Ancient texts
Inspired by madwriter‘s entry in the Page 123 Meme, I’m running the script on The Multiverse Cycle (which happens to be the book closest to me at this second.)
1.) Turn to Page 123, or if page does not exist, Page 23. (23. Got it.)
2.) Count five lines down, and post the paragraph in which you are positioned.
Well, at least this appeared to confirm that the unknown pilot was humanoid. Come to think of it, Nebula wondered he’d be interested in a traveling companion. Any woman who wouldn’t kill for a wardrobe like this needed medical attention.
Hmm. I think if I wanted to write that last sentence now, I’d try to make it more wry… it tastes a little sexist from my current perspective. Also, I might write “wardrobe such as this”.
They’re taking the hobbits… oh, you know.
Watched the extended Two Towers and Return of the King straight through last night, staying up a bit late to do so.
We were talking a lot about book vs. movie while we watched, and the comment was made that there are a lot more elves in the Towers and King movies than in the books. While that may be annoying to purists, I have to admit that it’s an improvement for me. In the books, the Third Age ends not with the destruction of Sauron, but when the Fellowship leaves Lothlorien; after that point you don’t see a single elf or dwarf othen than Legolas, Gimli, and Arwen’s walk-on. The next two books deal exclusively with the affairs of Men (except for some Ents, Orcs, and Saruman – in other words, trees, cardboard cannon-fodder, and a Man wanna-be).
At least the movies give Weaving and Blanchett something to do after the Fellowship’s breaking. It would be a shame to get these good actors for your trilogy and not have them do anything for two-thirds of it. And is it just me, or do they change Elrond’s eyebrows after the Ring is destroyed? Does Vilya, the sapphire elven-ring, cause swoopy eyebrows while it retains power?
Middle-Earth is almost more fun in The Hobbit, when it’s chock-full of elves, dwarves, giant spiders, goblins, and a dragon.
Not to mention that Ark of the Covenant in the corner under the comic books.
southernsinger mentioned the other day that a friend was selling Mage Knight miniatures, including a Fist of Tezla. I commented that I’ve wanted that miniature since it came out, but I wasn’t about to buy when when I’m a) broke and b) getting ready to move.
The other day, I was digging though boxes in the garage, looking for an old fanzine, and guess what?
I have one.
Unopened.
I, just maybe, have too much stuff.
Captain to the Bridge
rattrap, you don’t happen to have the PageMaker files for the compiled “Multiverse Cycle” lying around, do you? Or, failing that, a word processor file of “Batron and the Beast”? I have someone here who can properly appreciate fanfic, and they want to read the Cycle.
I finally found part two of “Duty Calls” in digital format, which wraps up a few of the dangling Multiverse storylines. Oy, does this all bring back memories.
I think I’m going to go write something.
Darn it, people don’t fear the dark like they used to
MSNBC.com has posted a Virgin Galactic video showing a CGI simulation of one of their space tourism flights. Click the “Launch” button under “NBC Video”. This is quite cool and inspiring, but it’s not what I’m here to babble about.
I recently caught up to “The Satan Pit” episode of Doctor Who. When I’d seen the title earlier, I was hoping that they were speaking metaphorically, but (spoiler alert!) no, they weren’t kidding. This episode is the Doctor vs. Satan.
I cringed even writing that. Click for rant with spoilers…
