I got three lovely Yuletide presents! Such are the fruits of going out on the pinch-hit list.

Seekingferret wrote me The Last Temptation of Eve, which takes that Last Temptation of Adam song and genderswitches it AND POV flips it, possibly breaking my brain in the process.

Thedevilchicken wrote me Rome fic, To Please the Gods, in which it is ( Read more... )

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Antony/Brutus
NC-17
7k words
(  Overlong AN: )

Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco

This is something else.  Is it a murder mystery?  Historical fiction?  An apocalypse allegory?  A theology musing?  A semiotics treatise?  Damned if I know.  Maybe one day I’ll be smart enough to understand this book; in the meantime, I’m just in awe.  Eco plays with metatextuality in his, what, four different ( Read more... )

( Connie Willis is my new favoritest author. Time travel! I want to hug her and squeeze her and call her George... )

Battlestar Galactica, Season 3

Well, this show sure has crashed and burned, yes? It sure does suck when it becomes obvious that the writers have put a great deal LESS thought, LESS care and love and planning and analysis, into the show than the average fan. When it becomes clear that they never knew where they were going and don't much care where ( Read more... )

( Well, that royally sucked. )

Rome, TV ( Read more... )

Jews, God, and History, Max Dimont.

A classic that is now very dated- interesting more as historiography than history, but a good read nonetheless.

Five Children and It, E. Nesbitt ( Read more... )