Yesterday before work I went to the library and checked back out the Bryson book. (See yesterday's post.) I'm not going to re-read it completely, just the parts with the most interesting history, the parts that separate fact from myth. For while history is very interesting to me as well, it is, at this time, myth that I am primarily fascinated ( Read more... )

Posted originally at Fabletown.com.

I have been thinking a lot lately about mythology of different world cultures, and I began to consider the fact that America is most likely the only culture in the world that does not have its own mythology.

But then I realised that that is simply not true. America has its own mythology just as much as any ( Read more... )

A year ago today, we moved into our apartment, and thus moved into Charleston, South Carolina. It feels like we've been here a lot longer than a year, but at times I feel like we've just moved in. I remember the first day we were here, October 1st of 2004. We drove from Greenville to Charleston after Heavenly, Shawn and Doug finally arrived at ( Read more... )

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Well, now that issue #40 has come out, I will have to update Into the Woods with a picture of the Adversary, and a profile. An added surprise today, at Fabletown.com I learned that the Homelands trade will come out in December, and not January/February like I estimated.

Last night I finished reading Michael Crichton's new book, State of Fear. ( Read more... )

Well, I just finished reading Half-Blood Prince less than an hour ago. Here is my review; well, not really review, it's a bit jumbled and disordered to really be called a review. But there are spoilers, because I'm going to talk about *everything*. So only read on if you've already read the book.

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Only... *checks watch* 45 days 'til Harry Potter Day!!

That's a month and a half. I finally pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition (see: here) of the book at Overstock.com, and got it for only $35.42 (retail price for the deluxe edition is $60). Considering taxes and all, that's just as much as you'd pay if you bought the regular version at a ( Read more... )

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