SPOILERS AHOY

( Approach in TaT vs. RotT )

While you're pacing the house, waiting for your precious copy of Return of the Thief, take a look at this synopsis of the entire series, written by Tor's Natalie Zutter. She does an excellent job of describing each book and how they all fooled us, and explaining the meanings of the different myths and stories. It's full of spoilers for the first ( Read more... )

I’ve been scrounging through past posts and comments looking for discussions of a few ideas and haven’t found quite what I was looking for, so here they are ( Read more... )

So, Checkers and I felt we were getting a tad disorganized with our discussions of TaT and overwhelming ourselves, so here's a little order in the chaos. Below are all current Sounis spoiler-y threads for discussing TaT. I will add new ones as we go along. Feel free to start your own thread. Just remember to hide spoilers under an LJ-cut with a ( Read more... )

Okay, owing to the fact that I haven't drawn for years, this is a bit last minute, but here I am!

Dear Megan,

I should NOT have an ARC.

1. I've only been waiting for less than two years :)

2. Owing to the joys of time zones, I will be getting my copy of Thick as Thieves at least five hours before the rest of the reprobates. Which will (Please ( Read more... )

I recently toured the Pompeii exhibit in Kansas City and had a great time. One thing which was fascinating was the information on how a hypocaust works. I also took some pictures which i thought you all may enjoy. The items on display were authentic, not replicas. The exhibit had TONS of artifacts, in excellent condition. There was also a room ( Read more... )

I just found out about this documentary on Lloyd Alexander. It's quite well done, &, at just over an hour, gives a real sense of the man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gocHqTToccY

Una McCormack collected together the tweets from the conference on Storify. You can see them here ( Read more... )

So, I came across this quote on Tumblr today. How could I NOT think of Eugenides?

“Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible.”
- Anne Carson, Introduction to Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

I had the most enlightening reading experience with the Queen of Attolia recently. After multiple times of reading this book, I finally think I grasp the larger significance of the story of Hespira and Horreon that Eddis tells to the Magus. Even then, there are two interpretations.

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