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My books on LT- The Weapon Makers by A. E. Van Vogt
- The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.e.van vogt
- Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 36, No. 7 (July 2012) by Sheila Williams
- New Avengers Vol. 2: Sentry by Brian Michael Bendis
- Huntress by Malinda Lo
- Enna Burning (Books of Bayern) by Shannon Hale
- The House on Durrow Street (The Magicians and Mrs. Quent) by Galen Beckett
- New Avengers, Vol. 1: Breakout (v. 1) by Brian Michael Bendis
- The Real Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Andrew Marr
- The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Category Archives: fannish stuff
Book update (not just Hugo reads!)
Somehow, despite not feeling like I’d read a vast amount over the weekend, I finished the March issue of Asimov’s and got halfway through Agatha H and the Airship City. I’ve still got a couple of Asimov’s issues on my … Continue reading
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Time to catch up…again. Starting with Hugo Awards!
You know those times when you have lots of things to post about and say, but the motivation to actually log in and write them down evades you? Yup, that’s me. The big important piece of news is that the … Continue reading
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Weekend plans
Busy weekend coming up! Most importantly, it’s the final weekend of the Six Nations (rugby, my major sporting love next to cycling) and all three matches promise to be great because there are things to fight for in each one. … Continue reading
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The also overdue non-book post
It’s been an odd couple of months. Winter here has been very mild so the odd storms that we’ve had have thrown the city into chaos and irritated me greatly. I’m definitely ready for spring now! Just got tonight’s storm … Continue reading
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Doctor Who 5.13: The Big Bang
I am slightly calmer about it now. But still ridiculously happy about this episode There was an insane amount of squeeing last night, because this episode was so much better than I could ever have hoped for. There are definitely … Continue reading
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Doctor Who 5.10, 5.11, 5.12
So, the last few weeks of kitchen renovations and relatives who like to die at the worst times possible (he’s been laughing at us all week, I swear) appears to have made me incapable of writing Doctor Who reviews. How … Continue reading
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Doctor Who 5.09: Cold Blood
I think that I’m recovered enough to discuss this week’s episode sensibly. Maybe.
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Dented cars and brilliantly funny Wil Wheaton fan art (no, really, it’s awesome)
So, today has started off kind of sucky and I’m hoping that this is a sign that things will get better rather than an early predictor for the rest of the week. My car, which was only repaired a couple … Continue reading
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Doctor Who 5.08: The Hungry Earth
I feel that it is worth pointing out there are going to be some non-Doctor Who posts as well today. Not necessarily anything that non-DW fans will find interesting, but I am actually posting non-DW stuff. Er, it’s possible that … Continue reading
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Doctor Who 5.06: Vampires of Venice
What a fun episode!
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