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subplotkudzu) wrote2006-12-27 07:03 am
subplotkudzu) wrote2006-12-27 07:03 am
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Why Corylus_Unbound Rocks
and other things. corylus_unbound gave me my very own copy of Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942, which I first learned about from simreeve in A&E some time back. It's a chapbook handed to the Americans coming over to Britain in WWII that explains the Brits and their wacky ways - like not striking up conversations with strangers on buses - that might be odd to mid century middle Americans. And it has lines like "Now you understand why British soldiers respect the women in uniform. When you see a girl in khaki or air force blue with a bit of ribbon on her tunic -- remember she didn't get it for knitting more socks than anyone else in Ipswitch."
I also now have my 'to read before my birthday' pile, which gives me six months to work through
I'm sure all of these will leach into gaming somehow...but at least I'm not lacking something to read.
Speaking of Leaching into gaming, I just finished Herr Docktorchadu Underkoffler's Zorcerer of Zo and it is tres spiffy. Expect something from it on the next prospectus - Buddhist Cat Reincarnation, more like than not. But more on that later.
corylus_unbound gave me my very own copy of Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942, which I first learned about from simreeve in A&E some time back. It's a chapbook handed to the Americans coming over to Britain in WWII that explains the Brits and their wacky ways - like not striking up conversations with strangers on buses - that might be odd to mid century middle Americans. And it has lines like "Now you understand why British soldiers respect the women in uniform. When you see a girl in khaki or air force blue with a bit of ribbon on her tunic -- remember she didn't get it for knitting more socks than anyone else in Ipswitch." I also now have my 'to read before my birthday' pile, which gives me six months to work through
Alton Brown I'm Just Here for the Food
Gene Wolfe Soldier of Sidon
Iain Pears Death and Restoration
James White General Practice and Alien Emergencies, two Sector General omnibuses (Omnibi?)
Ruth Gruber Ahead of Time: my early years as foreign correspondent - expect a review of this one as a pulp era reference.
Jack McDevitt Deepsix, Chindi, and Omega, which might prompt more USS Carter stories.
Ed McBain The Gutter and the Grave and Fat Ollie's Book, which might be the last 87th Precinct novel I haven't read.
Johnston McCulley The Curse of Capistrano, albeit an edition entitled The Mark of Zorro
and
Terry Pratchett Thud
Of course, if I get bored I can always raid the books my wife got, including the new Tiffany Aching novel from the esteemed Mr. Pratchett and The Mislaid Magician, or 10 years later, the third letter-game chronicle from Stevermere and Reade and sequel to the classic Sorcery and Cecelia
Gene Wolfe Soldier of Sidon
Iain Pears Death and Restoration
James White General Practice and Alien Emergencies, two Sector General omnibuses (Omnibi?)
Ruth Gruber Ahead of Time: my early years as foreign correspondent - expect a review of this one as a pulp era reference.
Jack McDevitt Deepsix, Chindi, and Omega, which might prompt more USS Carter stories.
Ed McBain The Gutter and the Grave and Fat Ollie's Book, which might be the last 87th Precinct novel I haven't read.
Johnston McCulley The Curse of Capistrano, albeit an edition entitled The Mark of Zorro
and
Terry Pratchett Thud
Of course, if I get bored I can always raid the books my wife got, including the new Tiffany Aching novel from the esteemed Mr. Pratchett and The Mislaid Magician, or 10 years later, the third letter-game chronicle from Stevermere and Reade and sequel to the classic Sorcery and Cecelia
I'm sure all of these will leach into gaming somehow...but at least I'm not lacking something to read.
Speaking of Leaching into gaming, I just finished Herr Docktor
chadu Underkoffler's Zorcerer of Zo and it is tres spiffy. Expect something from it on the next prospectus - Buddhist Cat Reincarnation, more like than not. But more on that later.
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Huzzah!
Expect something from it on the next prospectus - Buddhist Cat Reincarnation, more like than not. But more on that later.
My karma ran over my catma.
CU
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http://www.hardcasecrime.com/index.shtml
I also noticed with surprise the third volume of the Gene Wolfe Latro series just yesterday in bookstores.
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