Naomi Novik had a very funny little contest on her LJ: how many genre cliches can you fit into a very short story? The Ultimate Crossover Contest, here: [link]
Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.
'Serenity'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Consuela - Feb 19, 2006 7:19:35 am PST #9915 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kate P. - Feb 19, 2006 7:50:21 am PST #9916 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, that reminds me! I was thinking the other day about a book that was discussed here a while ago. Actually, I think someone just linked to a review on someone else's website. Anyway, the book was clearly awful (possibly self-published) and involved a protagonist who embodied nearly every current bad fantasy/romance cliche: he was a telepathic alien elf pirate, or something, and the review was fantastically snarky and funny. Is this ringing a bell for anyone? I tried googling for it, but unsurprisingly, a search for "alien elf pirate" has a pretty high signal-to-noise ratio.
Beverly - Feb 19, 2006 9:48:27 am PST #9917 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Double post. Sorry.
Beverly - Feb 19, 2006 9:50:28 am PST #9918 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
As well as Highlander, Buckaroo Banzai, and Shawshank, Clancy's been in Starship Troopers, Blue Steel, and Shoot to Kill, all of which have been run a brazilian times on cable. He's also VO-ing the Honda Ridgeline commercials at the moment. Know that voice anywhere, by the curl of my toes.
ETA: He was also a fling of Kerry's, on ER
Connie Neil - Feb 19, 2006 10:32:16 am PST #9919 of 10002
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I've had a lovely reading morning: a book about the changes in the New Testament over the centuries and a book of essays about how gay/lesbian history has been dealt with. I feel all scholarly. Should go write some fic now.
Emily - Feb 19, 2006 12:40:24 pm PST #9920 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
a pretty high signal-to-noise ratio.
You mean a low ratio? Yes, that's all I have to offer -- completely unhelpful math-based kibbitzing. What do you want from me?
I don't suppose anyone knows of some great math-centered books for high schoolers?
Hil R. - Feb 19, 2006 12:47:11 pm PST #9921 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't suppose anyone knows of some great math-centered books for high schoolers?
Hmm. Only thing that's coming to mind right now is Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feinman, and that's physics, not math. Slightly younger kids (middle-schoolish), Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School. Or, at least, I loved that, but (a) I loved Sideways Stories from Wayside School, and (b) I was a dork.
There's something that I'm trying to remember, a book I was looking at a little while ago that was a great high school mathy book, but I can't remember it now. It had a lot of an Alice in Wonderland feel about it.
ChiKat - Feb 19, 2006 12:50:42 pm PST #9922 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Hil, are you thinking of The Number Devil ? I haven't read it, but heard it's pretty good.
Hil R. - Feb 19, 2006 12:59:47 pm PST #9923 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
No, it wasn't The Number Devil, but I just looked that one up on Amazon and it looks kind of cool.
Kate P. - Feb 19, 2006 1:46:25 pm PST #9924 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
You mean a low ratio?
t smacks forehead Er, yes, that is exactly what I mean.
Or, at least, I loved that, but (a) I loved Sideways Stories from Wayside School, and (b) I was a dork.
I loved all the Wayside School books! Including the mathy one. Actually, this is interesting to me, because my class (Curriculum Frameworks & Instructional Strategies for Library Teachers, don't you all envy me?) was just discussing what kinds of math-related books should be part of a school library's collection. I should mention Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School next time.