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Book: Robert Harris’ The Ghost
Sep. 1st, 2010 03:06 pm"A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and immediately it becomes earth-bound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody book that’s ever been written. But the best must never be allowed to drive out the good. In the absence of genius there is always craftsmanship. One can at least try to write something that will arrest the readers’ attention, that will encourage them, after reading the first paragraph, to take a look at the second, and then the third."
- Harris, R. 2007. The Ghost. P. 153. New York: Simon & Schuster.
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- Harris, R. 2007. The Ghost. P. 153. New York: Simon & Schuster.
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Feb. 11th, 2010 08:18 pmFairy tales have ancient origin - telegraph.co.uk
Video: The petrie Museum with John Johnson (part of LGBT history month) - Egyptology News
JK Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard shows why we all need fairy tales - telegraph.co.uk
Venice Carnival 2010: masks and the flight of the angel in pictures - telegraph.co.uk
Video: The petrie Museum with John Johnson (part of LGBT history month) - Egyptology News
JK Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard shows why we all need fairy tales - telegraph.co.uk
Venice Carnival 2010: masks and the flight of the angel in pictures - telegraph.co.uk
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lynkemma’s Death Note – A Queer Reading
dr_worm’s Together, We are Providence (Reanimator)
Because that’s what queer analysis should look like least I forget.
Also:
lynkemma’s Death Note – A Queer Readingdr_worm’s Together, We are Providence (Reanimator)Because that’s what queer analysis should look like least I forget.
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Jan. 28th, 2010 10:55 pmAnnular Eclipse over Burma - APOD
Devilled prawns with notepaper bread recipe - Telegraph.co.uk
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( Audio books & the Bene Gesserit Voice )
Devilled prawns with notepaper bread recipe - Telegraph.co.uk
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( Audio books & the Bene Gesserit Voice )
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Jan. 14th, 2010 06:31 pmAs recommended by blasphemiliar, Omnia’s reading of Poe’s The Raven which at the start reminds me a little of the Potter Puppet Palls’ Snape.
Picture Perfect (PG. Comedy. 2611 words.)
Cain’s new camera: Isaak & Dietrich in front of its lens. (An in-universe explanation for that official piece of fanservice featuring Isaak & Dietrich.)
The annotated Donkeyskin - SurLaLune
I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison (scifi.com)
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sf_drama the old argument that you can’t look things up yourself with a side helping of needing to be taught everything about life at school and this, which the linked commenter sums up better than I could.
Also, a meme stolen fromnekonexus: Were I a summonable creature, what kind of ritual would you craft to summon me?
blasphemiliar, Omnia’s reading of Poe’s The Raven which at the start reminds me a little of the Potter Puppet Palls’ Snape.Picture Perfect (PG. Comedy. 2611 words.)
Cain’s new camera: Isaak & Dietrich in front of its lens. (An in-universe explanation for that official piece of fanservice featuring Isaak & Dietrich.)
The annotated Donkeyskin - SurLaLune
I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison (scifi.com)
Courtesy of
sf_drama the old argument that you can’t look things up yourself with a side helping of needing to be taught everything about life at school and this, which the linked commenter sums up better than I could.Also, a meme stolen from
nekonexus: Were I a summonable creature, what kind of ritual would you craft to summon me?
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Dec. 27th, 2009 07:37 amThe Biblical Story of Jesus in Egypt - Al-Ahram
Odds and ends (including Ancient Egyptian Games Online) - Egyptology News
Catnip pillow (and cat) -nekonexus
This is not an exit (American Psycho) - Yuletide fic
The Phantom of Manhattan Review Part 3 (in particular at 8:50) - Phantom Reviews (youtube)
The ‘other’ Phantom of the Opera musical (youtube)
Grimoires: A History of Magic Books by Owen Davis - bookslut (review)
In other news: having wound up with a Jelly-Belly selection box boasting forty flavours over the holiday I’ve started experimenting with some of the ‘recipes’ that came on the little insert card. One was a combination of cream soda and root beer jelly beans to create a taste like a root beer float which unfortunately for me tasted like Pepto-bismol or possibly Germolene. Likewise the lemon meringue pie combination tasted like hairspray. Though at least the jalapeño favoured jelly beans did taste like jalapeños… jalapeños with a really bizarre texture.
And I found the strawberry mochi that followed after much too sweet.
Odds and ends (including Ancient Egyptian Games Online) - Egyptology News
Catnip pillow (and cat) -
nekonexusThis is not an exit (American Psycho) - Yuletide fic
The Phantom of Manhattan Review Part 3 (in particular at 8:50) - Phantom Reviews (youtube)
The ‘other’ Phantom of the Opera musical (youtube)
Grimoires: A History of Magic Books by Owen Davis - bookslut (review)
In other news: having wound up with a Jelly-Belly selection box boasting forty flavours over the holiday I’ve started experimenting with some of the ‘recipes’ that came on the little insert card. One was a combination of cream soda and root beer jelly beans to create a taste like a root beer float which unfortunately for me tasted like Pepto-bismol or possibly Germolene. Likewise the lemon meringue pie combination tasted like hairspray. Though at least the jalapeño favoured jelly beans did taste like jalapeños… jalapeños with a really bizarre texture.
And I found the strawberry mochi that followed after much too sweet.
Book: Dracula in London
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Also: some Estonian ruins near Haapsalu courtesy ofru_abandoned.
And the obligatory Carol of the Old Ones vianecronomiphiles on this fine Eris Eve.
And finally: does anyone want $10 off a paid account purchase? I have ten of these coupons if anybody wants one.
Also: some Estonian ruins near Haapsalu courtesy of
ru_abandoned.And the obligatory Carol of the Old Ones via
necronomiphiles on this fine Eris Eve.And finally: does anyone want $10 off a paid account purchase? I have ten of these coupons if anybody wants one.
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Nov. 20th, 2009 08:39 amChristmas 2009 food notebook: British cheeses Telegraph.co.uk
The Kitchen Thinker: menu mark-ups Telegraph.co.uk
The art of writing a sex scene Telegraph.co.uk
Let's Play System Shock - Episode 01 Stassinet
"Do I have ammo for my weapon?"
"It’s a lead pipe."
The Kitchen Thinker: menu mark-ups Telegraph.co.uk
The art of writing a sex scene Telegraph.co.uk
Let's Play System Shock - Episode 01 Stassinet
"Do I have ammo for my weapon?"
"It’s a lead pipe."
