I haven't read Merchanter's Luck in probably decades. I don't even have a copy anymore, which is a shame. I recall it being one of her more accessible introductions to the Alliance/Union universe.
And now: Oh noes! Poor Vanye has just been captured by the bad guys! (Again. He gets captured a lot.) And now he's all "Woe I must live because if Morgaine is dead I must continue the Quest. So no noble suicide-by-bad-guy for me!" (He does this a lot too.)
If you like the Morgaine books, Barb, there was a simply awesome novella written for Yuletide a few years ago, set after the last Morgaine book. It's all horses and interpersonal drama, with some great explosions and fight scenes, too.
Part 1 of a 4 part interview with Neil Gaiman.
(Parts 2-4 are on that page too.)
ETA: Sorry - given context I thought that this was recent but I believe that this is probably from August.
I'm still of the firm opinion that Merchanters' Luck is a sort of sister to Firefly.
I will be checking this out then.
As soon as I finish China Mieville's The Scar. With which I am absolutely, completely smitten.
eta: I can write a correctly choreographed sentence.
I met Sandra Cisneros tonight! She was our speaker for my school's speaker series this year, and I got to chat with her early and then listen to her wonderful reading. She was genuine and friendly and inspirational, and I'm giddy even thinking about it now. Yay!
For all of those Little House fans out there, I stumbled across this NPR Xmas special from a few years ago. It's an hour long reading of excerpts from the books with songs from the (so far) two collections of songs mentioned in the books (the CDs' producers are hoping to put out ten CDs in all).
I read the
Trumpeter of Krakow
(ehh)and
Hitty
(pretty good) for the 20s. I have one more I am waiting that is short stories.
For the 30s , 40s and 50s I have read
The Cat Who Went to Heaven ,The door in the Wall,
and
Twenty-one Ballons.
All were actually very good. I think I could sell 'em all. Of course I have 3 or 4 more I want to read, and that is before we even start the discussion.
Need a good cathartic cry? NYTimes story about two children's librarians killed in a car accident: [link]
Has anyone here ever used Shelfari? If so, thoughts?
Similarily, I know people were using LibraryThing, but then I thought people had liked some other options better--what are the various options out there for cataloguing your books??
Currently I've got mine mostly up to date in LibraryThing (at least, the books I care about), and I like that I can thus be out shopping and look up in their mobile interface what I've got and what I'm missing.
Things I would like integrated into that--some sort of wishlist (so it was easier to see the books I KNOW I'm looking for), a "checked out to friends" option or something, and maybe a "I read this, but don't own it" option (possibly integrated with the "I WANT to own it" option)
Any suggestions? Shall I jump ship from LT? I've already paid for a lifetime membership (it was what, $25?) so it's not a rush, but it's also not going to hurt them if I do.
