Yoon Ha Lee, Extracurricular Activities: Short story featuring Shuos Jedao before all that unpleasantness, back when he was merely an incredibly dangerous operative working in smaller-scale intelligence. Jedao leads a mission to rescue an old friend from a rival government and finds something different than he expected.

KJ Charles, The Price of ( Read more... )

( sf/fantasy quick grab bag )

Am what a school friend of mine would call "in a bad head."  Will get through it; if you give me fic prompts I'll see if I can shake off the funk & do something, even if it's just a sentence or two from the resulting story.
( Fairy tales, Bujold, Martin, Wong )

( last 2 weeks of Chuck )

( Bujold, Monette, Grossman )

( Flewelling, Pratchett, Bujold, Martin, Walton )

( Pratchett, Bujold, Zicree & Hambly, Baruth, Cherryh, LeBlanc )

I went to two John Kerry events Wednesday night, forcing postponement of SV/Angel watching. Now, the only reason my picture isn't in the dictionary defining "shy" is that I'm too shy to be photographed, so this required serious fortitude in the face of multiple strangers in close quarters. Turns out I could have gone to the sit-down dinner, but ( Read more... )

I am committing SV vids in my head. It's a good thing I lack the time and the technology, or I'd have a new hobby to inflict on you all. Currently, I'm stuck on this:

( I love Bruce Springsteen, even if he's lost his voice )

We saw Gypsy tonight. Bernadette Peters had the promised star power, though the show didn't impress me much as a musical. It's a big Broadway week for us -- we see Avenue Q, the Sesame Street parody, on Friday.

I've read some books. ( Read more... )