I'm not a fan of time travel and becoming the ancestor of someone important as a plot point. But I was most impressed with the gender divisions of feudal life. It makes sense that women would be in charge of the nurturing parts of the world, ie, being Bishops and such. I didn't get past the third book, because I hit my personal wall of "What else is this poor person going to have to go through?" At some point a character I'm interested in has to have some real contentment or achievement, even if surrounded by angst. Even in the real world, miserable put-upon people get moments of joy.
You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!
Spike ,'Smile Time'
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."
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2006 3:20:28 pm PST #1710 of 28160
brillig
Aims - Dec 21, 2006 6:47:43 am PST #1711 of 28160
Shit's all sorts of different now.
sumi - Dec 21, 2006 6:50:34 am PST #1712 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
Interesting.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 21, 2006 6:56:33 am PST #1713 of 28160
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows"
Are they really "Deathly" or possibly just Sleepy?
Or possibly Dopey or Grumpy or Bashful or....
Signed,
Congested and full of cold medicine.
sumi - Dec 21, 2006 6:59:36 am PST #1714 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
I think it's "Deathly Hallows" not "Deathly Hollows".
Beverly - Dec 21, 2006 8:29:21 am PST #1715 of 28160
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yup. My news feed says Hallows.
Aims - Dec 21, 2006 8:38:20 am PST #1716 of 28160
Shit's all sorts of different now.
That's what I said.
sneaks away
Volans - Dec 21, 2006 8:41:15 am PST #1717 of 28160
move out and draw fire
In my read-and-post of "Coyote Kings," I mention for erika that I hit another Tim Bayliss quote ("That silly man, and his silly cookies."). It introduces a chapter called "Render Unto Seizure."
erikaj - Dec 21, 2006 9:30:53 am PST #1718 of 28160
Always Anti-fascist!
That sounds like Timmy on muscle relaxants, though I can't place it.(Still working through Season 7, which is pretty pathetic, aside from Bayliss, what with the Beauty Queen detective and everyone trying to do her, and Baby Gee, and the Ballard/Falsone mating ritual.)
sumi - Dec 21, 2006 12:20:36 pm PST #1719 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
The Zap2it article gives you the clues so that you can go to the JK Rowling website and reveal the title that way.