Patricia C. Wrede is bringing her Lyra books out in eformat.
Order the books and take a little tour of Patricia C. Wrede's closets here.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
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."
sumi - Jan 25, 2012 11:13:50 am PST #17604 of 28261
Art Crawl!!!
Toddson - Jan 25, 2012 11:43:59 am PST #17605 of 28261
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Gully Jimson, eat your heart out.
Volans - Jan 25, 2012 4:47:09 pm PST #17606 of 28261
move out and draw fire
But he is one of my patron saints. Him, and the Emperor Norton.
And Emperor Norton, while not having a religion built around him per se, is a saint or something in Discordianism.
Typo Boy - Jan 25, 2012 5:02:27 pm PST #17607 of 28261
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In Gaiman's Sandman series, Death hinted pretty strongly that Norton was one of the Tzadikim Nistarim, the 36 righteous secret saints, their sainthood unknown even to themselves, for whose sake God continues to spare the world from destruction.
chrismg - Jan 26, 2012 9:54:56 am PST #17608 of 28261
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
On Tolkien - one thing we tend to forget is, popular "wisdom" used to be much more tilted toward "nature", and it's swung a loooooooooong way towards "nurture" over the past 50-odd years. Anything we read from back then is seen through that filter.
Also, Mark just read about Treebeard, and WOW THAT'S A LOT OF CAPSLOCK.
Rayne - Jan 26, 2012 10:28:39 am PST #17609 of 28261
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Oh holy heck! You weren't kidding about the capslock!
askye - Jan 26, 2012 10:38:24 am PST #17610 of 28261
Thrive to spite them
AT SOME POINT CAPSLOCK LOSES ITS EFFECT EVEN IN BOLD
IT STOPS MAKING ME THINK EVERYTHING IS EXCITING AND JUST MAKES ME THINK THE KEYBOARD IS BROKEN.
sumi - Jan 26, 2012 10:38:58 am PST #17611 of 28261
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, somebody needs to deactivate the capslock key on Mark's keyboard.
Connie Neil - Jan 26, 2012 11:30:18 am PST #17612 of 28261
brillig
But then he'll lose half of his ability to express emotions.
DavidS - Jan 26, 2012 11:44:25 am PST #17613 of 28261
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
He has a Capslock review every once in a while. It's a trope of his board.
In short: he's excited about Ents.