Quick update
Aug. 7th, 2005 06:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieJust realised that I haven't posted anything apart from comments to others for a while.
So what's been happening? Well, P. is now almost fully recovered from her various lurgis.
Work continues to be rather frantic, although it should calm down a bit this coming week (file under 'famous last words'...)
Otherwise, things have been fairly quiet. I had one very annoying moment a week or so ago when the latest copy of Interzone arrived. I openened it up to the book reviews pages to find a review for the book I have just submitted a review for by someone else. Needless to say the reviews editor and I had words... (it seems it's not really Iain's fault: the main editor keeps sending people out to do reviews independent of Iain and not telling Iain about it).
Other than that I've been doing much reading and a certain amount of watching TV. Some capsule reviews may possibly follow but if not a quick recomendation to Anime fans. If you get the chance do watch an Anime series called Haibane Renmei. It is a beautifully produced tale about a young girl who is born (reborn?) from a cocoon in a city, with wings (and soon, a halo). She is one of the Haibane (pronounced High-ban-ay), or Charcoal Feathers. There are other Haibane in the city, all of them fairly young. They seem to be revered and protected by the townspeople (although they are expected to work) but are not allowed to leave the city.
The series is about the mystery of the Haibane and the city - where they come from and what it means. The story is spread over 4 disks (3-4 episodes per disk) and we have seen the first two. The third comes out tomorrow (it's been out for a year or two in the 'States I believe). The artwork is beautiful and the tone melancholy and the whole thing is quite fascinating. Not quite as instantly likeable as Fruits Basket but still worth catching.
So what's been happening? Well, P. is now almost fully recovered from her various lurgis.
Work continues to be rather frantic, although it should calm down a bit this coming week (file under 'famous last words'...)
Otherwise, things have been fairly quiet. I had one very annoying moment a week or so ago when the latest copy of Interzone arrived. I openened it up to the book reviews pages to find a review for the book I have just submitted a review for by someone else. Needless to say the reviews editor and I had words... (it seems it's not really Iain's fault: the main editor keeps sending people out to do reviews independent of Iain and not telling Iain about it).
Other than that I've been doing much reading and a certain amount of watching TV. Some capsule reviews may possibly follow but if not a quick recomendation to Anime fans. If you get the chance do watch an Anime series called Haibane Renmei. It is a beautifully produced tale about a young girl who is born (reborn?) from a cocoon in a city, with wings (and soon, a halo). She is one of the Haibane (pronounced High-ban-ay), or Charcoal Feathers. There are other Haibane in the city, all of them fairly young. They seem to be revered and protected by the townspeople (although they are expected to work) but are not allowed to leave the city.
The series is about the mystery of the Haibane and the city - where they come from and what it means. The story is spread over 4 disks (3-4 episodes per disk) and we have seen the first two. The third comes out tomorrow (it's been out for a year or two in the 'States I believe). The artwork is beautiful and the tone melancholy and the whole thing is quite fascinating. Not quite as instantly likeable as Fruits Basket but still worth catching.