Perdido Street Station/The Darkness That Comes Before
Posted on November 28, 2005 | Filed Under Ink and Quill
Two books I’m currently reading.
I’ve been seeing this one for a while and thought I’d give it a whirl. So far it’s very interesting but difficult to get into. It breaks a lot of literary ’standards’ I’m used to and I’m having a hard time grasping the storyline. It’s fantasy but a different take, has a strong middle eastern feel to it. I’m hoping when my brain isn’t such mush from drilling physiology that I’ll better be able to concentrate on it.
Several people have been after me to read this for a while. I finally picked it up. Very intriguing book. My first experience with Mieville, King Rat, left me a little underwhelmed. It wasn’t a bad book, per se, but as much as I’d heard he was so phenomenal King Rat most definitely did not live up the hype. I felt like I was reading a World of Darkness novel. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but it isn’t a bastion of high literature. However, Perdido Street Station is living up to the hype. I’m enjoying it a great deal. I do have some quibbles (Mieville tends to be pedantic, which is rather funny because of how much he insists he’s breaking the mold of fantasy and science fiction, and his story, outside of having fascinating setting, is turning out to be almost a straight forward mystery) but it is that setting that is so imaginative and vivid. Very striking. 
I understand that the second and third book set in New Cherbuzon aren’t quite as good. Then again, the two Endymion novels didn’t live up to the two Hyperion novels but that doesn’t stop Hyperion (by Dan Simmons) from being an amazing read.
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To Boldly Go…
Posted on November 21, 2005 | Filed Under Giggles and Grins
Got this from a friends website. I took it four times and came out with the same top answer every time. Only the second and third ones were different and they flipflopped.
All the hotheaded questions were obviously going to go against me. I hope Oberon takes this, I know who he’ll get. 
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You scored as Captain Kirk. You are driven by your ideals. You have a daring soul with great potential, but you won’t get far without good friends to save your ass when you try to face down a horde of space monsters without a plan B. You are a sensualist to the extreme. Watch out for overindulgence if you still want to fit into that nifty captain’s uniform.
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Blog Addition
Posted on November 19, 2005 | Filed Under Life in NC
Added a friend of mine to the links. Foreign Devil. To make a long story short, he answered a bulletin board advertisement for a roleplaying game I was starting. He turned out to be a great find. He left for college only a half dozen or so game sessions later and we kept in touch sporadically over the years.
Turns out he’s writing all sorts of engaging ideas concerning roleplaying, theatre and culture. Also turns out he’s a bonafide genius. Intimdates the hell out of me.
He’s a great read and if you ever get tired of fluff, I guarantee you won’t be disappointed with his stuff.
Besides, he’s back in the states now and back in NC and rejoining my gaming group. Now I have to live up to all the hype he’s been spreading about my games.
Great. Like I don’t have enough pressure in life.
Sigh. 
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