Spot the two the same? , originally uploaded by abrinsky . To help get over yesterdays sad event lamentables and I went to The Cottage Bookshop, and The Red Lion in the village of Penn. We went to Penn mainly because of finding an an article about Ladakh in an old copy of National Geographic bought during lamentables visit with drasecretcampus a few...

A getting-to-know-you meme. "Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate with you. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given." gylfinir asked me about: Canterbury My first memorable trip to Canterbury was the first major expedition I did entirely on my own. I was living in Oxford for a summer program as an undergraduate and wanted to see...

So, thanks to drasecretcampus 's useful book about Philip K. Dick, I have now found the answer to why there is only one edition of Cantata-140 in the GoodReads database. It's exactly the same book as The Crack in Space , a copy of which I recently purchased from Alibris . I could have spent that money on a book I don't have. My husband said, "Never mind--you're a completist, and...

Well this morning I came across a bunch of posts in various blogs about yesterday's "Science Fiction as a Literary Genre" symposium, which was sponsored by Gresham College in the UK. You can find the event details like speakers and specific lecture topics over on the website (and eventually the full transcripts and maybe even audio will be available). I have to admit, I'd totally forgotten this event...

Gakked from drasecretcampus What Your Taste in Chocolate Says About You You are sweet, mellow, and easily satisfied. You don't like anything too intense and dramatic. Deep down, you're a kid at heart... and you're nostalgic for the past. You are mellow, spiritual, and philosophical. You are a true humanitarian. You enjoy helping people. Your heart can be too open...

Gakked from drasecretcampus Your Score: Eeyore You scored 15 Ego, 17 Anxiety, and 9 Agency! "Do you know what A means, little Piglet?" "No, Eeyore, I don't." "It means Learning, it means Education, it means all the things that you and Pooh haven't got. That's what A means." "Oh," said Piglet again. "I mean, does it?" he explained quickly. "I'm telling...

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Another review of the upcoming Unofficial Companion to the Novels of Terry Pratchett , that name checks all three of my essays (on Carry-On movies, Neil Gaiman and Douglas Adams ), and is generally a lot more positive than the previous review.

Parsley's car , originally uploaded by abrinsky . Visited the Transport Museum in Coventry yesterday with lamentables , korintomichi and drasecretcampus . korintomichi had said it was good even if you don't like 'cars and stuff'. They were right as it was as much about the social history of the city as about transport. ...

drasecretcampus editor of the upcoming Unofficial Guide to the Novels of Terry Pratchett , for which I supplied several entries, has just posted a link to the first review (I'm guessing of an early uncorrected proof copy.) The reviewer, Jason Anthony, seems to have taken a particular dislike to the inclusion of my piece on the Carry-On films and their influence on Pratchett. After...