Have you read The Stress of Her Regard? Byron! Shelley! Keats! Vampires! Yes, it's my favorite by him.
I am so very unsurprised that you love this book. My favorite Powers, though, is Last Call. Tarot! Poker! Vegas! Bugsy Siegel! Fisher King mythos!
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
Anne W. - Oct 12, 2012 2:29:12 pm PDT #25523 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Ginger - Oct 12, 2012 2:40:16 pm PDT #25524 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That's basically what's going on in the Temeraire series, except with dragons instead of steampunk tech.
That's true, and there's rather a steampunk air to the way the outfit the dragons.
I haven't read later Moorcock, so in my head Oswald Bastable is still digging for treasure.
Typo Boy - Oct 12, 2012 2:51:59 pm PDT #25525 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.
Moorcock always said he named Bastable after the character from the treasure hunters, but he was not supposed to be what the character turned into. The name was a link to a sort of liberal imperialism, the sort that claims to support invasions for the good of the nation being invaded. Of course this is way after the fact analysis. It is possible that the name was picked on a "wouldn't it be cool" basis, and the justification thought of long after.
msbelle - Oct 12, 2012 3:07:18 pm PDT #25526 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yeah all this reddit stuff I'm reading the last few days? It's like really gross extreme libertarians.
Sparky1 - Oct 12, 2012 3:08:50 pm PDT #25527 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
A message from our local parents' email list has the subject heading, "need someone to deliver uterus plushes to NYC Comic Con." As my DH is headed to NYC tonight, I am trying to convince him to lend these local business people a hand.
Jesse - Oct 12, 2012 3:13:41 pm PDT #25528 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He should totally do it! That's hilarious.
§ ita § - Oct 12, 2012 3:20:00 pm PDT #25529 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Make a dedicated email address, don't talk about your personal life details, don't tell people you meet in person your handle, etc
They can start with IP addresses and work from there. I'd wager that you have to be purposely hiding, as opposed to just not revealing. Who are you hiding from? Because there's some scary people out there, doing some jackass stuff.
Jesse - Oct 12, 2012 3:37:41 pm PDT #25530 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh sure, if you're hiding from scary people. It sounds like someone just told Adrian Chen who that guy was, though.
Kat - Oct 12, 2012 3:39:08 pm PDT #25531 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Have any laistas gone to see the shuttle? [link] The photos are AWESOME.
Katie and I are going to the Science Center on November 1 for an educator thing when they open the pavilion. I am unaccountably excited.
sarameg - Oct 12, 2012 4:34:25 pm PDT #25532 of 30001
People who think free speech is synonymous with freedom from consequence make me tired.