So I went to see Judge Dredd tonight.

Things I Liked:

• An impressive performance by Karl Urban's chin.
• Equally impressive performance by Lena Headey and Olivia Thirlby. 
• Female characters wearing sensible armour. Hell, just female characters.
• Realistic and gory violence, rather than guys just falling over. There is no kill like overkill.
• Best use of 3D ( Read more... )

So Making Light has posted an epic List of Fanfiction Recs. With more recs in the comments. Should you also wish to lose a day of your life, the post (Some Reasons I Read Fanfic) is over here

It wasn't like I had much planned today, anyway*

*apart from MOT-ing my bike, going for a run, visiting the bank, buying Judge Dredd tickets, purchasing cat ( Read more... )

So Reg's Mom has finally finished ME3 on Bioware According to Mom. God I love that game. So does she, by the look of things. I hope they do DA2 next. Aw.

In honour of the occasion, here's a link to my favourite post-game ME3 fic 'The Parting Glass' by spicyshimmy on AO3. Massive spoilers, obviously.

And a shout out to my current reading material: ( Read more... )

I've noticed a lot of 'six word story' and 'one sentence story' challenges on the writing blogs at the moment, so I though I'd blog about one of my favourite genres of short story writing: songs.

Most storytelling songs I know are folksongs, but stories can be told using other sorts of music. The best sort of storytelling songs leave you longing ( Read more... )

There is an Assassin's Creed kinkmeme over at forkinsocket ?

WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED OF THIS?

EDIT: And one of the prompts is 'The assassinated Duke of Milan in the Lineage cinematic had no pants. Please have Giovanni make a comment about this, preferably in some context to Lorenzo. :)'

I LOVE THE INTERNET SOMETIMES.

 I listen to a lot of SF&F podcasts, but it's been a while since a story grabbed me by the throat. So I was delighted when I found the Drabblecast two-parter Mongoose by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear. It's a tall tale about an itinerant monster hunter and his space cat with strands of Cthulthu, Kipling and Lewis Carroll. Norm Sherman of the ( Read more... )

 If any of you are into Japanese literature, you should go and read the awesome fic On the Moonlit Road of Dreams by the extremely talented mithen. It's a fantastic Heian-era mystery story where Sei Shonagon, author of the Pillow Book, and Murasaki Shikibu, author of the Tales of Murasaki, solve a crime by, among other things, identifying the ( Read more... )

 I'M BAAACK!
No, not with fic (don't be silly) but finally back online after 7 months of travelling! Expect fic soon, and go read some of Saladin Ahmed's gorgeous short stories over at saladinahmed !  

Okay.
I don't post much about non-fandom-related stuff here, but I've been a fan of the three Escape Artists podcasts (Escape Pod, Podcastle and Pseudopod) for a long time now. I've also got more than a passing interest in the history and culture of the Middle East. Edward Morris's great story Jihad Over Innsmouth pushed all my buttons right at once ( Read more... )

Best. Line. Ever.

Check this out:  http://www.drhorrible.com/

I never rec anything on my lj (mostly, I just ignore it) so you know this has to be good. Joss Whedon's online supervillain musical. Free online until midnight the 20th July.