The awesomeness of the outside world

... make a disparaging comment about people from the country here but having met lots of you fine folk I'm going to put it down to just being that family... Then I went to the library to drop off some books, and caught a cat up to the Shafto Lane area. I got various presents for people who shall remain nameless (and probably aren't reading this but you never know :)) I had a nice chat with ...

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The absolutely true story of the grains of sand

... sex instead of violence. (Which is a nice change. I am increasingly annoyed by Banks heteronormativity, I think it limits her books) Also, I watched Jeeves and Wooster starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. I think they inhabited the characters perfectly, and it was true to the books: which is to say, inoffensive and dull. Ah well.

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The story of your life and other stories

... these are exactly the sort I like: idea rich, with engaging characters and plots but not that obsessive need to create an intense emotional reaction/twist so many short story authors have. I find most books of short stories equivalent to eating a handful of Jelly Bellies: every flavour may be nice individually but as a whole it's just blah. If nothing else, you should read Seventy-Two Letters ,...

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Improving the classics

Talking with nico_wolfwood I was inspired to illustrate a scene from Pride and Predjudice using the same steampunk setting as this picture . Now I've gotten Darcy and Lizzie in the picture I feel more satisfied the prompt is complete. Now I'm going to imagine Anne that way every time I read them book :) Airship from here , aren't they cool?

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A failure to be talked to

I have finally given up on "Talkin' up to the white woman: Indigenous women and feminism" by Aileen Moreton-Robinson (as recced to me by fire_fly before my panel. She did say I might find Sister Girl an easier read!). It's not that it was bad, it's just that I am pretty much incapable of reading more than about 10 pages of academic humanities theory without my eyes glazing over and my ...

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The awesomeness of the outside world

The absolutely true story of the grains of sand

The story of your life and other stories

Improving the classics

A failure to be talked to