In which I should have posted much earlier in the day, but I spent most of it reading slush for Strange Horizons and then I think I cleaned things. A cake happened. This is undoubtedly going to be one of those posts where I put so many things into it, no one reads any of them.
1. My essay "It's Not, Quite Frankly, a Wholesome Situation: Dr. Seuss' The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" is now online at Weird Fiction Review. They gave it illustrations from the film! Trust me, they won't explain anything!
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fleurdelis28, muchabstracted, and Judith who if she has a livejournal hasn't told me about it, tramping the grounds of Maudslay State Park. The official website is not very descriptive. It's an early twentieth century estate that seems to have been deliberately let run to seed after its family died out in the '50's; it's one of the uncanniest places I've been in years. ( I've heard singing, I've felt wind on windless days, and I've seen tall trees carved into horrible faces. )
3. Reproduced from comments on a post ofpoliphilo's, where he's thinking about anti-Semitism: ( You suggest that I should accommodate you by backing your bill at six months; failing which, you will either (a) 'try Levy again,' or (b) blow your brains out. )
4. A few nights ago, I caught the Kordas' The Four Feathers (1939) on TCM. I know I should not be, especially considering how many of them are my favorites, but I am still sometimes surprised at the subtlety of older films. ( But to be a soldier and a coward is to be an impostor—a menace to the men whose lives are in your hands. )
5. Having missed the entire first season of Downton Abbey, I seem to have arrived in time for World War I in Season Two. There are several characters I'm interested in already; I'm sure this means all sorts of awful things will happen to them, but it's nice to have something to pay attention to on a weekly basis.
I will post my Arisia schedule tomorrow.
1. My essay "It's Not, Quite Frankly, a Wholesome Situation: Dr. Seuss' The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" is now online at Weird Fiction Review. They gave it illustrations from the film! Trust me, they won't explain anything!
2. Yesterday was spent with
fleurdelis28, muchabstracted, and Judith who if she has a livejournal hasn't told me about it, tramping the grounds of Maudslay State Park. The official website is not very descriptive. It's an early twentieth century estate that seems to have been deliberately let run to seed after its family died out in the '50's; it's one of the uncanniest places I've been in years. ( I've heard singing, I've felt wind on windless days, and I've seen tall trees carved into horrible faces. )3. Reproduced from comments on a post of
poliphilo's, where he's thinking about anti-Semitism: ( You suggest that I should accommodate you by backing your bill at six months; failing which, you will either (a) 'try Levy again,' or (b) blow your brains out. )4. A few nights ago, I caught the Kordas' The Four Feathers (1939) on TCM. I know I should not be, especially considering how many of them are my favorites, but I am still sometimes surprised at the subtlety of older films. ( But to be a soldier and a coward is to be an impostor—a menace to the men whose lives are in your hands. )
5. Having missed the entire first season of Downton Abbey, I seem to have arrived in time for World War I in Season Two. There are several characters I'm interested in already; I'm sure this means all sorts of awful things will happen to them, but it's nice to have something to pay attention to on a weekly basis.
I will post my Arisia schedule tomorrow.
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