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rfunk

Geek Lit

May 23, 2006 14:02

This weekend we'll be heading to Columbus for Marcon. Every year at Marcon I end up buying a pile of books, usually stuff that's hard to find locally, and often rare or out of print stuff. Last year's take included my first real effort to get into graphic novels beyond Sandman.

( And also Elric... )

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the_shampoo May 23 2006, 19:18:58 UTC

I'm a big fan of both numbers 1 and 3. :-D Good taste.
Hey, while I'm here, can I borrow your memory card for PSG?

mem card rfunk May 23 2006, 19:30:13 UTC

Hey, don't you still have that memory card anyway? ;-)
Sure, take it to PSG and get some good pics of what I'm missing.

Glad to know another fan of Contact; everybody loves HHGG, but Contact doesn't get enough attention.

Re: mem card the_shampoo May 23 2006, 20:20:56 UTC

Yes I still have it. I'll take all sorts of crazy pictures for ya. Sorry you wont be there.
I'm not just a fan of Contact, I'm actually a big fan of Carl Sagan. When I was um, 12 I think, my older brother got me a copy of Pale Blue Dot for my birthday (fostering a growing interest in astronomy). I've been hooked since.

Sagan rfunk May 23 2006, 20:49:07 UTC

I like Sagan's other stuff too (I grew up in the era of "Cosmos"), but somehow the novel stuck with me better than the nonfiction. Too bad it's the only novel he wrote.

Heh, I just realized, I remember when Pale Blue Dot came out and I saw it in one of the OSU bookstores when I was buying books for class. But I never read that one; all his books I've read are older than that. In fact Contact may be the latest of his books that I've read. (Others include Broca's Brain and The Dragons Of Eden.)

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jayene May 24 2006, 00:24:24 UTC

I'll be around at Marcon as something :) if nothing else I'll be in the Iron costumer competition from 10-12 :) I'll look for you guys around.
Love
'Nise

"As something" rfunk May 24 2006, 02:10:43 UTC

I guess if you'll be there as something other than yourself it'll be easier for you to look for us than vice-versa....

Re: "As something" jayene May 24 2006, 02:12:39 UTC

Well they are building the costume around me... it will probably be teal and black and gold and sparkly... other then that it's what 4 costumers can make in 2 hours. ;-D

nicosomething May 25 2006, 01:31:13 UTC

The Elric stories were also very well translated into graphic novels and individual comics. I can't recall which outfit did them now, but I particularly thought "Sailor on the Seas of Fate" translated beautifully to comic form.