Jaybird
Jaybird is Birdmojo on Xbox Live and Jaybirdmojo on Playstation's network. He's been playing consoles since the Atari 2600 and it was Zork that taught him how to touch-type. If you've got a song for Wednesday, a commercial for Saturday, a recommendation for Tuesday, an essay for Monday, or, heck, just a handful a questions, fire off an email to AskJaybird-at-gmail.com
Just started “The Magicians” by Lev Grossman. I’m on a magical fiction tear, after having read “The Graveyard Book,” the last Harry Potter, “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and “Neverwhere” in succession.
I just started this a few nights ago. So far I am enjoying it.
Still working through my RPG books. But I’m buying something that costs $23 on amazon and looking for something that puts my order high enough to qualify for free shipping.
I’m considering picking up a cthulhu mythos book by someone besides lovecraft–possibly Brian Lumley or Ramsey Campell. Anyone have suggestions?
Something from Cthulhutech, perhaps?
Chaosium’s “cycle” books are very good. If you want to read mythos fiction I’ve always found the anthologies to be superior to stand-alone novels. Even though this book barely tangents Lovecraft and his mythos and even then it’s on a superficial level I’d recommend picking up Kraken by China Mieville.
As for Lovecraftian anthologies there’s the venerable Cthulhu 2000 which contains the exemplary “H.P.L.” by Gahan Wilson, of all people. Cthulhu’s Heirs has “Mr. Skin” by Victor Milan. More recently there’s Cthulhu Unbound with “Leng” by Marc Laidlaw.
Oh yeah, “Last Feast of Harlequin” by Thomas Ligotti in the Hastur Cycle but even then I’d recommend picking up The Nightmare Factory by Ligotti which contains the story.
The Surgeon’s Mate, #7 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. I’ve gone back and am working my way through them from the beginning again.
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Every last entry:)
Also, I finished Okay for Now (Gary Schmidt), read a big chunk of In the Basement of the Ivory Tower (Professor X), and started rereading The Third Magic (Katz), which I loved when I was a kid.
And I watched about 15 minutes of Fringe. It is SO NICE not being in school.
I began reading Snow Crash and it doesn’t read as being dated like The Atrocity Archives nor does it appear to have some political undercurrent like Bruce Sterling’s fiction. Thank you, Steve!
No worries!
FYI, I really oughta be reading Strunk and White.
Nobody ought to read strunk and white (my editor friend hates that book…)
Read something that allows you to integrate the REAL rules better. Because most rules have exceptions, and many exist purely to break artfully.
Can you tell I’m playing Sanitarium (NOT recommended…)
What would you recommend? I’m all ears.
I’ve been writing for a dodecade, I guess I’m passable and reckon it needs polishing so S&W does the trick for now. When I’m considered a Good writer (note caps) then I can play around and write in lower case like the bastard child of e.e. cummings and Cormac McCarthy.