Wheeee! Many belated happies. Glad to hear you're getting along without the meds and things are going so well!

Tree

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday! Good to hear from you, as well...

I LOVE Mieville's work... in my mind, he's the veritable modern day Tolkien, with more an emphasis on character and less on language. PDS was one of my favorite books of the past several years. I think he has taken me to places I would actually want to go and see, which is, after all, what we really want out of our speculative fiction, no? The Scar was also incredible, and tho it's set in the same world, its a VERY different book. J says its her fave of his, but then she read it first. I think they are better if you read them in order. Iron Council is also a worthy read, but I have to hold off an an actual assessment. I find his prose has so much poetry in it that it requires a second sitting to fully digest, and I havent had time to do so with IC yet. If you find these books too thick in imagery (he does lay it on deep), you may wish to try King Rat, his actual first novel, set like many a Gaiman book, in underground London.

Keep in touch! And keep the photos posting! :)

Z.

ps- isnt the Weaver one of the coolest characters EVER??? :)

Happy Birthday! Glad you're feeling better.

(hmmm I wonder why I know so many Geminis right now?)

Re Vanity Fair - mainly I'd like to see it because I expect it will look pretty, so that should be ok then :)

Oh! I missed it! Been traveling, got home last Monday (30th) and haven't been able to go online for 2 weeks now. Yes, withdrawal symptoms galore

Happy VERY belated... And yay for you for loving your life right now! There is no better thing. And lines... they don't matter in the grand scheme of it all, now do they?

Hilde