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[gothwalk]

So I'm sitting here working through some rather dull changes to the code of the website, and listening to an ambient music selection. And suddenly this voice says "Grand Piano!", right in my ear. Thanks, Mike Oldfield.

I got a bag. It's big - looks around the 160, 170 litre mark, navy, has wheels, and looks like it'll do the trick reasonably nicely. It'll hold the armour, and some clothes, and that's all I'll need for the weekend.

If anyone lent me some Anita Blake books, would they like to claim them? Books 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 are sitting on the shelves at home, and nobody in the house will admit to having bought them. If nobody claims them, they'll be given away or sold or something.

And a question: Does anyone know of decent steampunk-ish fantasy stories - either published-on-paper or someplace on the web? I'm currently reading Tad Williams' War of the Flowers, and it's rather good. I want more.

Comments

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Might anything at http://www.scifi.com/scifiction grab you?

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

I loved War of the Flowers, but wouldn't have described it as steampunk, I tend not to like Steampunk... that being said, have you read Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age? The first part was excellent, but I didn't like it overly much, everyone else has raved however.

[mytholder.livejournal.com]

You have read Perdido Street Station and the Scar, right?

I'd also recommend...another book. The name of which is currently escaping me entirely. Ah. The Light Ages! Victorian fantasy, with aether engines. It's fun.

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

I haven't read it yet, but I've been really salivating to try Ian MacLeod's The Light Ages.

Reviews:
Strange Horizons
Green Man Review
Rambles

Amazon.com

[snerks.livejournal.com]

you have anita blake books?!!
and you're going to give them away! instead of keeping them and reading them and living your life by them?!
Tsk tsk.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of Mike Oldfield's piece Amarok, which I made the mistake of using to put me to sleep once when I didn't know it very well.

Yes, the one with the very loud, VERY sudden sample of a phone ringing. :)

It still makes me jump even when I know it's coming.