For all you fellow book junkies out there, Stephen King has a fascinating review of a new biography about and a new collection of stories by Raymond Carver . When I was in college, Carver was worshipped as immortal among my creative writing professors. So I find the revelations about how Carver wrote versus how much his editor Gordon Lish actually contributed to his trademark style. I like ...
Books In 2009 004. Soliter Titanic by Almir Alić 005. Medea by Christa Wolf 006. Appointment In Samarra by John O'Hara 007. How The Dead Live by Will Self 008. Ninteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Games In 2009 015. Kirby: Nightmare In Dream Land (7/10) 016. Dragon Warrior Monsters (7/10) 017. Dark Sector (5/10) 018. Final Fantasy XII (...
Our illustrious mod-lady jane_elliot has asked me to sort out the tags and memories for the comm, so as a first step towards that - and to assist anyone who might be thinking of writing a rec for us and dreading the thought of checking back through to the beginning of real_world_recs - I'm listing here everything that has been recced so far. Hopefully this should be updated and ...
FINISHED!!!!!! Thank you so much anna_bo_banna for all your help! LINK ME TO A PICTURE OF: A pear A vampire Someone eating Tahmoh Penikett A painting A werewolf A couch A painting A cat The moon A Peanuts Comic Strip A baboon A screencap from Glee A mummy A Playboy cover Johnny Depp Katie Cassidy A computer mouse Keys A...
Banned Books Week officially ends tomorrow, but the American Library Association's annual conscious-raising exercise has had at least one positive effect: And Tango Makes Three, the children's picture book named The Most Banned Book throughout the country, has catapulted to the top of the Amazon bestseller list. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell is a children's ...
The new house is still a massive work in progress, so don't expect any wide-angle shots of it anytime soon, but here's a few close-ups of some things I have got semi-organized - A book shelf (obviously), with some DVDs, a NY baseball cap (c/o our HR manager), a signed Bills Hicks cassette and model of the Aston Martin DB5 used in Goldfinger: A weird African carving Charlotte bought me ...
I want to read a well-written, long fantasy book. Any suggestions? YA and adult fantasy are both fine. I prefer fantasy with a medieval type setting, or at least not set in the modern day, and high fantasy that isn't too heavy on the action, and has a good amount of female characters. Fantasy I have read and liked: Brandon Sanderson's books (Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker) Sharon Shinn's books...
Date Last Posted: First Time Post. Format: Le Livejournal. Genre: Panhistorical Primarily-Comedic (or dead historical figures of note in it for the lulz, if you prefer) Name: One for the Books Contact: PM knifeintheeye or email oneforthebooks.mod at gmail dot com Website: 1_4_the_books Minimum Age Requirement: We prefer 14+, but we'll bend the rules if we like you ...
one for the books a panhistorical comedic rp It's happy hour at the Knife-in-the-Eye Pub. Kit Marlowe tends bar, and Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus is probably in the back cooking the books. The Knife-in-the-Eye is one of the more happening joints on Gropecunt Lane , somewhere in the underworld, where those who have been immortalized in song and story...are ...
10:21pm: Indeed it is! I'm getting itchy ears and a sore throat! In other news though nearly all my tapes are packed up and the place is looking better. I should be all ready to go tomorrow. Although I'm not sure how we're supposed to fit all my clothes in the car in addition to these four boxes. Also we need a way better vacuum cleaner because this place is dusty ! In other news, I'm tired...
