks all blacks are obsolete farm equipment ( Read more... )

Why people insist on turning on story alerts...for my oneshots. Um, people, if it's marked as completed chances are I'm not going to finish it. End of story. >___< I do not understand people sometimes.

Also, because I feel like it: my favorite Unsolved Mysteries (TM). Enjoy. References from Wikipedia, of course. Where else?

1. The Oak Island Money ( Read more... )

#275: Something Lovecraftian. Two, actually - one that's actually creepy and one that's just...a little silly. The silly one will be easy. XD ( Read more... )

I HAVE SO MANY FRIKKIN MOSQUITO BITES. IT'S MAKING ME ANGRY.

Also, trawling Scott Lynch (author of The Lies of Locke Lamora)'s journal, I found this, and found it so ...

Well, I had to share.

"Jim Rigney, better known to literally millions as Robert Jordan, passed away this weekend. I read this at Nielsenhayden.com last night and found myself in an ( Read more... )

Sometimes Locke can be such a morbid pessimist he makes me facepalm.

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I finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell yesterday. I am here going to attempt to write a coherent review/summary of my thoughts about it. I hope. Suffice it to say that it was good: read it. I may be a little spoilery, though I will do my best.

I picked up this book months ago on a recommendation from a fantasy community, meaning to read it. I ( Read more... )