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[dragojustine]

In the last three days, I have not worked out. I have not done the writing I was planning on. I have not read my flist. I haven't watched the stuff I meant to watch.

What have I done? Read 600 pages of science fiction.

The sudden, shocking loss productivity is all hilarytamar's fault. Seriously. I haven't devoured profic at that rate in quite literally years. No, really, I last averaged more than three fun books a month back in November of 07, and I haven't chain-read a series since... frankly, probably since back when I was still convinced that George R R Martin was going to escape the epic-doorstop trap.

So hilarytamar made me read Lois McMaster Bujold, and 50 pages in I knew I was going to read every word this woman ever commits to paper. In any case, I just blew through The Warrior's Apprentice, The Mountains of Mourning, and The Vor Game and fell instantly in love with her sensibility, her sense of humor, her world building, several of her characters, and most of her thematic concerns. And of course I have Things To Say (about how Vor Game suffers structurally by comparison to Warrior's Apprentice, and I think there was a much stronger book- two books, actually- in there than was actually written, and about where I think her characterization tends to fall down), and I really want to tease out all the thematic stuff I'm seeing, but... but... that is just me processing by talky talky talky, not me saying anything profound. And, after all, the more time I type the less time I'm reading! (The next one is already waiting for me at the library. It's like a sickness. I love this woman!)

Catalysis for Dummies is the cutest John/Rodney AU in quite a while.

And a Kings rec, the first NC-17 Jack/David I have liked yet: All Tomorrow's Parties

Awesome linkage:

A Mathematical Limerick. I am fairly sure this wins the internet. (It works, as far as I can tell. I won't admit how tough it was to remember how to deal with that)

Now this is a man who understands procrastination: Part one, two, three, four, and five.

Random: From now on, I shall endeavor to keep Certera's Law in mind when selecting my online reading material. (Like I wasn't already)

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[sid]

Fanfics are bookmarked, procrastination is snerked at, Certera's Law is enacted.

Oh, and shout out to Keir Dullea! :-D (He was in the premiere of Nathan Fillion's new series, Castle. Mal Reynolds meets Dave, lol.)

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

>Certera's Law is enacted

I strongly suspect that, like me, you were already following it *g*

[hilarytamar.livejournal.com]

*serene*

(I have discovered, to my surprise, that it's going to take us another 3 books before you get to the bit in my userpic there. It seems so generally applicable, doesn't it? Remarkable.)

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

So, Miles doesn't change all that much in three books, eh?

The Vor Game is the one where he plots to cuckoled Gregor, then assassinate him, then accuses his father of homosexuality, then contrives a patricidal plot to go along with the imperial assassination, all in the space of about four sentences. The megalomania was beautiful to watch.

[hilarytamar.livejournal.com]

You and I are going to have some very interesting conversations when you eventually surface, you know.

Oh god. That means I have to start working my way through them again too, or it'll just be *wavy hands* on my side.

ETA: starting, perhaps, with this. *blink*.

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

Funny, I was just reading that post (and laughing like a maniac). I admit her pro-life id was showing big-time, but I haven't yet run into "the proper end of every boy meets girl story is a birth." When I encounter it, I will probably throw the book across the room and fume and swear off her for at least a month (oh, my personal triggers, let me show you them), so that makes me sad.

[hilarytamar.livejournal.com]

Huh. I'd never thought of that interpretation, and even now I'm having trouble seeing it. But as I say, I'm feeling exceptionally stupid today and need to re-read them in any case, so I'll be on the lookout for it.