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Mar 07, 2011 01:31

My computer has a new background. For those of you who know some of my quirks this is a fairly big deal - my wallpapers are all things that mean a lot to me and also stay parked on my screen for several years. Previously I've had Waterhouse, Trigun, Maiden, and the anomoly of the background my current laptop came with just because it was pretty and ( Read more... )

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unferth March 7 2011, 08:54:07 UTC

Apropos of nothing much, have you read any Nina Kiriki Hoffman? She does modern-fantasy stories with a generally understated touch - I'd recommend The Silent Strength of Stones even though I don't think it passes the Bechtel Test.

ambermoon March 7 2011, 16:49:27 UTC

No, I haven't, but I will now look her up. I still have books to read and return to you - my pile grows, which is not a bad thing.

I am also sorry for being rotten about email again, will try to fix that. (Obviously I did not go to the first session of the LARP, but I am considering future ones.)

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ambermoon March 7 2011, 16:50:32 UTC

Yes, read Winter Rose - it's a better book. Just don't associate it with Solstice Wood. IMO, at least.

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ambermoon March 8 2011, 03:47:09 UTC

Val! That one bi character from all of Rawn's oevre, iirc. Man, I remember how validated we felt back then discovering Val and Alin - and for me, at least, that reaction to finding new queer characters has never gone away.

I'll have to look up Wicked Gentlemen, sounds intriguing. I'm kind of getting a C.S. Friedman Coldfire Trilogy vibe from the brief Amazon summary, which would not be bad at all. (Yeah, that doesn't pass the Bechdel either. You learn to live with it ( ... )