Comments on: Self-portrait, off the bookshelves

By: Emera

Emera — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:05:54 +0000

Romantigoth solidarity fistbump! *g*

I read The Dark is Rising every Christmas
Oh, what a perfect time for re-reads. (just thinking of the part in which Will tries to hang holly over every window and door in his house.) I haven’t re-read any of the series for around 8 years, which is… really depressing when I think about it, so at this point I’m a little nervous that I’ll be disappointed if I go back to it. But I have soooo many good memories associated with that series. (Some of the last fanfic I ever read was The Dark is Rising, heh heh.)

I think Lady and the Unicorn gets a little implausible in terms of some of its protagonists’ proto-feminist spunkiness, and the execution of the premise is a little blatant (these tapestries with women in them Changed How Some People Related to Women or Femininity) and sometimes similarly strained. But of course the historical detail is wonderfully absorbing, and it’s a really enjoyable read – I’ve re-read it two or three times.

By: Andygrrrl

Andygrrrl — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:27:30 +0000

Romantigoth! What an excellent neologism. I’ve decided to steal it.

Ditto on Susan Cooper (I read The Dark is Rising every Christmas), Ray Bradbury, and poetry. So was the Tracy Chevalier good? I’ve been eyeing that one for a while, being a fan of the Unicorn Tapestries myself. Unicorns rock!

By: Emera

Emera — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:01:39 +0000

Shen – I thought the miniseries was great fun, but my enjoyment of it was hampered by the fact that we had a horrible TV signal at the time, so I could barely figure out what was going on through the static.
But JRM is otherworldly awesome. I think it’s hilarious that he was cast as Steerpike when Steerpike is supposed to be ugly and unsettling to the point of looking deformed, but hey, I’m not complaining if I get to look at Rhys Meyers lounging on top of a giant clock in a black frock coat. But annnnyway.

Anda – Try a variation! What are the first ten books you can remember that are on your bookshelves at home, off the top of your head?

By: Anda

Anda — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:42:52 +0000

This meme always comes up when I’m miles away from my cozy bookshelf. “The 5 ‘C’s of cinematography” and “The Human Figure in motion” doesn’t say much about my taste in books.

By: Shen

Shen — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:54:27 +0000

JRM YAYS. Though actually I never made it through the Gormenghast serial with him in it.

By: Emera

Emera — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:51:53 +0000

Ha, go figure!

I can’t believe i didn’t find those books as a kid!
Ahh, don’t you hate that feeling of “I would have loved this twice as much if I had just read this when I were thirteen”?

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:20:36 +0000

Weird! I did this one the other day myself and i just happened to pull The Illustrated Man by Bradbury as one of my random books too. Though it wasn’t on the list i also own The Dark is Rising as well as the rest of that series by Susan Cooper. I can’t believe i didn’t find those books as a kid!