SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!

[rone]

Today The Boy, Kim and i went to Dark Carnival to meet with our friend Penny for her birthday. The store has very cool atmosphere (as well as temperature... brrr). The Boy found a Green Lantern graphic novel written by Larry Niven. I discovered horror books written by twohitwonder-cum-morningradioshowhost Greg "Captain Tin Foil Hat" Kihn. Kim discovered a new short story by Katherine Dunn. Penny discovered Steven Brust's The Phoenix Guards (well, i pointed her at it after she asked for a starting point for Brust). We then had an early dinner at Nan Yang, Burmese food at the Oakland/Berkeley border. Good stuff, but their food is white-man hot, so we'll have to ask for a Scoville upgrade next time. We accompanied the food with a gewürztraminer from Husch Vineyards; nice, with a slight tingle up front, but lacking a bit in the finish. Then again, i think i was in the mood for a slightly sweeter wine (i asked for a Madrona gewürz, but they were out).

In other news, tukro.com is ready for your trenchant comments, although it seems to be semi-functional, much like the site it parodies. Who knew?

Comments

[2wanda.livejournal.com]

You forgot to mention the other book I bought, Ombria In Shadow (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0441010164/qid=1076300160//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-4140305-5058513?v=glance&s=books&n=507846), by Patricia A. McKillip. My friend Penny highly recommended it, but you forgot it because you said it was a "girly" book. Well, pooey on youey.

We also exchanged gifts, because Penny and I hadn't a chance to see each other for xmas. I gave her a wind chime and a glass bobble thingy for her garden, which she loves to spend time in. She gave me a really cute beaded coin purse in the shape of a dolphin, and a copy of The Word Detective (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452282640/qid=1076300303/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4140305-5058513?v=glance&s=books), by Evan Morris.

Penny is the best!

Dark Carnival? On Claremont?

[erikred.livejournal.com]

You were so very much in my territory. A little more planning, and this could have been really dangerous.

Re: Dark Carnival? On Claremont?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Yes, i did consider buggin' ya, but Penny is a bit shy, so i erred on the cautious side.

I will have to go up there and have you buy me a crêpe or something.

[mdyesowitch.livejournal.com]

I read it after some friends decided I should. "You like Dumas, and you like scifi! This is your book!" I didn't. It was unimaginative, long and boring. Alas.
-m

Quel dommage!

[erikred.livejournal.com]

Your friends did you a disservice. If the case had been, "You like Dumas, and you like Steven J. Brust!" then this would, indeed, have been your book. Despite RonE's assertion, I don't think this is a good intro to Brust-- the Jhereg series would be a much better place to start, with The Phoenix Guard as a lovely dessert.

Re: Quel dommage!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

It depends on the person. I think Penny'd appreciate it. I certainly didn't expect to like TPG, but it just made me giggle a lot.

Now, Freedom & Necessity... that book was impossible.

Re: Quel dommage!

[erikred.livejournal.com]

And The Sun, the Moon, And the Stars was no walk in the park, either.

Re: Quel dommage!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

God damn it... you're some sort of cryptofascist, aren't you? TSTMATS is a great, great book; in fact, i bought myself a new copy yesterday at Dark Carnival.

Re: Quel dommage!

[erikred.livejournal.com]

Crytpofascist? Why, I thought I'd been completely straightforward about my fascist leanings....

This does not excuse TSTMATS being largely a wank in the dark-- not a bad thing, mind you, but not exactly a work of art.

Re: Quel dommage!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Suffice it to say that you are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

[schwa242.livejournal.com]

Wow! That looks like a really cool book store.

Sometimes the consumer whore in me wants to live where there's a really big population base just so I can go to places like that whenever I feel like it. I know you can order anything and everything off the internet, but it's never the same as walking down a bookstore aisles and browsing. I guess I'm one of those crummy luddites holding back the wonderful world of commerce who fetishizes objects and will always prefer printed books and comics over digital.

-- Schwa ---

you deserve to eat a butt.

[palecur.livejournal.com]

You didn't take me! waah!