Thursday Murder Club: meta/poem: Review of The Thursday Murder Club (Netflix)
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fan_flashworksTitle: Review of The Thursday Murder Club (Netflix)
Fandom: Mods, please tag as f: movie (category).
Rating: G-rated
Length: 226 words
Summary: Five issues I had with Chris Columbus' film adaptation of Thursday Murder Club (2025), written in poetry form for no good reason, idek. Just me grumbling, really. Contains major spoilers for the book and film.
( Review of Thursday Murder Club (Netflix): a poem )
Fandom: Mods, please tag as f: movie (category).
Rating: G-rated
Length: 226 words
Summary: Five issues I had with Chris Columbus' film adaptation of Thursday Murder Club (2025), written in poetry form for no good reason, idek. Just me grumbling, really. Contains major spoilers for the book and film.
( Review of Thursday Murder Club (Netflix): a poem )
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BATS
Sep. 9th, 2025 09:56 pmkaberettBetween one thing and another we wound up having a semi-impromptu mini-break in Chester, including a few hours at Chester Zoo.
... where we went into the bats enclosure and were transfixed for about an hour, basically from the moment we walked in until chucking-out time.
It's a big dark room, artificially crepuscular, with lots of trees (dead) for roosts, and somewhere in the vicinity of 350 bats (Seba's short-tailed and Rodrigues fruit bats). THEY WILL COME SO CLOSE TO YOU. THEY WILL COME SO CLOSE TO YOU. They were flying well within a foot of our faces. You could FEEL THE WIND FROM THEIR WINGBEATS.
And A was greatly honoured by one LANDING ON THEIR TROUSERS.
There were many other Excellent Creatures -- the Humboldt penguins in particular were very excited by the rain (so much porpoising), and the giant otters were indeed giant, and there was an enormous dragonfly, and the flamingos went from almost entirely asleep (including one baby that had not yet got the hang of the whole one-leg trick) to YELLING INCESSANTLY after being buzzed by the scarlet ibis.
Extremely good afternoon out, 13/10, would recommend.
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Sep. 9th, 2025 09:31 pmcosmolinguistIt was only when my counselor, to orient herself in her calendar at the end of today's session when we were planning the next one, said "today's the ninth..." that I realized.
It's my grandma's birthday. First one I've had to say "she should have been..." rather than "she is now [number] years old."
She hasn't even been gone eight months. Christ it's been such a long year.
Two more wishlists are live! Sign-ups still open!
Sep. 9th, 2025 10:21 pmtrobadora posting in sid_guardian
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processing alpaca floof, cont'd
Sep. 9th, 2025 02:42 pmyhlee
I used hand carders after washing, then drying outside. It's extremely fluffy (and probably de facto blended with catten floof). I've never spun alpaca before, so that's next!
words, counted
Sep. 9th, 2025 09:31 pmtrobadoraToday I finally updated my word count spreadsheet, for the first time since March.
Nothing but alibi sentences for most of that time, now all typed up and word-counted. Turns out (not entirely unexpectedly) July and August this year were my second- and third-worst writing months ever since I started documenting my writing ... Time to get out of that slump NOW.
Does anyone have tips for restarting? I think I could use some ...
ETA: Specifically, what I'm struggling with is that I've been writing no more than a sentence or three at a go, for much too long, and now I'm out of the habit and can't seem to go beyond that without a major effort. *grumbles*
Nothing but alibi sentences for most of that time, now all typed up and word-counted. Turns out (not entirely unexpectedly) July and August this year were my second- and third-worst writing months ever since I started documenting my writing ... Time to get out of that slump NOW.
Does anyone have tips for restarting? I think I could use some ...
ETA: Specifically, what I'm struggling with is that I've been writing no more than a sentence or three at a go, for much too long, and now I'm out of the habit and can't seem to go beyond that without a major effort. *grumbles*
check in day 9
Sep. 9th, 2025 08:29 pmlilly_c posting in writethisfanficHow is the writing going today?
Discussion: Do you do a lot of research for your fic or very little?
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Discussion: Do you do a lot of research for your fic or very little?
Georgians (as in, dynastic period, not poetry)
Sep. 9th, 2025 07:33 pmoursinFor some reason, concatenation of open tabs on this theme.
Sociability was intrinsic to British politics in the eighteenth-century:
Although women were prevented by custom from voting, holding most patronage appointments or taking seats in the Lords (even if they were peeresses in their own rights), politics ran through the lives of women from politically active families — and their political activities largely took place through the social arena, whether it was in London or in the provinces. Like their male counterparts, they used social situations to gather and disseminate political news and gossip, discuss men and measures, facilitate networking and build or maintain factional allegiances, or seek patronage for themselves or their clients.
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This Is What Being in Your Twenties Was Like in 18th-Century London:
Browne wrote that he needed money to pay rent—and to purchase stockings, breeches, wigs and other items he deemed necessary for his life in London. “Cloaths which [I] have now are but mean in Comparison [with] what they wear here,” he wrote in one letter.
Financial worries didn’t stop Browne from enjoying his time in the city. “Despite telling his father how short of cash he was, Browne maintained a lively social life, meeting friends and eating and drinking around Fleet Street, close to the Inns of Court,” per the Guardian.
According to the National Trust, Browne’s descriptions of his social life evoke the scenes captured by William Hogarth.
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The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834):
What is a friendship book? As Dr Lynley Anne Herbert relates in her post for us on a seventeenth-century specimen, it is a lot like an early version of social media, a place to record friendships and social connections.
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This one is actually Victorian (and I think I may have mentioned before?): Peter McLagan (1823-1900): Scotland’s first Black MP - notes that he was not even the first Black MP to sit in the Commons.
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And this is actually a bit random: apparently the Niels Bohr Library & Archives 'is a repository and hub for information in the history of physics, astronomy, geophysics, and allied fields' rather than exclusively Bohring. Anyway, an interview with the staff there about what they do.
Tuesday mishmash: a milestone | weather | tiny tomatoes | impending Lamb
Sep. 9th, 2025 03:58 pmumadoshiAs of last week, we've lived in our current place for sixteen years. (As ever, I selfishly appreciate that one of the people whose wedding we attended the day before we moved always posts about their anniversary, which reminds me of how long it's been.) Just a few more years will make this the place I've lived longest in my life. (My childhood home currently holds the record at eighteen years.)
We've had some more rain, but still not nearly enough, and enough people haven't been getting on board with the water commission's request to conserve water (apparently there's been no noticeable drop in overall usage) that we're now expecting mandatory conservation to roll out sometime this week. (Does anyone know what that'll actually look like? LOL no.) Fun times. Good work [sarcastic], everyone.
Our tiny, tiny tomato plant that we brought home so shortly before hitting official "we're in a drought" status has tiny, tiny tomatoes on it! They are very green, and I have no idea what their odds are of ripening properly, but given that the drought means we've only actually watered the plant once or twice since potting it, I'm surprised to see fruit at all. Good work [sincere], Tiny Tim.
Under the circumstances, I'm just as glad that we didn't actually try to do any gardening in earnest this year, which we might have if we'd gotten our very own hose installed on the back of the house earlier in the season.
Sometime next year, Cult of the Lamb is getting its first paid expansion (not to be confused with the...three? four?...free ones that they've released). Will I touch another game before that comes out? Precedent says no! But I'm very excited about this one.
We've had some more rain, but still not nearly enough, and enough people haven't been getting on board with the water commission's request to conserve water (apparently there's been no noticeable drop in overall usage) that we're now expecting mandatory conservation to roll out sometime this week. (Does anyone know what that'll actually look like? LOL no.) Fun times. Good work [sarcastic], everyone.
Our tiny, tiny tomato plant that we brought home so shortly before hitting official "we're in a drought" status has tiny, tiny tomatoes on it! They are very green, and I have no idea what their odds are of ripening properly, but given that the drought means we've only actually watered the plant once or twice since potting it, I'm surprised to see fruit at all. Good work [sincere], Tiny Tim.
Under the circumstances, I'm just as glad that we didn't actually try to do any gardening in earnest this year, which we might have if we'd gotten our very own hose installed on the back of the house earlier in the season.
Sometime next year, Cult of the Lamb is getting its first paid expansion (not to be confused with the...three? four?...free ones that they've released). Will I touch another game before that comes out? Precedent says no! But I'm very excited about this one.
Book review: Tales of Earthsea
Sep. 9th, 2025 10:24 amrocky41_7 posting in booknookTitle: Tales of Earthsea
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Genre: Fiction, fantasy, adventure
We're back at the Earthsea Cycle with book 5: Tales of Earthsea. This book is a collection of short stories set in Earthsea, crafted as a kind of bridge between books 4 and 6.
Friends may recall that the last book, Tehanu, was not my favorite of the series, although I appreciate what Le Guin was doing. In Tales of Earthsea, we get the best of both worlds in a sense--a return to the fantasy adventure themes of the original trilogy combined with Le Guin's updated views on gender and roles. Like Tehanu, Tales of Earthsea is no longer really children's fiction. Sex, substance abuse, child abuse, and various other mature themes are much more present here than in the original trilogy. These later Earthsea books read like they were written for the then-adult fans of the original trilogy, and I think it works well.
In each of the five stories of Tales of Earthsea, Le Guin is introducing us to elements of Earthsea society not seen before in the series: How women ended up being excluded from wizardry, a young man with the ability to become a wizard (the magical aptitude) who decides he wants another sort of life for himself, a wizard of Roke who misuses his power and chooses not to return although he is invited to, a woman who wants to study at Roke but is refused. In this way, Le Guin gives much breadth to the world of Earthsea by introducing these stories outside the "mainstream" Earthsea narratives.
I respect that Le Guin doesn't just try to retcon the sexism written into the earlier Earthsea books--instead, she really tries here to reckon with how the women of Earthsea manage it, how they get around it, and how it hurts them. The resultant picture feels realistic, up to and including how frustrating it is to watch women be excluded from the school of Roke despite having helped found it.
She continues with her theme of unexpected heroes--protagonists who are average people from little nothing towns on little nothing islands who despite expectations prove themselves capable of great things, which is always fun to watch.
We get backstory on several things present in the original trilogy, like the founding of the school and some history of Ged's first teacher, Ogion, which was great fun (and once again I am screaming clapping cheering as the specialist boy in all of Earthsea Ged makes a cameo).
A very enjoyable read overall, and I feel properly enthused and excited for the next book.
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Genre: Fiction, fantasy, adventure
We're back at the Earthsea Cycle with book 5: Tales of Earthsea. This book is a collection of short stories set in Earthsea, crafted as a kind of bridge between books 4 and 6.
Friends may recall that the last book, Tehanu, was not my favorite of the series, although I appreciate what Le Guin was doing. In Tales of Earthsea, we get the best of both worlds in a sense--a return to the fantasy adventure themes of the original trilogy combined with Le Guin's updated views on gender and roles. Like Tehanu, Tales of Earthsea is no longer really children's fiction. Sex, substance abuse, child abuse, and various other mature themes are much more present here than in the original trilogy. These later Earthsea books read like they were written for the then-adult fans of the original trilogy, and I think it works well.
In each of the five stories of Tales of Earthsea, Le Guin is introducing us to elements of Earthsea society not seen before in the series: How women ended up being excluded from wizardry, a young man with the ability to become a wizard (the magical aptitude) who decides he wants another sort of life for himself, a wizard of Roke who misuses his power and chooses not to return although he is invited to, a woman who wants to study at Roke but is refused. In this way, Le Guin gives much breadth to the world of Earthsea by introducing these stories outside the "mainstream" Earthsea narratives.
I respect that Le Guin doesn't just try to retcon the sexism written into the earlier Earthsea books--instead, she really tries here to reckon with how the women of Earthsea manage it, how they get around it, and how it hurts them. The resultant picture feels realistic, up to and including how frustrating it is to watch women be excluded from the school of Roke despite having helped found it.
She continues with her theme of unexpected heroes--protagonists who are average people from little nothing towns on little nothing islands who despite expectations prove themselves capable of great things, which is always fun to watch.
We get backstory on several things present in the original trilogy, like the founding of the school and some history of Ged's first teacher, Ogion, which was great fun (and once again I am screaming clapping cheering as the specialist boy in all of Earthsea Ged makes a cameo).
A very enjoyable read overall, and I feel properly enthused and excited for the next book.
Recent Reading: Tales of Earthsea
Sep. 9th, 2025 10:23 amrocky41_7 posting in booksWe're back at the Earthsea Cycle with book 5: Tales of Earthsea. This book is a collection of short stories set in Earthsea, crafted as a kind of bridge between books 4 and 6.
Friends may recall that the last book, Tehanu, was not my favorite of the series, although I appreciate what Le Guin was doing. In Tales of Earthsea, we get the best of both worlds in a sense--a return to the fantasy adventure themes of the original trilogy combined with Le Guin's updated views on gender and roles. Like Tehanu, Tales of Earthsea is no longer really children's fiction. Sex, substance abuse, child abuse, and various other mature themes are much more present here than in the original trilogy. These later Earthsea books read like they were written for the then-adult fans of the original trilogy, and I think it works well.
In each of the five stories of Tales of Earthsea, Le Guin is introducing us to elements of Earthsea society not seen before in the series: How women ended up being excluded from wizardry, a young man with the ability to become a wizard (the magical aptitude) who decides he wants another sort of life for himself, a wizard of Roke who misuses his power and chooses not to return although he is invited to, a woman who wants to study at Roke but is refused. In this way, Le Guin gives much breadth to the world of Earthsea by introducing these stories outside the "mainstream" Earthsea narratives.
I respect that Le Guin doesn't just try to retcon the sexism written into the earlier Earthsea books--instead, she really tries here to reckon with how the women of Earthsea manage it, how they get around it, and how it hurts them. The resultant picture feels realistic, up to and including how frustrating it is to watch women be excluded from the school of Roke despite having helped found it.
She continues with her theme of unexpected heroes--protagonists who are average people from little nothing towns on little nothing islands who despite expectations prove themselves capable of great things, which is always fun to watch.
We get backstory on several things present in the original trilogy, like the founding of the school and some history of Ged's first teacher, Ogion, which was great fun (and once again I am screaming clapping cheering as the specialist boy in all of Earthsea Ged makes a cameo).
A very enjoyable read overall, and I feel properly enthused and excited for the next book.
Friends may recall that the last book, Tehanu, was not my favorite of the series, although I appreciate what Le Guin was doing. In Tales of Earthsea, we get the best of both worlds in a sense--a return to the fantasy adventure themes of the original trilogy combined with Le Guin's updated views on gender and roles. Like Tehanu, Tales of Earthsea is no longer really children's fiction. Sex, substance abuse, child abuse, and various other mature themes are much more present here than in the original trilogy. These later Earthsea books read like they were written for the then-adult fans of the original trilogy, and I think it works well.
In each of the five stories of Tales of Earthsea, Le Guin is introducing us to elements of Earthsea society not seen before in the series: How women ended up being excluded from wizardry, a young man with the ability to become a wizard (the magical aptitude) who decides he wants another sort of life for himself, a wizard of Roke who misuses his power and chooses not to return although he is invited to, a woman who wants to study at Roke but is refused. In this way, Le Guin gives much breadth to the world of Earthsea by introducing these stories outside the "mainstream" Earthsea narratives.
I respect that Le Guin doesn't just try to retcon the sexism written into the earlier Earthsea books--instead, she really tries here to reckon with how the women of Earthsea manage it, how they get around it, and how it hurts them. The resultant picture feels realistic, up to and including how frustrating it is to watch women be excluded from the school of Roke despite having helped found it.
She continues with her theme of unexpected heroes--protagonists who are average people from little nothing towns on little nothing islands who despite expectations prove themselves capable of great things, which is always fun to watch.
We get backstory on several things present in the original trilogy, like the founding of the school and some history of Ged's first teacher, Ogion, which was great fun (and once again I am screaming clapping cheering as the specialist boy in all of Earthsea Ged makes a cameo).
A very enjoyable read overall, and I feel properly enthused and excited for the next book.
We Live Here Now, by Sarah Pinborough
Sep. 9th, 2025 09:53 amrachelmanija
This novel appears to be a well-written and enjoyable but conventional haunted house story; it turns out to have a twist on that theme which I've never encountered before. I very much enjoyed discovering that for myself, so if you think you might too, don't read the spoilers.
A young couple, Emily and Freddie, move from London to Larkin Lodge, an old house in Dartmoor, while Emily's recovering from a serious accident. After she fell off a cliff, her heart stopped and one leg was permanently damaged. Doctors warned her and Freddie that she might suffer from post-sepsis mental complications, so when she starts perceiving weird things involving Larkin Lodge, both she and Freddie think it's probably her, not the house. Emily and Freddie's marriage is not the greatest, but is that something that was previously going on, or is it cracking under stress, or is the house having a bad effect on them?
Emily and Freddie are not the best people, but that really works for the story. I thought it was a lot of fun.
Spoilers! ( Read more... )
Content notes: Not even slightly gory or gross. Mention of a miscarriage (off-page, not described). Some violence, not graphic. No on-page animal harm, but the body of a dead raven is found.
Forgotten Newbery Books that Are Really Worth Reading
Sep. 9th, 2025 09:49 amosprey_archerrachelmanija suggested a list of Forgotten Newbery Books that Are Really Worth Reading, so I’ve compiled my top ten, listed here in order of year of publication. For obvious reasons, this list skews toward the older books, and I tried to pick ones that I felt have been really forgotten, although it turns out that it can be a bit hard to tell if a book has been truly forgotten or if I, personally, just hadn’t happened to heard of it before this project. 1. Marjorie Hill Allee's Jane’s Island, 1932. Come for an engaging story that also meditates on women’s place in the sciences and society, stay for lovely description of life around the Wood’s Hole research station, and also for the cranky German scientist who is VERY shell-shocked from World War I and FIRMLY intends to prove that nature is red in tooth and claw.
2. Dorothy P. Lathrop’s The Fairy Circus, 1932. FAIRIES put on a CIRCUS with the aid of WOODLAND CREATURES. What more could you want from a book!
3. Erick Berry’s Winged Girl of Knossos, 1934. Have you always wanted a retelling of the tale of Theseus and the minotaur crossed with Daedalus and Icarus with a genderswapped Icarus who is a tomboy in the tomboy-welcoming culture of ancient Crete? Yes you have.
4. Christine Weston’s Bhimsa, The Dancing Bear, 1946. Two boys (one English and one Indian) go adventuring across India in the company of their friend Bhimsa, the dancing bear. A fun adventure story.
5. Cyrus Fisher’s The Avion My Uncle Flew, 1947. An adventure story set in post-World War II France, featuring a glider and some secret Nazis in the mountains and the most impressive literary trick I’ve seen in a Newbery book, or indeed in pretty much any book ever. (I talk about it at more length in the review but don’t want to spoil it here.)
6. Claire Huchet Bishop's Pancakes-Paris, 1948. In post-war Paris, a young boy gets a box of pancake mix from some American soldiers, and makes pancakes for his mother and sister for Mardi Gras. That’s it! That’s the story.
7. Louise Rankin's Daughter of the Mountains, 1949. When a young Tibetan girl’s beloved dog is stolen, she chases him all the way across Tibet and into India to get him back. Super fun adventure story. No one is the least bit fazed at the idea of a girl having an adventure.
8. Jennie Lindquist's The Golden Name Day, 1956. Nancy spends a year with her Swedish-American relatives and they get up to all sorts of lovely escapades. Beautiful illustrations by Garth Williams, who you may be familiar with from the Little House series. There should be more books which are just about characters having a fantastic time.
9. Mari Sandoz's The Horsecatcher, 1957. A Cheyenne boy wants to become a horsecatcher rather than a warrior. I’m not planning a companion post to the Problem of Tomboys about Boys Who Don’t Want to Do Classic Boy Things, but if I were, this book would be on it. Fascinating evocation of our hero’s world.
10. Cynthia Rylant's A Fine White Dust, 1987. Kind of an outlier on this list, which is mostly adventure stories and people having good times stories. This one is a realistic fiction story about a boy growing up in the South who falls in love with a traveling preacher. VERY intense. EXTREMELY gay. Never admits to being gay but nonetheless one of the gayest books I’ve ever read. Very short. I read most of it in one lunch break and spent that entire lunch break internally keening because it is VERY STRESSFUL but in a good way.
The Unkillable Frank Lightning by Josh Rountree
Sep. 9th, 2025 08:51 amjames_davis_nicoll
Doctor Catherine Coldbridge travels to darkest Texas in quest of her long-lost husband, Frank Humble... so she can kill the unkillable man.
The Unkillable Frank Lightning by Josh Rountree
On a string
Sep. 9th, 2025 12:45 pmcosmolinguistFrom a reply I just made on fedi:
I feel like if I was one of those toys you pull a string in the back of to make it say like four things, one of the four things I would say is "Language snobbery is a proxy for other bigotries."
I use this metaphor a lot. Another one of the things I say would definitely be a work-related rant about the ableism inherent in our use of the words "independence" and "confidence."
...Now I'm wondering what the other two things would be.
the Royal Purrcy
Sep. 9th, 2025 12:16 ammecurtinAt one point Purrcy was looking very regal as he stre-e-e-e-etched his arms out in front of him & crossed his paws, but by the time I got over to take his picture his expression was kind of vacant. That probably just makes it more authentically royal.
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
Sep. 9th, 2025 12:01 ammecurtinBeth and I went to Worldcon! And then spent another week in Seattle.
I had a great time at Worldcon, much better than last year at Glasgow where I spent almost all my time at the Business Meeting That Would Not Die. This year all but one short session of the BM was held online & ahead of time, it was *great*. A bunch of the Usual Suspects complained that the online meeting was scheduled Against the Rules and we should have been able to vote about it (and wait another year) but I say, meh, this way I got Worldcon back & also attendance was 3 times as high as at regular Business Meetings, so there.
Beth put her foot down & said I couldn't go to Worldcon without getting a scooter, and she was completely right. In the first place, any venue that can hold 6-10K people has really long halls, that's just math. In the second place, downtown Seattle is REALLY hilly.
The con wasn't able to rent scooters (due to competition from cruises) so I rented one myself that was brought to the hotel, and wow ... it's been decades since I've had that sense of freedom and speed. Once I got an experienced scooter-driver to tell me how to get in&out of elevators, that is. I'm seriously considering bringing a scooter-costume to LACon, dressing the scooter up as a rocket ship, because you can go really fast down the hallway (if it's mostly empty, of course).
It's so cool! And it's been so long, so very long since moving around has been anything but painful & draining for me, it was really freeing to have it be *fun*.
Martha Wells was the Worldcon Guest of Honor, so she spoke a bunch of times and I was one of a big crowd of people following her around like ... not ducklings, ducklings don't travel in enormous mobs. Devotees, anyway. And we got together and talked, and shared stickers and things, & talked about Murderbut & her other works.
And WOW, I was seriously shocked & disappointed at how many fen over the age of 50 seem incapable of not calling Murderbot "he", wtf. Although Mr Dr Science consistently starts off using they/them, then has to correct himself.
In addition to Martha Wells, I went to panels on "Food in History—The Impact of Spice" (packed to the gunwales! it was great), "Beyond the Torment Nexus" (even more packed, people sitting on the floor), "Centuries of Marriage" (disappointingly centered on Western Europe in the last 500 years, except Shauna Lawless had good info on Ireland c 11th-12th c, with much more marriage flexibility than WEur standard). Maybe I went to others? It's kind of a blur.
I sawgwyn ! I saw seekingferret ! I saw bethbethbeth ! there were probably other people but cons make my brain kind of mushy. And there were a bunch of other people who aren't on DW, too.
I got to cruise through the dealer's room and chat with vendors every time I bought something. I made several passes through the Art Show to look and to bid on some small things -- I'm under orders from Mr Dr not to get more things that go on walls until I find more walls to put them on. I chatted with people about the upcoming Worldcons in LA (Anaheim) & Montreal, and possible ones in Edmonton, Brisbane, and Dublin. It's doing to be a LONG time after LA before there's another one in the US, folks.
We stayed in Seattle for another week after Worldcon. One of the things I did was travel to West Seattle and have lunch withgwyn under relaxed conditions, which was really nice. Then toward the weekend I went out toward Bellevue and stayed there for a few days, including finally meeting cruisedirector & her husband, after knowing them online for *decades*. It was great to see them at last, and their Home By The Lake, and to talk about life and fandom for a few hours.
A plan to get together with a bunch of people from college got cancelled when the hostess came down with covid, but that just meant I had a bit more time to rest & write up a few things before getting Beth, dropping off the car, and heading back to the airport for a frankly exhausting trip back. Beth & I continue our NOVID record: we didn't mask *all* the time, just in most of the crowded situations (airport, airplane aka flying virus box, inside crowded rooms at con), on Whale Watch boat. Oh, we saw orcas! They were super cool, totally worth it.
The cat was *very* glad to see us. Mr Dr was, too: he did better at taking care of himself than he'd been last year, while still failing at some tasks.
I had a great time at Worldcon, much better than last year at Glasgow where I spent almost all my time at the Business Meeting That Would Not Die. This year all but one short session of the BM was held online & ahead of time, it was *great*. A bunch of the Usual Suspects complained that the online meeting was scheduled Against the Rules and we should have been able to vote about it (and wait another year) but I say, meh, this way I got Worldcon back & also attendance was 3 times as high as at regular Business Meetings, so there.
Beth put her foot down & said I couldn't go to Worldcon without getting a scooter, and she was completely right. In the first place, any venue that can hold 6-10K people has really long halls, that's just math. In the second place, downtown Seattle is REALLY hilly.
The con wasn't able to rent scooters (due to competition from cruises) so I rented one myself that was brought to the hotel, and wow ... it's been decades since I've had that sense of freedom and speed. Once I got an experienced scooter-driver to tell me how to get in&out of elevators, that is. I'm seriously considering bringing a scooter-costume to LACon, dressing the scooter up as a rocket ship, because you can go really fast down the hallway (if it's mostly empty, of course).
It's so cool! And it's been so long, so very long since moving around has been anything but painful & draining for me, it was really freeing to have it be *fun*.
Martha Wells was the Worldcon Guest of Honor, so she spoke a bunch of times and I was one of a big crowd of people following her around like ... not ducklings, ducklings don't travel in enormous mobs. Devotees, anyway. And we got together and talked, and shared stickers and things, & talked about Murderbut & her other works.
And WOW, I was seriously shocked & disappointed at how many fen over the age of 50 seem incapable of not calling Murderbot "he", wtf. Although Mr Dr Science consistently starts off using they/them, then has to correct himself.
In addition to Martha Wells, I went to panels on "Food in History—The Impact of Spice" (packed to the gunwales! it was great), "Beyond the Torment Nexus" (even more packed, people sitting on the floor), "Centuries of Marriage" (disappointingly centered on Western Europe in the last 500 years, except Shauna Lawless had good info on Ireland c 11th-12th c, with much more marriage flexibility than WEur standard). Maybe I went to others? It's kind of a blur.
I saw
gwyn ! I saw seekingferret ! I saw bethbethbeth ! there were probably other people but cons make my brain kind of mushy. And there were a bunch of other people who aren't on DW, too. I got to cruise through the dealer's room and chat with vendors every time I bought something. I made several passes through the Art Show to look and to bid on some small things -- I'm under orders from Mr Dr not to get more things that go on walls until I find more walls to put them on. I chatted with people about the upcoming Worldcons in LA (Anaheim) & Montreal, and possible ones in Edmonton, Brisbane, and Dublin. It's doing to be a LONG time after LA before there's another one in the US, folks.
We stayed in Seattle for another week after Worldcon. One of the things I did was travel to West Seattle and have lunch with
gwyn under relaxed conditions, which was really nice. Then toward the weekend I went out toward Bellevue and stayed there for a few days, including finally meeting cruisedirector & her husband, after knowing them online for *decades*. It was great to see them at last, and their Home By The Lake, and to talk about life and fandom for a few hours.A plan to get together with a bunch of people from college got cancelled when the hostess came down with covid, but that just meant I had a bit more time to rest & write up a few things before getting Beth, dropping off the car, and heading back to the airport for a frankly exhausting trip back. Beth & I continue our NOVID record: we didn't mask *all* the time, just in most of the crowded situations (airport, airplane aka flying virus box, inside crowded rooms at con), on Whale Watch boat. Oh, we saw orcas! They were super cool, totally worth it.
The cat was *very* glad to see us. Mr Dr was, too: he did better at taking care of himself than he'd been last year, while still failing at some tasks.
Warm Heart #23 [Tales from the Neighborhood]
Sep. 8th, 2025 08:14 pmparadoxcase posting in rainbowficName: Modeling
Story: Tales from the Neighborhood
Plot Thread: Michael, Robert, and Stephen
Colors: Warm Heart #23: Insolent
Styles and Supplies: Vaudeville, Silhouette, Life Drawing, Glue ("It's possible that someone will question your motives or wonder whether or not you're genuine, Virgo. Don't take it the wrong way. You don't take everything at face value either. Show your sincerity by following through and sticking by your word. If you can't avoid going back on your word, explain the situation to the person involved. This will show that you're sincere.")
Word Count: 880
Rating: T
Warnings: Mention of casual sex, Light swearing
Characters: Michael Wolf, Philip Marsh
Summary: Michael meets someone new during a class.
Notes: This did not happen in my sims game, and also has very little actual relevance to the Sims, so I'm not tagging it Gesso here. This is entirely inspired by an irate tumblr post that I saw like ten or twelve years ago complaining about fanfics that used nude modeling art class as like, a sexy meet cute scenario, which went into great detail about how nude modeling art class is the least sexy scenario ever. Anyway, I have never actually read a fanfic like that (I think I just don't read enough college AUs) so this scenario had never really occurred to me before, and my brain immediately went, ok, but what if it was an unsexy meet cute, like the model went into it with a completely wrong set of expectations and it didn't work out like they'd planned? And then I immediately started imagining this happening to my neighborhood's resident slutty art student. I'm not an artist and have never been in one of these classes, so all of the details here are sourced directly from my decade-old memories of a funny tumblr post, so I apologize for any inaccuracies. Hopefully this is actually as funny as it was in my head.
( Modeling )
( Sim Pictures and Notes (425 words) )
Story: Tales from the Neighborhood
Plot Thread: Michael, Robert, and Stephen
Colors: Warm Heart #23: Insolent
Styles and Supplies: Vaudeville, Silhouette, Life Drawing, Glue ("It's possible that someone will question your motives or wonder whether or not you're genuine, Virgo. Don't take it the wrong way. You don't take everything at face value either. Show your sincerity by following through and sticking by your word. If you can't avoid going back on your word, explain the situation to the person involved. This will show that you're sincere.")
Word Count: 880
Rating: T
Warnings: Mention of casual sex, Light swearing
Characters: Michael Wolf, Philip Marsh
Summary: Michael meets someone new during a class.
Notes: This did not happen in my sims game, and also has very little actual relevance to the Sims, so I'm not tagging it Gesso here. This is entirely inspired by an irate tumblr post that I saw like ten or twelve years ago complaining about fanfics that used nude modeling art class as like, a sexy meet cute scenario, which went into great detail about how nude modeling art class is the least sexy scenario ever. Anyway, I have never actually read a fanfic like that (I think I just don't read enough college AUs) so this scenario had never really occurred to me before, and my brain immediately went, ok, but what if it was an unsexy meet cute, like the model went into it with a completely wrong set of expectations and it didn't work out like they'd planned? And then I immediately started imagining this happening to my neighborhood's resident slutty art student. I'm not an artist and have never been in one of these classes, so all of the details here are sourced directly from my decade-old memories of a funny tumblr post, so I apologize for any inaccuracies. Hopefully this is actually as funny as it was in my head.
( Modeling )
( Sim Pictures and Notes (425 words) )
![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
Stargate Atlantis: Romance at the Roadkill Grill by lamardeuse
Sep. 8th, 2025 06:00 pmdenynothing1 posting in fancakeFandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairings/Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Rating: Explicit
Length: 22,349 words
Creator Links: lamardeuse on AO3
Theme: Food & Cooking
Summary: Author's Summary: In which Rodney is a famous TV chef and John is a lobster fisherman. I am not even kidding.
Reccer's Notes: This is a complete SGA AU featuring Rodney, John, Ronon, and Teyla as the only SGA characters, surrounded by a community of OCs, most of whom are women. The writer notes, "[This is] Pure AU crack. You have been warned. Based on my forty-second reading of the back cover of a random Harlequin and my internalization of romantic comedy conventions through innumerable films and books for the past thirty-odd years."
And the story is exactly as advertised: a light-hearted, rom-comical, persnickety fish-out-of-water meets laid-back fisherman romance.
Fanwork Links: story on AO3
Pairings/Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Rating: Explicit
Length: 22,349 words
Creator Links: lamardeuse on AO3
Theme: Food & Cooking
Summary: Author's Summary: In which Rodney is a famous TV chef and John is a lobster fisherman. I am not even kidding.
Reccer's Notes: This is a complete SGA AU featuring Rodney, John, Ronon, and Teyla as the only SGA characters, surrounded by a community of OCs, most of whom are women. The writer notes, "[This is] Pure AU crack. You have been warned. Based on my forty-second reading of the back cover of a random Harlequin and my internalization of romantic comedy conventions through innumerable films and books for the past thirty-odd years."
And the story is exactly as advertised: a light-hearted, rom-comical, persnickety fish-out-of-water meets laid-back fisherman romance.
Fanwork Links: story on AO3
[ SECRET POST #6821 ]
Sep. 8th, 2025 06:47 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6821 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 41 secrets from Secret Submission Post #974.
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Superior Iron Man : icons : the nightmare scenario
Sep. 8th, 2025 05:54 pmhighlander_ii posting in fan_flashworksTitle: the nightmare scenario
Fandom: Superior Iron Man comics / Marvel 616
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of covers of issues of Superior Iron Man comics
( the nightmare scenario )
Fandom: Superior Iron Man comics / Marvel 616
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of covers of issues of Superior Iron Man comics
( the nightmare scenario )
Sleepy day
Sep. 8th, 2025 09:15 pmcosmolinguistI slept well and woke up on time despite having forgotten to turn my alarm back on after turning it off for Friday. I kept D company while he returned the van (we didn't get back yesterday before the place closed, so he got to park the van on our driveway and had to give it back and collect his car this morning), and a driving adventure with him is always fun.
I took the morning off work, to make up for my long day Thursday that I couldn't claim back on Friday because I was too busy with other stuff. I was so sleepy that it was really difficult to get into work-brain for the afternoon, but I eventually got a lot done.
angelofthenorth made soup and soda bread as a starter for dinner, but we ate all the bread because it was so delicious and then it took a while for people to get hungry for the poulet au viniagre. I had mine when I got back from the gym tonight -- I biked there and back, and I had a good if short workout because it's getting dark so early and I wanted to get home before that. We're still just about in the half of the year where the days are longer than the nights and I'm determined to take advantage of it as much as I can.
And of course now being on the verge of nodding off all day, I'm not sleepy now that it's bedtime.
Quick and rather perfunctory reading catchup from last week
Sep. 8th, 2025 05:20 pmumadoshiNo proof-of-life post happened over the weekend, but I did get some reading done last week.
scruloose and I have started listening to Exit Strategy (Murderbot 4).
Fiction: I finished and enjoyed The Future of Another Timeline (Annalee Newitz) and now I'm reading Saint Death's Daughter (C.S.E. Cooney), and am maybe halfway through? This one has a lot of detail going on on the worldbuilding front, and after reading the first chapter or two one night and then not getting back to it for a couple of days, I had to go re-skim right from the beginning before carrying on, which is unusual. (A glance or two back, sure. Actually rereading the whole beginning? Not so much.)
Non-fiction: I finished Goblin Mode (McKayla Coyle) and can't say I got much out of it; I'm still reading Daniel Sherrell's Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World.
scruloose and I have started listening to Exit Strategy (Murderbot 4).Fiction: I finished and enjoyed The Future of Another Timeline (Annalee Newitz) and now I'm reading Saint Death's Daughter (C.S.E. Cooney), and am maybe halfway through? This one has a lot of detail going on on the worldbuilding front, and after reading the first chapter or two one night and then not getting back to it for a couple of days, I had to go re-skim right from the beginning before carrying on, which is unusual. (A glance or two back, sure. Actually rereading the whole beginning? Not so much.)
Non-fiction: I finished Goblin Mode (McKayla Coyle) and can't say I got much out of it; I'm still reading Daniel Sherrell's Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World.
check in day 8
Sep. 8th, 2025 08:48 pmlilly_c posting in writethisfanficHow is the writing going today?
Discussion: do you have a favourite place to write? at home, outside, in a cafe etc.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 3
Today I
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wrote
2 (66.7%)
edited
1 (33.3%)
sent to beta
0 (0.0%)
researched
0 (0.0%)
planned
0 (0.0%)
had a cheeky break
0 (0.0%)
dealt with life
1 (33.3%)
posted
0 (0.0%)
Discussion: do you have a favourite place to write? at home, outside, in a cafe etc.
Yuletide 2025 Sticky Post
Sep. 8th, 2025 01:39 pmyuletidemods posting in yuletide_adminYuletide is an annual fic (1000+ words) exchange for rare and obscure fandoms run through this community and through the Archive of Our Own.
Current phase: Prepare to nominate your fandoms! See what fandoms are eligible here.
Tuesday 14 to Friday 24 October: Sign-ups (end 9pm UTC 24 October)
Sunday 26 October: Assignments out (may be earlier)
Wednesday 10 December: Default deadline (9pm UTC)
Wednesday 17 December: Assignment deadline (9pm UTC)
Wednesday 24 December: Main collection works reveals (9pm UTC)
Thursday 25 December: Madness collection works reveals (9pm UTC)
Thursday 1 January: Author reveals, end of event (9pm UTC)
Schedule, Rules, & Collection [still being tweaked for this year] | Contact Mods | Tag Set | Community DW | Community LJ | Discord | Pinch hits on Dreamwidth
Current phase: Prepare to nominate your fandoms! See what fandoms are eligible here.
2025 Schedule
Monday 15 to Friday 26 September: Nominations (end 9pm UTC 26 September)Tuesday 14 to Friday 24 October: Sign-ups (end 9pm UTC 24 October)
Sunday 26 October: Assignments out (may be earlier)
Wednesday 10 December: Default deadline (9pm UTC)
Wednesday 17 December: Assignment deadline (9pm UTC)
Wednesday 24 December: Main collection works reveals (9pm UTC)
Thursday 25 December: Madness collection works reveals (9pm UTC)
Thursday 1 January: Author reveals, end of event (9pm UTC)
FIC: The Royal Sanctuary: Offering box (Tempestuous Tours)
Sep. 8th, 2025 03:25 pmduskpetersonAs you leave, you will see a slot in the wall where you may place an offering to the Charitable Order for Former Captives, which cares for former slaves who cannot care for themselves.
None of the money you may choose to donate will go to the upkeep of the royal sanctuary. The sanctuary is entirely paid for by the Order of the Seven Gods and Goddesses. It is the priests' partial recompense for the evilsl they committed in the past against slaves.
[Translator's note: The events that led to the founding and expansion of the Charitable Order for Former Captives are recounted in Heir and The Strong Twin.]
Honestly, bloody technology
Sep. 8th, 2025 07:31 pmoursinYesterday evening I was trying to print something out and printer status popup kept telling me that there was a paper jam.
No sign of actual paper jam when I pulled out the paper tray, also looked behind printer cartridge, etc etc.
Did a little light internet searching and discovered that Lo, 'Tis A Knowne Thingge, and here are several fiddly things you can do which might fix it.
By which time I thought I would leave it until the morrow.
So, on the morrow (today) I had Other Things To Do First, so I only got round to turning on the printer just to see what it would do just now.
Whereupon it spontaneously printed a scruffy and mangled page - WTF, had this been somehow lurking hidden and unseen? - and then presented itself as ready for duty.
And lo and behold, mirabile dictu, it has printed A Thing for me.
Just a moment while I go to the foot of our stairs.
Of course, whether this happy state of affairs will continue to pertain is in the lap of Hardy's Purblind Doomsters.
Issue: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Punching Bag
Sep. 8th, 2025 08:35 pmveronyxk84 posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Punching Bag
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 200 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S7, after ep. 7x16 “Storyteller.”
Summary: Buffy finds a way to let off some steam.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #490 - Issue
Also for: Dance + Eyes + Strength bysweetandshort
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( READ: Punching Bag/Double drabble )
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:
veronyxk84Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 200 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S7, after ep. 7x16 “Storyteller.”
Summary: Buffy finds a way to let off some steam.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #490 - Issue
Also for: Dance + Eyes + Strength by
sweetandshort —
( READ: Punching Bag/Double drabble )
Bundle of Holding: Rifts Core MEGA (From 2022) & Bundle of Holding: Rifts Worlds 2
Sep. 8th, 2025 02:05 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The ULTIMATE rules and 17 supplements
Bundle of Holding: Rifts Core MEGA (From 2022)
11 RIFTS World Books from Palladium
Bundle of Holding: Rifts Worlds 2
Pre-filming Ceremony: HQ(ish) Photos
Sep. 8th, 2025 07:12 pmfacethestrange posting in sid_guardianI was collecting references for a drawing, and I ended up finding all 7 cast pictures from the pre-filming ceremony in HQ or nearly HQ (the smallest one is the group one). At least I think that's all of them - if there are more, I would love to know. :D
( under the cut )
( under the cut )
Five Books That Just Said To Hell With the Speed-of-Light Barrier
Sep. 8th, 2025 01:12 pmjames_davis_nicoll
What, aside from the overwhelming weight of evidence, suggests Einstein was right?
Five Books That Just Said To Hell With the Speed-of-Light Barrier
Eligible Nominations for Yuletide 2025
Sep. 8th, 2025 10:28 amyuletidemods posting in yuletide_adminYuletide is a fanfic exchange for rare and tiny fandoms. When you nominate, please follow these guidelines to help us approve and organise fandoms.
We have not made any changes to eligibility this year. However, we made a few major changes last year, loosening our requirements around the scope of individual nominations for anthologies and RPF. You’re now welcome to nominate anthology canons (where multiple short installments of canon are different stories) by their overarching title, but if one person nominates an anthology canon, and another nominates individual installments of that canon (episodes, or skits, or stories) we will bring this up for discussion when clarifying nominations, and will approve one or the other, not both.
Similarly, you can nominate an RPF tag that covers a large profession or long period of history if you want, provided that the number of qualifying works under that tag on AO3 is under 1,000. However, if two people submit RPF fandoms where one fandom is a subset of the other, we will bring this up for discussion when clarifying nominations, and approve one or the other, not both. We strongly encourage you to coordinate your nominations with fellow RPF fans - a coordination post will be posted here shortly.
( Here is what can be nominated for Yuletide 2025! )
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Schedule, Rules, & Collection [still being tweaked for this year] | Contact Mods | Tag Set | Community DW | Community LJ | Discord | Pinch hits on Dreamwidth
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We have not made any changes to eligibility this year. However, we made a few major changes last year, loosening our requirements around the scope of individual nominations for anthologies and RPF. You’re now welcome to nominate anthology canons (where multiple short installments of canon are different stories) by their overarching title, but if one person nominates an anthology canon, and another nominates individual installments of that canon (episodes, or skits, or stories) we will bring this up for discussion when clarifying nominations, and will approve one or the other, not both.
Similarly, you can nominate an RPF tag that covers a large profession or long period of history if you want, provided that the number of qualifying works under that tag on AO3 is under 1,000. However, if two people submit RPF fandoms where one fandom is a subset of the other, we will bring this up for discussion when clarifying nominations, and approve one or the other, not both. We strongly encourage you to coordinate your nominations with fellow RPF fans - a coordination post will be posted here shortly.
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Sep. 8th, 2025 06:58 pmadoreCIX had a comeback today! It's my first comeback with them since the one that started me on the path of becoming their fan (Thunder). I like this new song! Its official translated title is 'Wonder You' though if I was phrasing it I'd say something like 'Wondering About You'. The sound of the song is very CIX, it sounds like their music. I've yet to listen to the rest of the EP. Seunghun is wearing glasses here and I love that.
The actual MV:
I love the blonde hair on Yonghee, and Hyunsuk looks even more angelic than usual. However, it looks like their company used AI for the sets instead of CGI or like, actual sets, and the fandom is collectively disappointed by that. I saw user storkmuffin say on tumblr the other day that loving our k-pop idols whilst hating their company is like the definitive/universal k-pop fan experience (I'm paraphrasing but you get the gist).
The boys are perfect, the song is very Them so I approve, but the video is an injustice. Their suit dance is a better watch.
The actual MV:
I love the blonde hair on Yonghee, and Hyunsuk looks even more angelic than usual. However, it looks like their company used AI for the sets instead of CGI or like, actual sets, and the fandom is collectively disappointed by that. I saw user storkmuffin say on tumblr the other day that loving our k-pop idols whilst hating their company is like the definitive/universal k-pop fan experience (I'm paraphrasing but you get the gist).
The boys are perfect, the song is very Them so I approve, but the video is an injustice. Their suit dance is a better watch.
Dear FFFX writer
Sep. 8th, 2025 05:35 pmtrobadoraDear fffx writer,
thank you so much for writing a gift for me! I'll be absolutely thrilled about anything you can create about the relationships or worldbuilding themes I requested. and everything important is in the requests themselves, but if you'd like even more info, general likes etc., here you go.
My AO3 account is![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Trobadora, and it's set to welcome treats.
General Preferences
( Likes & Dislikes/DNWs )
Fandoms, relationships, worldbuilding
In somewhat alphabetical order - note that one of them is expanded compared to what's in the sign-up form:
Jump directly to:
( Christabel/Grimm crossover: Worldbuilding )
( 绅探 | Detective L: Huo Wensi/Luo Fei )
( Grimm/Guardian crossovers: )
( Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling: Kashtiliash & Raupasha )
( 长公主在上 | Eldest Princess On Top: Li Yunzhen/Gu Xuanqing )
fffx writer,thank you so much for writing a gift for me! I'll be absolutely thrilled about anything you can create about the relationships or worldbuilding themes I requested. and everything important is in the requests themselves, but if you'd like even more info, general likes etc., here you go.
My AO3 account is
General Preferences
( Likes & Dislikes/DNWs )
Fandoms, relationships, worldbuilding
In somewhat alphabetical order - note that one of them is expanded compared to what's in the sign-up form:
Jump directly to:
- Christabel/Grimm crossover: Worldbuilding
- 绅探 | Detective L: Huo Wensi/Luo Fei
- Grimm/Guardian (TV) crossover: Nick Burkhardt/Sean Renard/Juliette Silverton & Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Worldbuilding - expanded
- Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling: Kashtiliash & Raupasha
- 长公主在上 | Eldest Princess On Top: Li Yunzhen/Gu Xuanqing
( Christabel/Grimm crossover: Worldbuilding )
( 绅探 | Detective L: Huo Wensi/Luo Fei )
( Grimm/Guardian crossovers: )
( Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling: Kashtiliash & Raupasha )
( 长公主在上 | Eldest Princess On Top: Li Yunzhen/Gu Xuanqing )
Clarke Award Finalists 2013
Sep. 8th, 2025 10:28 amjames_davis_nicoll2013: The Tories masterfully tank the UK credit rating, a grateful nation celebrates Margaret Thatcher’s death, and Scotland inexplicably chooses to remain in the UK.
✓ for read, * for intend to read, ! for never heard of it. Or whatever amuses you.
Which 2013 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson ✓
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway ✓
Intrusion by Ken MacLeod
Nod by Adrian Barnes
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Poll #33586 Clarke Award Finalists 2013
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12
Which 2013 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
View Answers
Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
2 (16.7%)
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
8 (66.7%)
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway
4 (33.3%)
Intrusion by Ken MacLeod
1 (8.3%)
Nod by Adrian Barnes
1 (8.3%)
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
0 (0.0%)
✓ for read, * for intend to read, ! for never heard of it. Or whatever amuses you.
Which 2013 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson ✓
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway ✓
Intrusion by Ken MacLeod
Nod by Adrian Barnes
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Issue: Solo Leveling: Fanfic: invisible ripples (maybe in the future)
Sep. 8th, 2025 07:05 ambluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksFandom: Solo Leveling
Mods please use the f: book (category) tag
Rating: T
Length: 300 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: The title is from A Great Big Tree by Kiyoko Nagase, translated by Takako Lento, and Alien by James Harpur.
Summary: An attempt at a bit of a Cha Haein character study.
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Mods please use the f: book (category) tag
Rating: T
Length: 300 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: The title is from A Great Big Tree by Kiyoko Nagase, translated by Takako Lento, and Alien by James Harpur.
Summary: An attempt at a bit of a Cha Haein character study.
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Revisiting My 2015 Reading List
Sep. 8th, 2025 08:02 amosprey_archerWhen I was first compiling my reading lists, I kept thinking, “Oh, I’ve been meaning to read more by that author! And that one! And that one!” At last it occurred to me that it might be useful to compile a list of those authors from each year and then, you know, actually revisit that author’s work.
When I compiled the first list for 2012 (the first year I have complete enough records to make it worthwhile), it ended up including three Rosemary Sutcliff entries, and I realized that if I didn’t take evasive measures I would probably end up with twenty Rosemary Sutcliff books in a row in the 2013 list. So I refined the parameters: each author gets only one listing per year.
I’ve already read my way through 2012 and 2013 and most of 2014 (still waiting for Elizabeth and Her German Garden! Come on, library!), but it occurred to me that it might be fun forthwith to share my lists as I work on them, and also a good chance to get input if I’m still deciding which book to read for an author. So! Here is the 2015 list. The crossed-out entries are the books I’ve already read for this list.
Jacqueline Woodson – Peace, Locomotion
Rosemary Sutcliff – Little Hound Found
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – In the First Circle or Cancer Ward. I have both on hold, so we’ll see which gets in first
Zilpha Keatley Snyder – Today Is Saturday (a book of poems. Possibly Snyder’s only book of poems?)
Ruth Goodman – How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England
Ngaio Marsh – A Wreath for Rivera
Sarah Rees Brennan – Long Live Evil
Dick Francis – Whip Hand
Margaret Oliphant – probably Kirsteen, although the library has a number of others, including Phoebe Junior and Salem Chapel. Also a bunch of biographies? I hadn’t realized Margaret Oliphant wrote biographies.
Elizabeth Gaskell – Gothic Tales
Andy Weir – Hail Mary
When I compiled the first list for 2012 (the first year I have complete enough records to make it worthwhile), it ended up including three Rosemary Sutcliff entries, and I realized that if I didn’t take evasive measures I would probably end up with twenty Rosemary Sutcliff books in a row in the 2013 list. So I refined the parameters: each author gets only one listing per year.
I’ve already read my way through 2012 and 2013 and most of 2014 (still waiting for Elizabeth and Her German Garden! Come on, library!), but it occurred to me that it might be fun forthwith to share my lists as I work on them, and also a good chance to get input if I’m still deciding which book to read for an author. So! Here is the 2015 list. The crossed-out entries are the books I’ve already read for this list.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – In the First Circle or Cancer Ward. I have both on hold, so we’ll see which gets in first
Zilpha Keatley Snyder – Today Is Saturday (a book of poems. Possibly Snyder’s only book of poems?)
Sarah Rees Brennan – Long Live Evil
Dick Francis – Whip Hand
Margaret Oliphant – probably Kirsteen, although the library has a number of others, including Phoebe Junior and Salem Chapel. Also a bunch of biographies? I hadn’t realized Margaret Oliphant wrote biographies.
Andy Weir – Hail Mary