It'll convert them automatically. You may want to check -- most credit cards charge an extra 1-3% for "foreign currency conversion." (A quick check suggests that Capital One doesn't, but I'm not positive.)
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Strega - Apr 02, 2010 8:01:53 am PDT #11177 of 28344
Fred Pete - Apr 02, 2010 8:53:15 am PDT #11178 of 28344
Ann, that's a ferret.
Hec, you also might want to check into shipping charges. I've ordered a few CDs from HMV in the UK, and shipping turned reasonably priced CDs into very expensive CDs.
megan walker - Apr 02, 2010 9:13:43 am PDT #11179 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've ordered a few CDs from HMV in the UK, and shipping turned reasonably priced CDs into very expensive CDs.
Yeah, I've actually had books shipped free to friends in France who then ship the box to me to avoid paying essentially double for what you're getting.
brenda m - Apr 02, 2010 5:37:14 pm PDT #11180 of 28344
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Phillip Pullman: [link]
I have my own issues with his books, but I adore his response to the "how dare you" kind of question about the title of his latest. [The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ]. "No one has the right to live their life without being shocked."
Polter-Cow - Apr 04, 2010 6:58:00 pm PDT #11181 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Campbell Award nominees have been announced.
THE JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER (NOT A HUGO AWARD) (356 nominating ballots)
Saladin Ahmed
Gail Carriger
Felix Gilman *
Seanan McGuire
Lezli Robyn *
Seanan is a good friend of mine! I'm so excited for her.
Atropa - Apr 05, 2010 10:48:53 am PDT #11182 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Go Gail Carriger!
Also, speaking of Ms. Carriger: AAAAUUUGH, CHANGELESS ENDED ON A HELL OF A CLIFFHANGER AND I NEED THE NEXT BOOK NOW NOW NOW.
Ahem. I called Gail a fiend on Twitter. She was pleased.
Polter-Cow - Apr 05, 2010 11:04:43 am PDT #11183 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Go Gail Carriger!
Go Seanan McGuire! She's hoping they don't end up splitting the urban fantasy vote. I'm hoping her zombie novel coming out in a few weeks gets her the horror vote and tips her over the edge.
I am not reading your whitefont! I am getting the new book on Saturday, and maybe I will call Gail a fiend to her face in your honor, but I won't be reading it until I finish Transmetropolitan, which I am reading in preparation for the aforementioned zombie novel, which she likes to describe as "Transmetropolitan meets The West Wing meets Night of the Living Dead."
Atropa - Apr 05, 2010 11:08:45 am PDT #11184 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I keep meaning to check out Seanan McGuire's book, but my to-be-read stack is kind of frightening at the moment.
When you meet Gail Carriger, please tell her I said hi. I keep hoping that she'll come to Seattle for book stuff.
Polter-Cow - Apr 05, 2010 11:15:12 am PDT #11185 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I will definitely tell her hi for you! I'm looking forward to the reading. I hear she's fun.
I keep meaning to check out Seanan McGuire's book, but my to-be-read stack is kind of frightening at the moment.
I know the feeling. The Toby books are very good, but I read the draft of Feed that was submitted to the publisher, and it was AWESOME. Also, there's a character named Buffy. If you're trying to prioritize, I would move it closer to the top of your hypothetical stack. It's scary and exciting and fun and surprising and intriguing and all that good stuff. And more relevant to your interests, I imagine. It is lower in actual zombie content than most zombie novels, though. It's the humans you really have to watch out for.
Hey, Gail is on Facebook! You should be Facebook friends. And have her join your Vampire Wars team or whatever.
Atropa - Apr 05, 2010 11:41:23 am PDT #11186 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hey, Gail is on Facebook! You should be Facebook friends. And have her join your Vampire Wars team or whatever.
That would mean I would have to log onto Facebook, bah. We're already LJ and Twitter friends.