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greygirlbeast

they do sometimes fall

Mar 05, 2006 10:48

Spooky is working on a wonderful new doll, which I have named Sweet William. This one's not for sale. It shall be mine, as I have fallen quite in love with it. I hope Sweet William may be the beginning of a new direction for Spooky's dolls. And yes, that is a piece of spaghetti holding Sweet William's arms onto his torso. Around here, we're great ( Read more... )

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matociquala March 5 2006, 17:20:36 UTC

You are very welcome. *g*

matociquala March 5 2006, 17:22:55 UTC

...and of course you're right, it's inherently incredibly Lovecraftian, and how did I miss seeing that until just now? (Because I think of it as sort of Brunnerian ethos... but then again, there's something a bit Lovecraftian in the uncaringness of his universe, too.)

eldritch00 March 5 2006, 17:45:45 UTC

Eco-gothic sounds like an interesting way of looking at certain books. It's wide-ranging enough, it seems, to take in something like Adam Roberts's The Snow (or J.G. Ballard's first four novels, for that matter) and Neal Asher's The Skinner. Maybe even Alastair Reynolds's Chasm City with its Melding Plague?

Er, okay. Sorry for "title-dropping," but it really is quite a fascinating idea.

eldritch00 March 5 2006, 18:17:35 UTC

And oh, this might be of interest (I'm still reading it myself, so I don't know if he'll come up with a boneheaded analysis or not).

thingunderthest March 5 2006, 17:25:20 UTC

I should also thank the Bear for pointing out the iBuzz. Wow. I'm just saying, if someone ever felt the need to send such an item my way, I'd not be...er...ungrateful.

Is your PO box still the same?

thingunderthest March 5 2006, 17:28:26 UTC

You know, this really ads new meaning to the phrase;
"I really get off on your music."
;)

matociquala March 5 2006, 17:47:22 UTC

d'oh

greygirlbeast March 5 2006, 18:23:03 UTC

Is your PO box still the same?

As a matter of fact, it is, if you mean P. O. Box 5381.

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sovay March 5 2006, 18:56:36 UTC

Not only does this remind me why I shall never appeal to those sf readers who dislike "dystopian" sf, but also why I shall likely always find myself in a rather minuscule fraction of Wiccans.

I saw the eco-gothic conversation yesterday and thought of you, and I'm wondering now about the overlap between dystopian and eco-gothic. "Between the Flatirons and the Deep Green Sea" and "Riding the White Bull," for example, are very much in the mode that life is tenacious, but humanity is disposable, while "The Pearl Diver" sports a society as grim and absurdist as anything Zamyatin ever came up with. I don't have any conclusions yet. I'm just thinking.

jacobluest March 5 2006, 19:31:11 UTC

If you haven't already, I highly recommend writing a Wikipedia entry for eco-gothic. Sure it may be Jeffrey Rowland-esque, but I think it has a much better chance of surviving criticism than "webcest".

~Jacob

greygirlbeast March 5 2006, 19:35:54 UTC

I highly recommend writing a Wikipedia entry for eco-gothic

I've already asked Elizabeth Bear if she minds, and she doesn't, so I shall, unless someone beats me to it.

lizziebelle March 5 2006, 20:19:33 UTC

I don't blame you for wanting to keep Sweet William- he's wonderful!