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Day 24
Best quote from a novel:
"Her finely touched spirit had still its fine issues, though they were not widely visible. Her full nature, like that river of which Cyrus broke the strength, spent itself in channels which had no great name on the earth. But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of ( Read more... ) -
Hahaha. You Guys.
Duke Nukem Forever. Dated.
May 3rd in North America. May 6th in other regions.
*long, long look, sudden giggling fit*
You guys, Duke Nukem Forever has a release date.
Place your bets on the likelihood of Ion Storm Dallas being reformed to make Daikatana 2. -
x-post, additional New Vegas character audio
This batch contains Colonel Hsu, Colonel Moore, Julie Farkas, Legate Lanius, Mr. House, Mr. New Vegas, the Narrator, and Victor. Howdy, pard'ner. :)
The usual: .zip archives full of .ogg files. The previous batch can be found here.
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Day 22
Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships):
Charles and James Arrowby, The Sea, The Sea (Iris Murdoch).
They're cousins and always engaged in unvoiced competition (on Charles's side). They've got this cask of shared childhood memories, but they don't really know each other at all. James Arrowby is written with so ( Read more... ) -
Day 21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
I so wanted Milvain to marry Marian in New Grub Street. I don't usually get very invested in character romances, but I was actually disappointed. I mean, Amy Reardon? I can see why, but come on. Poor Marian. (Do I have to give a spoiler warning for a book published in 1891?)
I like Horatio Hornblower and Lt. Bush's relationship. It's that old-school ( Read more... ) -
Really Behind, So Have a Few
Day 15 - Your "comfort" book: Discworld. I go there and all manner of things are well.
Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry: The Exeter Book
Day 17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.): The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
Day 18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book: I like the image of ( Read more... ) -
Day 14 - Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Bertie and Jeeves. Probably. I mean, I didn't think about this too hard, it was like word association. If I started thinking about it, the list would grow and grow and no one wants to be stuck at my journal all night, least of all me. So, some honorable mentions:
Dorothea Brooke, Horatio Hornblower, the narrator from Notes From Underground, Thursday ( Read more... ) -
Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up! I also loved the Redwall series when I was little. I haven't read much young adult literature, which saddens me.
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Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times
The Hobbit, Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up, and Raptor Red. Those were my absolute favorite books as a child. The science is a little out of date in those last two, but I still love them. I think I also read Jurassic Park many more than five times as a young gel. There's a pattern here, hard to decipher, but ...
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