It has been a long time since I took out time to read a proper book.  There always seems to be something else to do; emails, Professor Layton on DS :) or earning a wage!  Today I read the whole of Cobweb by Neal Stephenson.  From start to finish.  Sure, it's not quite 1000 pages of Anathem, which I will get to soon enough, but still the feel of a ( Read more... )

I am totally new to LJ, so if I have done this wrong, or broken the etiquette or stepped on the cracks, please let me know.  I promise I will learn quickly.  This story popped into my head after listening to the commentary on LWW that explained that the powers that be had named Mrs Pevensie, Helen.  There is a lot of Narnian history in that name...

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I should probably get around to posting a story or two on here.  I'm still feeling my way around though, so hopefully I don't muck it up too badly... 

Right.  Here goes.  I have been meaning to get started on here for such a long time, and never got around to it.  Read: always found ways to put it off.  So here I am, and I have no idea what to write.

I am listening to the soundtrack to Doctor Who, and I get shivers every time I hear This is Gallifrey, The Greatest Story Never Told and Song of ( Read more... )