Catch up

[bookzombie]

Hi folks,
not been posting much recently. This is in part due to work, and part due to (possibly work-related) tiredness.

I've been having one of my tired weeks: getting home from work and feeling absolutely shattered and not feeling up to much beyond eating, watching some TV and sleeping. I'm not sure whether this is the remnants of the Glandular Fever still hanging around, the stress levels at work, or whether I'm sickening for something. I've had a bit of a sore chest for a couple of weeks now but it doesn't seem to become anything more serious.

We spent much of the evenings last week watching season 6 of The West Wing on DVD. This was very much enjoyed - a step up from the previous couple of years, with only really one minor dud episode (if I had more brain I'd have more to say...).


Haibane Renmei volume 3 arrived finally last week, but we've not had the chance to start it yet - since we finished WW6 we've been catching up on the stuff we've recorded from the television (Spooks, The Dead Zone, Carnivale, etc).

I've been keeping up with the gym, which has been good - my weight is back in the single figures of 12st now.

We were originally planning to go to the Norcon convention this weekend but didn't get organised. Given how tired I've been, perhaps it is as well.

Recent reading has included Tim Power's first novel The Skies Discrowned which is okay, but very old-fashioned. Currently, I'm two-thirds of the way through the second volume of Mike Ashley's history of science fiction magazines. Fascinating stuff - the only bad thing is that it tempts me to start trying to get hold of obscure magazines...

Saw Pride and Prejudice at the cinema yesterday - much better than I was expecting but still not as good as the BBC production of a few years ago. The problem is that the restricted running time means that it feels like the 'Cliff Notes' version of the story. In particular it is difficult to see why the various couples fall in love with each other.

Anyway, that's it for now. More when I have more brain!

Comments

[ajshepherd.livejournal.com]

I watched the first Haibane Renmei DVD this weekend. It really is rather nice! Must go out and get the second and third DVD this week!

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Yikes, I consider myself a Powers fan but don't recall even hearing of Skies Discrowned. Hvae you read his 1986 rewrite of the book, called Forsake the sky? Tor, with a Boris Vallejo cover, hmm--that was after my used-bookstore period, so I wouldn't have seen it at work.

Tim Powers

[bookzombie.livejournal.com]

The Skies Discrowned and Forsake the Sky had long been out of print, but NESFA Press reissued them as two novels bound in a single hardback volume at the beginning of last year as Powers of Two. The SBN is 1886778515 and if you are interested you can get it from Amazon.com for $24.

[wrdnrd]

Is that the new Keira Knightley "Pride and Prejudice"? Saw a trailer for that friday night before "Mirrormask" and thought "Meh." I might go see it just for the "Whee! Austen on the big screen!!" factor, but the trailer presented the movie alternately as silly and as trying too hard to make Elizabeth seem like a "modern woman."