Epic Arthurian verse by J.R.R. Tolkien? Yes please!

Says racebending.com:

How will this all play out in the adaptation of Snow Crash, a 1992 novel about a futuristic Los Angeles featuring several characters of color? The main character is hacker and pizza delivery guy Hiro Protagonist, who is of mixed Asian and African American descent. Other characters include a street smart skateboarder named ( Read more... )

It has now been so long since I went to New York that it’s only the same amount of time again that I’ll be back in New York, but damnit, I wrote this trip write-up and so you’re gonna get it whether you like it or not. Well, not that you actually have to read it or anything.

NEW YORK
( Hurricane Irene, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark (incl. spoilers, not that anyone cares), and meeting friends. )

So, ah, maybe not much point in making a work tag when today was my last day of work. (This was as scheduled - my first day of class is Tuesday, and it was a summer internship.) But why do I have homework a week before classes even start? And why does it entail Second Life? The injustice, people, the injustice!

Books recently read: Mouse Guard: ( Read more... )

Books (since last update, in no order):
» R.U.R. and the Insect Play, Karel and Josef Čapek
» The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould
» The Oracle's Queen, Lynn Flewelling
» Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake
» The Difference Engine, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling

Hero of the week (and also, just in general): the Grameen Bank.
Heroes: is a fun if not ( Read more... )

Recent Books:
» Mysterious America, Loren Coleman
» Briar Rose, Jane Yolen
» After the Quake, Haruki Murakami

Consecutive writing days: 4/5 pages hw
(Last month: 30 days/1 page)I keep getting ambushed with projects right now. Compared to two weeks ago and the despair of NEVAR WRITING AGAIN, this isn't so bad, but it's kind of irritating when I ( Read more... )

Books read recently:
» Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (actually a while back, but I forgot)
» The Uplift War, by David Brin
» Brightness Reef, by David Brin
» Infinity's Shore, by David Brin

Life, the Universe, and Everything:
I really hate the way my family brings out the worst in me.

Fannishness.Holy crap, a good week. Amazing Spider-man 533! ( Read more... )

Last night I had this long, extended dream about getting married to my first boyfriend. It was very long and detailed, picking out the dress and the reception and everything. For some reason, a lot of people were dancing on water and it seemed very normal, but it all fell apart when I and a few others decided to steal chocolate from the chocolate ( Read more... )

Books Read Since Honors Week
- His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik
- Throne of Jade, Naomi Novik
- A Wild Sheep Chase, Haruki Murakami
- The Black Powder War, Naomi Novik
- Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami
- The Years of Rice and Salt, Kim Stanley Robinson ( Read more... )

A random quote from Wikipedia: "[C.S.] Forester had a complicated life, including imaginary parents, a secret marriage and a debilitating illness." No, the 'imaginary parents' clause is not explained. Very odd!

I'm on a bit of a Hornblower kick once again, thanks to naominovik's brilliant Napoleonic war trilogy Temeraire, or at least the first two books of ( Read more... )