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

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.