See, this is why I shouldn't watch horror...

[maharetr]

Because it's 2.30 in the morning, and I'm sleepy but closing my eyes isn't quite an option because this evening (or last night, technically) channel 10 screened the pilot episode of Threshold. Now, I didn't even turn the TV on for a peak (mynxii can attest to this) and yet I once watched it at Fandomedia, and I remember so I'm up and jittery and eying the fridge warily. Because it's a TV show, and nobody said fears were rational, did they? (If they did, can we giggle hysterically at them?)

About 2 and a half hours to sunrise.

I've done a remarkably good

Siddhartha Gautama You two would probably really get along!

Founder of Buddhism "All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?"

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 70% on Intuitive You scored higher than 36% on Structured You scored higher than 41% on Mildness You scored higher than 8% on Traditional

Link: The Religion Founder You Resemble Test written by Stinkbot on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

And via the new feministfantasy I wandered my way to an amusing essay by Diana Wynne Jones on the difference between writing fantasy for children and for adults.

Earlier, someone from said community plugged Garth Nix's book Sabriel (what has become The Abhorsen trilogy, although I have a hard time thinking of it as such) and provided a link to the trilogy site (Note: leads to a flash site!). And I happily spent a while reading the first chapter of each book. I've only read Sabriel so far and that was a long time ago (high school), so I'd forgotten how much I adored the seven gates of death and Charter Magic and the bells and Sabriel's kick-arseness and general competency. Hit the end of the chapter going "wahh! more!"

I went on and read the first chapter of Lirael and while I'd heard good things about it, the first chapter was all "Lirael hasn't got her Powers yet! Oh, Woes!" Still, there's good potential once she's actually found the damn things.

Abhorsen completely threw me with its talk of telephones and automatic pistols. I actually couldn't bring myself to read past the first few pages. I know, logically, that Charter Magic diminishes in power the further away from the Old Kingdom you get, and that the other side of the Wall is 1940s style our world but my god it jarred when it mentioned Sabriel carrying a gun.

That said planetfantastic? Do you have the boxed set thing? How much does it cost?

E: to fix only-just-noticed mortifying spelling mistake. :)

Comments

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

[cough] Sabriel I have all the books if you wants to read em.

On the magic, even in the first book Sabriel is sent over the border to be raised where the world is like ours and people don't have magic. There's that wonderful contrast with the border guards who have swords and know not to trust the electronics when the wind is blowing the wrong way.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Except of course you know this, and it's morning and I'm babbling.

[maharetr.livejournal.com]

I do, and I also love your babbling. :)

I shall investigate this afternoon if the library has a copy, if not I shall fall upon your shelves with love tomorrow afternoon. Thanks.

[juffles.livejournal.com]

if not I shall fall upon your shelves with love tomorrow afternoon.

Mind Wendy doesn't see you do that, she might get ideas. :)

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

I'd like to say she already -has- ideas but I don't think her brain is big enough.

[ascetic-hedony.livejournal.com]

There's also a short story collection 'Across the Wall' set in the same universe.

I also scored Siddhartha Gautama
Main differences in our scores - by age and gender I'm a lot less structured (0%) and quite a bit more traditional (30%)

[maharetr.livejournal.com]

Cool :) What I'd be really interested in is seeing a direct "you scored X% on each criteria", rather than just the comparison thing, but alas.