Okay, because I somehow connected it with steampunk, and then couldn't figure out what it was about the book that was steampunk-y. Got it. And it was awesome. The ending was one of those make-me-clap-my-hands-with-glee endings.
They should film that story and show it every Christmas.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2012 1:19:34 pm PDT #25506 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:24:10 pm PDT #25507 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Have you read The Stress of Her Regard? Byron! Shelley! Keats! Vampires! Yes, it's my favorite by him.
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2012 1:25:17 pm PDT #25508 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I have not, but I am marking your post, because I need something new to read after the library gives me Libba Bray's new book. (I read the HUGE sample from Amazon, and even though it creeps me out, I need to find out what happens.)
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:30:55 pm PDT #25509 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
New Libba Bray?! runs to Amazon, even if the ending of The Sweet Far thing was annoying.
Ginger - Oct 12, 2012 1:32:32 pm PDT #25510 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
but the imperialistic/colonialist stuff is kinda twisted in the steampunk oevre isn't it.
I could get behind a theme of Africans using steampunk technology to drive out the Europeans.
Atropa - Oct 12, 2012 1:33:11 pm PDT #25511 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I could get behind a theme of Africans using steampunk technology to drive out the Europeans.
Heh. That would be fantastic.
Consuela - Oct 12, 2012 1:41:45 pm PDT #25512 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I could get behind a theme of Africans using steampunk technology to drive out the Europeans.
That's basically what's going on in the Temeraire series, except with dragons instead of steampunk tech.
Jesse - Oct 12, 2012 1:44:40 pm PDT #25513 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thanks for the Silver Goggles link -- I do enjoy reading about Other People's Fights....
And pedestal sinks are the worst. I don't think they make cabinets as small as my current bathroom sink, though.
DavidS - Oct 12, 2012 1:57:48 pm PDT #25514 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wow, fascinating. Gawker outed the Reddit mod who created Creepshots and Jailbait and many of the other unsavory shit on Reddit.
You can feel the flopsweat of the guy when they call him at work.
Under Reddit logic, outing Violentacrez is worse than anonymously posting creepshots of innocent women, because doing so would undermine Reddit's role as a safe place for people to anonymously post creepshots of innocent women.
I am OK with that.
Typo Boy - Oct 12, 2012 1:58:42 pm PDT #25515 of 30001
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.
I could get behind a theme of Africans using steampunk technology to drive out the Europeans.
At least one of the Oswald Bastable series. Sorry Michael Moorecock is so prolific that there is no way I can remember the title. But Robur the Conqueror is leading a group of revolutionaries to break the colonial empire.