Xander ,'Beneath You'
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."
What was weird was that I turned on my sound to watch the video on the copycat covers site, not really focusing on the fact that I'd opened the TP page in another tab.
So I got a very thoughtful and crunchy dissertation on the way a narrative is built while watching a cover being composited.
If you're looking for some other good Tolkein discussion, my online friend Kate Nepveu did a chapter-by-chapter reread of LotR for the Tor.com site: [link]
It's quite a great discussion, with some cool arguments in the comments. I'm waiting for her to post her commentary on the last movie, as well.
personally, i think all the VD books are terrible. i'm still amazed someone read them and thought they'd make a good series.
Note to a certain writer of "humorous" fantasy and SciFi. Yes I know that many writers do more research than their fiction requires. But you are definitely doing too little research if you are writing a Japanese character and the only character name you can come up with is "Sushi".
I knew a Sushi at Rice.
Ba Dum Ching!
George RR Martin has posted a new Dance of Dragons sample chapter - Jon Snow - 1.
God, I thought for a minute that said "Dance of Dolphins."
The unpossible has happened, folks; I am too tired to read.
Is everybody aware of the many resources available at Archive.org?
Among other things, they have free audiobooks by volunteer readers.
There's a rating system too so you can find the best readers of Persuasion or The Princess and the Goblin.
You can stream it or download it.
Oh, it's the Librivox audio. Yeah, the readers there are a real crapshoot: I've only found a couple I really liked.
oooh, I do like the streaming function, that's new: you can sample the reader before you go to the trouble of downloading.