Re: Frosty Meets Cthulhu
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > >> http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/10/03/exclusive-william-shatner-voices-santa-in-most-messed-up-x-mas-special-ever/ >> >> Or http://tinyurl.com/4c9bmv >> >> I must say I'm intrigued... > > I shuddered just at the e-mail. Then again, it might have been that the > A/C kicked in a bit ago and I'm exhausted. (The car I was driving to > FenCon on Friday got rear-ended in Dallas, and my back is Not Happy. *Ouch.* Here's to quick and thorough healing. -- Mauro Diotallevi "The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again." ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Frosty Meets Cthulhu
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, John Williams wrote: > Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Oh, I got a copy of >> _Anathem_ on Friday, didn't get it started until today, and didn't get >> the chance to get very far into it, but it's intriguing enough to have >> caught my attention, > > I felt like it took me about 50 pages just to understand most of the > vocabulary. How far in are you? About 8 pages, hope to make more progress today. The vocabulary is going to take some getting used to, but I read the intro and am prepared for that. :) I ought to be able to read another 20, at least, if I have my lunch eaten *before* I go to pick my son up from school. (I get there early and read while I'm waiting in the car. I get more read if I'm not eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as well, since I don't like dripping jelly on my books.) >> against most of the 5 other books I'm in the middle of.) > > Five! Are any of those five SF books? 2 of them are fantasy, both written by Texas authors who were at FenCon. I think I'm going to get through the Rachel Caine before I'm through with the Shanna Swendson book. (For this group, I'll recommend the Rachel Caine before I recommend the Shanna Swendson, but if you're trying to get someone into "chick lit" interested in fantasy, the Shanna Swendson stuff is good for that. I probably wouldn't have gotten into any of it myself, except I've known her since my freshman year of college and figured I owed it to her to at least give it a try. It's somewhat fluffy, but sometimes you just want hot cocoa with whipped cream instead of coffee or tea, and it works for that.) The other fiction book is a Patrick O'Brian book, and those read like space opera, so while it's not SF, it gives me some of what I like in space opera. (I had Patrick O'Brian recommended to me at a panel at the NASFiC in Anaheim in 1999, basically people were recommending non-SF things for when you'd exhausted your local library's supply of SF.) The nonfiction books I'm reading are _God Created the Integers_, edited by Stephen Hawking, and I'm trying to read a few pages a day until I'm done (I'm on page 1162 of 1326 at this point) and a book about influenza, with some focus on the 1918 epidemic. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Frosty Meets Cthulhu
Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Oh, I got a copy of > _Anathem_ on Friday, didn't get it started until today, and didn't get > the chance to get very far into it, but it's intriguing enough to have > caught my attention, I felt like it took me about 50 pages just to understand most of the vocabulary. How far in are you? > against most of the 5 other books I'm in the middle of.) Five! Are any of those five SF books? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Frosty Meets Cthulhu
In a message dated 10/6/2008 7:40:52 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/10/03/exclusive-william-shatner-voices-santa-in-most-messed-up-x-mas-special-ever/ > > Or http://tinyurl.com/4c9bmv > > I must say I'm intrigued... I shuddered just at the e-mail. OK everybody get your printed copy of the music from West Side Story. Let's all sing. (spoken) Cthulhu (sings) The most dangerous sound I ever heard: Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu. . . All the frightening sounds of the world in a single word . . Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu. . . Cthulhu! I've just met a god named Cthulhu, And suddenly my life Will ever be of strife To me. Cthulhu! I've just blessed a god named Cthulhu, And suddenly I dread How better off the dead Can be! Cthulhu! Say it loud when there's a wind howling, Say it soft when your friends are debowling. Cthulhu I'll never stop slaying, Cthulhu! The most treacherous sound I ever heard. Cthulhu. Vilyehm **New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew0001) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Frosty Meets Cthulhu
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/10/03/exclusive-william-shatner-voices-santa-in-most-messed-up-x-mas-special-ever/ > > Or http://tinyurl.com/4c9bmv > > I must say I'm intrigued... I shuddered just at the e-mail. Then again, it might have been that the A/C kicked in a bit ago and I'm exhausted. (The car I was driving to FenCon on Friday got rear-ended in Dallas, and my back is Not Happy. I have seen a doctor, I have drugs and I have stretches to do, but it's a drain on my body, and I'm very tired at this point. Oh, I got a copy of _Anathem_ on Friday, didn't get it started until today, and didn't get the chance to get very far into it, but it's intriguing enough to have caught my attention, so I'm going to give it reasonably high priority against most of the 5 other books I'm in the middle of.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Frosty Meets Cthulhu
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/10/03/exclusive-william-shatner-voices-santa-in-most-messed-up-x-mas-special-ever/ Or http://tinyurl.com/4c9bmv I must say I'm intrigued... -- Mauro Diotallevi "The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again." ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
