Three Bodies Problem (Netflix): Background: I haven't read the trilogy, though I did listen to a (German) radio adaptation three years ago, which I had mixed feelings about. Otoh, I stopped watching Game of Thrones around season 5 or 6, so know the things Benioff & Weiss did to infuriate a great many of their viewers in the eigth and final season ( Read more... )

Which ffutures wanted to know. There's one answer I can't give due to Darth Real Life, but my next answer is: Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January series of mystery novels, starting with A Free Man of Colour. And I want a tv series adaptation, with a good budget so we can have great costumes and a plausible mid 19th century New Orleans (and Paris for the ( Read more... )

Yuletide Madness has gone live as well, and as it turns out, I got a treat there together with my two fellow Frederician Salonnières
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea:

The Vast Unknown: in which Professor Arronax decides to stay on board the Nautilus. Really does feel like a possible alternate ending of the original novel, witch both Arronax' and Nemo's voices spot-on.

VersaillesI never got around to writing a review of the third season, which I didn't enjoy nearly as ( Read more... )

Incidentally, from the writing/reader reaction side, I'm having the worst Yuletide ever. Not because of the recipients, who wrote lovely, long and detailed comments, which made be very happy - for a day. And then as time went on I had to notice that with each of the three stories I wrote in three different fandoms, only one person other than my ( Read more... )

..in reverse order.

Call the Midwife: don't have much to say other than it was lovely as usual. I'm a bit torn on Avril ( doing something spoilery )

The internet as an education tool, # 20045: so I idly check out fanficrants, and in the midst of a small debate about whether or not it would be ic for Howard Stark to refuse to pay ransom had Tony been kidnapped as a child, someone brings up one of those real life stories one wouldn't dare to invent but which had been utterly unknown to me until ( Read more... )

I like Barbara Hambly's books, and trust her as an author, so when some years ago I saw one titled "Patriot Hearts" I browsed a bit despite the title, and emerged intrigued enough to want to read the entire novel. Due to circumstance, I couldn't do so until now.

Patriot Hearts deals with the Founding Mothers, so to speak: Martha Washington, ( Read more... )

Barbara Hambly is an author whose novels, by and large, never fail to captivate me. Be they historical mysteries (love her January series), one shot (Bride of the Rat God is both a fun mystery set during the heyday of the silent movie and an affectionate take on certain narratives beloved by Hollywood, plus I love that we have two very different ( Read more... )