linkspam should have flossed more

[cofax7]

Watch this time-lapsed video of the righting of the shipwrecked cruise ship in Italy.

io9 has an excerpt about the making of Time Bandits. I had no idea it was so dramatic!

As many of you know, and others will come to learn, daughters in this society are on the hook for parental care.

Marked for later:
The dark side of Peter Pan.

The

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[sartorias]

Oh, that time lapse is fascinating!

Re Peter Pan, the article leaves out his relationship with Cynthia Asquith's boys.

Re Renay, that is so depressing.

[eregyrn]

Re. "Dark Side of Peter Pan" article -- glad to see some critical comments left on the article. It's hard to put a lot of stock in something that is taken from a book called "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader" (are articles within the book sourced? footnoted

[teand]

I've noticed some people on twitter and fb will tag authors during the "conversation". In those instances, I don't think they should be surprised if the author then decides they've been invited to join in. In all other instances, I think the author should remember the little homily about eavesdropping.

[cofax7]

Indeed. And yet, some authors don't learn. I've seen authors get into a disagreement on a fan/reviewer's blog, and then go back to their own journal/blog and put up a link with a snide comment how some people just aren't smart enough to get it. In which case the fans descend en masse to tell the fan/reviewer off.

[lost_erizo]

Thank you for that link to the "Time Bandits" article - it's one of my favorite movies of all time and this just reminded me of all the reasons I love it. Terry Gilliam is a very weird, wonderful, difficult bugger.

"Don't touch it! It's evil!"