Death's a fine substitute for panorama

[sovay]

Arrived today in the mail: Chaz Brenchley's Blood Waters (1996). desperance, thank you so much—it looks wonderful. I'm looking forward to reading the stories, even if I can't track them down on site.

Arrived through other means: stomach flu with fever. I feel a lot less like endorsing that one.

Comments

[phi]

Arrived through other means: stomach flu with fever.

Your medical luck, or lack thereof, is uncanny. I really want the universe to give you a break now, please.

[sovay]

I really want the universe to give you a break now, please.

I would be cool with that!

(Today is better. I've eaten some miso soup and some goat's milk custard. Yesterday I had ginger beer.)

[gwynnega]

I hope you feel better soon.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear of the stomach flu. I hope you'll be feeling better soonest.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear - I hope you recover swiftly.

There are one or two of those stories I would not recommend reading with an under-par stomach.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

Goddamn. Get well soon. I should read more of Chaz beyond the tales I've found in Wilde Stories.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Oh, you totally should! (Whoops, I'm prejudiced - but, yeah. There is quite a lot else. If you can say what kind of thing you like, point me at a genre, I can probably point you at a book...)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. Delighted that it arrived. Not so delighted with your other news. The stories may be best sipped slowly, rather than gulped, I am just sayin'...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

If you try endorsing stomach flu, I'm going to KNOW you're being held prisoner by Forces Unknown. And I'll mount a rescue party.

[sovay]

I should read more of Chaz beyond the tales I've found in Wilde Stories.

I recommend Shelter (1999) unreservedly and I liked Desdaemona (2011) quite a lot, although I failed to follow up with Pandaemonium (2012) and should do something about that one of these days; I need to track down the D'Espérance books similarly. I have read assorted short fiction and liked almost all of it. Have some Victorian Mars because it's readily accessible!

[sovay]

I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you. It was worst the first day; I estimate being able to eat food with actual structure by tomorrow!

[sovay]

I'm sorry to hear of the stomach flu. I hope you'll be feeling better soonest.

Thanks. I am definitely better.

[sovay]

There are one or two of those stories I would not recommend reading with an under-par stomach.

I read three the first night and seem to have been all right. I'm not asking for the book to prove me wrong, but I have a high threshold for being physically disturbed by art.

(I am much better by today. Dinner was miso soup, hummus, and tabbouleh, which was way more real food than last night!)

[sovay]

I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you. So far, I am!

[sovay]

The stories may be best sipped slowly, rather than gulped, I am just sayin'...

I'm about halfway through the book now and so far they're great. The foreword mentions "carved in stone, engraved in steel and set in concrete at St. Peter's Riverside in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland"—do you have any pictures of the texts in situ? Or could at least tell me which ones ended up where?

As to the other news, I am feeling significantly better than I did on Saturday. I am almost back to eating what I would consider normal food for me.

[sovay]

And I'll mount a rescue party.

You are a fine friend.

(I am much better today.)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

There's a bit about the project here - on my website - but if you google "St Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project" and click images, you'll find a lot of pix.