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From the department of cool things happening to other people: Yoon Ha Lee has sold his hexarchate trilogy to Solaris Books. I have read the first two of these books and they are brilliant; I am deeply looking forward to the ability to file them on my shelf in print. Read "The Battle of Candle Arc" if you want an idea of the universe, along with the forthcoming stories "Calendrical Rot" and "Gamer's End," and then join me in waiting with poor patience until next June.
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ladymondegreen sent me a care package of selkie materials, including a DVD of Ondine (2009). Thank you so much! I look forward to rewatching it, which is as close to the sea as I can get right now.
It saddens me that neither of the extant film versions of Her Cardboard Lover (1928 and 1942) star Leslie Howard, who originated the eponymous leading man on Broadway opposite Jeanne Engels in 1927, but at least I have the Guardian's review of a production with him and Tallulah Bankhead. Looking for images of him in the role seems to have netted me a fashion profile. Works for me.
Tonight is my brother's belated birthday observed. We must leave the house before the storm hits and we drown while waiting for a bus.
From the department of cool things happening to me:
ladymondegreen sent me a care package of selkie materials, including a DVD of Ondine (2009). Thank you so much! I look forward to rewatching it, which is as close to the sea as I can get right now.It saddens me that neither of the extant film versions of Her Cardboard Lover (1928 and 1942) star Leslie Howard, who originated the eponymous leading man on Broadway opposite Jeanne Engels in 1927, but at least I have the Guardian's review of a production with him and Tallulah Bankhead. Looking for images of him in the role seems to have netted me a fashion profile. Works for me.
Tonight is my brother's belated birthday observed. We must leave the house before the storm hits and we drown while waiting for a bus.
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Yoon Ha Lee has a really cool imagination. I remember when you recc'd "Swansong" to me--that was good. Recently I've read a number of other stories from Conservation of Shadows, because Yoon's going to be one of the guests at Sirens Conference this year and, in a wonderful one-off, I will be going. My favorite of the ones I read was "Iseul's Lexicon." I'm glad to hear about the book deal!
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I'm glad to hear about the book deal!
If you (the generic reader; I know how you personally felt!) liked Ancillary Justice, there is a non-zero probability you will like Ninefox Gambit. Leckie's work is the only other space opera that's ever felt anything like the hexarchate books to me.