I'm posting a link to a post by a fellow who is an armorer. The post deals with the, ahem, *unrealistic* nature of the female body armor depicted on many book covers and the like. I highly recommend reading this post (especially if you like the fantasy and science fiction genres in film and/or literature) as it is very interesting and truly ROTFL ( Read more... )

I recently wrote a review of the science fiction novel, 'Spirit: The Princess of Bois Dormant', by 'Gwyneth Jones', which was a highly ambitious and unusual novel.

I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars/leaves. My review is titled, 'Somewhat disappointing'.

Here is a link to my review: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Spirit-Princess-Bois-Dormant- ( Read more... )

I thought to post links to the good books I've read, since I recently posted a link to the truly bad ones.

I've separated things by genre.

-List of the best books I've read in the urban fantasy genre (part 1/2): http://community.indigo.ca/toptens/Best-urban-fantasy-part-Alicia/612409.html
-List of the best books in the urban fantasy genre (part 2/2): ( Read more... )

I do watch a lot of television. :-D

I admit it. (See below for the proof -LOL.)

( Cut for spoilers for 'Lost Girl' and 'Once Upon A Time' )

I really don't know if anyone is reading this little LJ of mine these days, but oh well.

I recently read a post by nancy777ca, in which she states that a fanfic she wrote within the BSG fandom got published as a novel (reworked to remove the BSG angle from the story). In her post, Nancy mentions again the 'snobby cows' who cricized said fanfic years ago and ( Read more... )

Fanfic recommendations (Fandoms beginning with A)
Disclaimers can be found here.
Andromeda

• Coming to Light Series: Shame, and Pride, by Cassiopeia. NC-17 (Dylan/Harper slash). Recommended by Angela.
  Author's description: In Shame, Harper tries to keep his past in the past, but his past isn't cooperating and in Pride, a surprise from Dylan's past ( Read more... )

I read a fair amount of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels, with other stuff thrown in. I have started reviewing the books I read at Chapters online (Canadian bookseller). I post there under the pen name 'Alicia' and if anyone is interested, my reviews can be found at the link below.

http://community.indigo.ca//profile/Alicia/313239.html

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Interesting Links -part one (1/2)

NB: Fandoms are listed alphabetically along with their corresponding resources. A separate section follows, with links to several useful fandom resources. Titles accompanied by an asterisk (i.e. *) are series where Bea and Angela liked the beginning, but weren’t so sure about the ending. (You were warned -LOL ( Read more... )

( Where No Shadows Fall (Part 3A) )

( Where No Shadows Fall (Part 2D) )