To peek through the crack and meet with a stack of books

[sovay]

I am slightly less in hibernation. I had dinner tonight with eredien, which was awesome, after which she and raxvulpine showed me the first part of the OVA Read or Die. It left me with a certain impulse to run through rooms shouting, "I am Otto Lilienthal!" but I must confess that if a nefarious bee-wielding clone of Jean-Henri Fabre ever stole a rare first edition from me before I could read it, I probably would consider it a reasonable response to attack him and retrieve the book. (Yes, we knew this already.) Truly, I have to see the rest of this series. And possibly acquire Yomiko's library.

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[clarionj.livejournal.com]

You know ... the other thing I love about your posts--I always have to look things up. And you know what research does to the imagination.

[sovay]

I always have to look things up. And you know what research does to the imagination.

Poem?

[weirdquark]

And possibly acquire Yomiko's library.

Although perhaps you will want a better filing system than she has.

[sovay]

Although perhaps you will want a better filing system than she has.

And slightly less free-floating dust, yes. Even so.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

You know ... the other thing I love about your posts--I always have to look things up.

Seconded. I was just about to have to ask you who the heck Lilienthal was. Then I looked him up, and now am slightly less confused. slightly.

[sovay]

Then I looked him up, and now am slightly less confused. slightly.

For reasons as yet unexplained, the plot is full of superpowered clones of brilliant historical figures—all trying to steal the same book, a rare German novel called Die Unsterbliche Liebe with music handwritten on the frontispiece and endpapers. (I can't tell if this means I should expect a superpowered clone of Beethoven to turn up somewhere in the near future, or not. Already it's the kind of story where I wouldn't be surprised) One of these is Otto Lilienthal, who bursts through the wreckage of the Library of Congress in a steampunked-out glider, shouting, "I am Otto Lilienthal! And I'll take that book!" A character on the show glosses him for the benefit of the protagonist and the audience: "He was called the Aerial King of Germany. An obscure genius during the glider generation." I promptly exclaimed, "He's not obscure!" But I will acknowledge that I may be the only person who thinks so.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

For reasons as yet unexplained, the plot is full of superpowered clones of brilliant historical figures

Oh my. It really does sound as if I ought to see this. I've heard it described before and thought That sounds interesting, but hearing this puts it on a whole new level.

I promptly exclaimed, "He's not obscure!" But I will acknowledge that I may be the only person who thinks so.

Well, I didn't think he was particularly obscure. ;-)

[sovay]

I've heard it described before and thought That sounds interesting, but hearing this puts it on a whole new level.

The main character is a bespectacled bibliophile who can make anything out of paper—I don't mean origami, I mean nets and leashes of overlapping pages, airplanes large enough to bear the weight of two people. She's a secret agent for the British Library. This is some serious awesome.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

The main character is a bespectacled bibliophile who can make anything out of paper—I don't mean origami, I mean nets and leashes of overlapping pages, airplanes large enough to bear the weight of two people. She's a secret agent for the British Library.

*sighs* Why don't I ever meet anyone like that? ;-)

This is some serious awesome.

Sounds like. I'm going to have to look into it.

[gwynnega]

Oh, Read or Die is such fun! I must rewatch it this weekend...

[sovay]

Oh, Read or Die is such fun!

I didn't even know it existed until yesterday! I'm depraved on account of I'm deprived . . .

[justbeast.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the OVA of Read or Die!
It vexes me muchly that it is so short, and that the TV series looks to be much worse.

[sovay]

It vexes me muchly that it is so short, and that the TV series looks to be much worse.

So I should not branch out as enthusiastically as I had been planning?

[justbeast.livejournal.com]

No, just the opposite! Check it out, and tell me how it is :P

[sovay]

No, just the opposite! Check it out, and tell me how it is

I think this can be arranged.

[yukihada.livejournal.com]

Yay. Ze papah or the paper. It just sounds like Ze papeh (or some facsimile near enough). I do like the OVA (I have no idea how the TV series holds up.) The nice touches of almost steampunk...Yomiko's books. I'd forgotten how much I liked the series until you brought it up.

[sovay]

I do like the OVA (I have no idea how the TV series holds up.)

No idea, either: I think so far I've had one recommendation for and one against.

The nice touches of almost steampunk...

I think it's an alternate history, as well. At least, the British Library does not secretly run the world so far as I know.