the new books said he wasn't such a great man after all

[freckles_and_doubt]

Oo, er. My book appears to be out this month. You know, the book the writing and editing of which I've whinged obsessively about for the last several years, and the publication of which will infallibly catapult me to the heights of academic acclaim? (not). Just for nostalgia's sake, have a bunny, because of course I owe it all to the bunny:



I have about a jazillion things to do today, including checking board schedules, retch hurl, so the description of my weekend in Elgin attending weddings will have to wait. In the meantime, have some random linkery to go with the bunny, namely Animal Review's take on snails. I'm particularly tickled by the characterisation of Evolution - "a manic-depressive genius and famously difficult to work with on anything". Word. Explains, among other things, the platypus, also likely to have been dreamed up while Evolution was off its meds.

Comments

Re: Well done agent #008 (Codename: The Pen)

[extemporanea.livejournal.com]

It's a book about books (and movies and other stories) that are (covertly) about other stories

That's actually a highly lucid summary. Except that most of them are actually overtly about other stories, since I find upfront fairy tale more fun than the ones that try to slide it in when you're not looking.

Mac, I am once again failing to get your references on all fronts. Read of Die?

Re: Well done agent #008 (Codename: The Pen)

[mac1235.livejournal.com]

Eh, when thinking of secret Library based organizations,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read_or_Die
just seemed appropriate.

Bookhunter is not well known enough
http://www.shigabooks.com/

nor the Librarian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Librarian_franchise

Rex Libris would not really suit you. Too violent? Mind you, only people with overdue books get hurt.
http://www.jtillustration.com/rex/

Re: Well done agent #008 (Codename: The Pen)

[extemporanea.livejournal.com]

Ah, all becomes clear. You confused me utterly by actually typing "Read of Die" and I was trying desperately to make connections with Seven of Nine and coming up horribly blank.

Bookhunter I do know, it's pleasingly absurd. I don't know The Librarian, although the artwork is stunning. And I am, naturally, delighted to be associated with the furtherance of Project L-Space in any form. Prolongued association with academic libraries has made me a dab hand with the .303 bookworms. (The secret is to slow them down by slinging a quick tome of poststructuralist criticism in their path, and then hit them individually and firmly with the collected works of Shakespeare or a nice fat Dickens as they stagger disoriented out the other end).

I didn't know there were so many thriller-style works dedicated to librarians. I should acquire some for librsa.

Re: Well done agent #008 (Codename: The Pen)

[mac1235.livejournal.com]

OF? Whoops. Sorry. Bookworms? Snerk