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cyranoI've been reading Lance's journal some more the past few days, and he invited me (Well, technically he invited the universal case Faithful Reader) to tell him when I (s/I/reader/) met Rich Dansky.
So, Lance, it was... Lord. At least five years ago, on a place called DragonMUD. Rich and I hung out there and for the longest time I didn't know anything about what he did for a living. And last fall, at OryCon, I met him in person when he was invited to chair a couple of panels.
I also promised myself I'd say more about the stuff that I've been reading, apart from 'yeah, it's cool', which strikes me as the last refuge of the unrepentantly lame.
The Sheep Look Up. John Brunner wrote this, quite some time back. This, he said, this you stupid yutzes, is what's going to happen if you don't get your heads on straight. It's written in a kaleidoscopic style, flitting from scene to scene and slowly draws a web between initially unrelated characters. There were times, reading this, that I hated Brunner. But I never stopped reading.
How to Attract the Wombat. Will Cuppy's book, which apparently after I spent years trying to find a copy has gone into a new printing. It reads a lot like his other books--dry rather brittle humour with a sideways cant. It was certainly nice to occasionally pick this up when 'Sheep' got overwhelming.
Like Water for Chocolate. Rereading this was an antidote to the despair and hopelessness I'd been feeling. It's warm and intimate and it's all about that 'magical realism' stuff that I love so much.
Hellboy--Conqueror Worm isn't available on Amazon yet, so no hyperlink. However, they do have several copies of other stories which I can fannishly recommend. (He's on my Links page, and I adore him.) The new installment has everything you could ask for--evil Nazis, the golem, Doctor-Moreau-style apes, and of course Lobster Johnson.
Top Ten has its first graphic novel out. I'm not the only one who likens it to 'Hill Street Blues with superheroes'. Alan Moore has a gift for writing characters, and for engaging storylines. It's amazingly cool. If your comic store doesn't carry it, strike the owner with a dead porcupine and ask why the hell not.
New in the backpack--more Hellboy. Odd Jobs.
So, Lance, it was... Lord. At least five years ago, on a place called DragonMUD. Rich and I hung out there and for the longest time I didn't know anything about what he did for a living. And last fall, at OryCon, I met him in person when he was invited to chair a couple of panels.
I also promised myself I'd say more about the stuff that I've been reading, apart from 'yeah, it's cool', which strikes me as the last refuge of the unrepentantly lame.
The Sheep Look Up. John Brunner wrote this, quite some time back. This, he said, this you stupid yutzes, is what's going to happen if you don't get your heads on straight. It's written in a kaleidoscopic style, flitting from scene to scene and slowly draws a web between initially unrelated characters. There were times, reading this, that I hated Brunner. But I never stopped reading.
How to Attract the Wombat. Will Cuppy's book, which apparently after I spent years trying to find a copy has gone into a new printing. It reads a lot like his other books--dry rather brittle humour with a sideways cant. It was certainly nice to occasionally pick this up when 'Sheep' got overwhelming.
Like Water for Chocolate. Rereading this was an antidote to the despair and hopelessness I'd been feeling. It's warm and intimate and it's all about that 'magical realism' stuff that I love so much.
Hellboy--Conqueror Worm isn't available on Amazon yet, so no hyperlink. However, they do have several copies of other stories which I can fannishly recommend. (He's on my Links page, and I adore him.) The new installment has everything you could ask for--evil Nazis, the golem, Doctor-Moreau-style apes, and of course Lobster Johnson.
Top Ten has its first graphic novel out. I'm not the only one who likens it to 'Hill Street Blues with superheroes'. Alan Moore has a gift for writing characters, and for engaging storylines. It's amazingly cool. If your comic store doesn't carry it, strike the owner with a dead porcupine and ask why the hell not.
New in the backpack--more Hellboy. Odd Jobs.