At last! I can go today pick up yuki_onna's newest novel, Palimpsest! I can't wait to read it! What could be more marvelous than a sexually transmitted city? HMM?! NOT MUCH.

Trailer here:

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Tomorrow, midnightstation and I are going to the official book launch at The Lyceum in Brooklyn. Tickets are $10. The event begins at 7 p.m. There will be music, and suspensions, and ( Read more... )

So, a lot of people know about s00j and how she's a musician and got sick and has huge bills due to a lack of medical insurance. And there's been all kinds of fundraisers around like saveours00j to raise money for the expenses.

Anyway, right now there's an anthology on sale here - a limited edition printing to help. It will have stories by Neil Gaiman, Charles ( Read more... )

I'm looking forward to reading yuki_onna's new book, in February.

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I love this banned books display at a library.

It makes me so happy!

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I always love these memes. Most recently seen over at contessagrrl's LJ.

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next few sentences in your journal.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

Anathem, Neal Stephenson

There was a pattern or code ( Read more... )

My copy of Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" arrived today. I can't wait for work to be over so I can start reading it!

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Lawrence Waterhouse in "The Cryptonomicon" is one of my favorite fiction characters (along with his ancestor Daniel Waterhouse). Anyway, I love the following passage, because it describes a phenomenon that I find is true among the people I like, and describes (I think) myself as well.

....Waterhouse's conversation doesn't go anywhere in particular ( Read more... )

Via kightpWhat we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded ( Read more... )

From micheinnz:

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people. Consider yourself tagged if you want to be tagged.

There is a half sentence in my three sentences - so I will type 3.5 sentences."Anyone who is not a half-wit can learn all ( Read more... )

I had a funny mash-up dream last night. I dreamt a Buffy episode - but it got all mixed in with Dune stuff. It was a two-parter and I only "watched" the first part ( Read more... )