read to me
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phosfateIt's summertime, I'm riding the bus a lot, and I'm not going to go to any huge intellectual effort. You have been warned.
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (Ace, $6.50). She does for Sleeping Beauty what she's already done (twice) for Beauty and the Beast, with just a tad of William Goldman thrown in. Not your usual fairy tale, with Briar Rose apprenticing as a blacksmith, fairy godparents who run the gamut from spooky to dopey to ordinary overworked Janes, and a take on Disneyesque talking animals that is both amusing and enlightening.
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell (LA Weekly/St Martin's, hardcover, some godawful amount of money). Mr Campbell describes the life of a Hollywood working stiff. No tedious rhapsodies about Spielberg's vision here. Instead you get Martha Stewart's tips for the terminally adolescent - a recipe for fake blood, instructions for backyard mischief and cheap special effects, and evil elaborate practical jokes. Plus many Moments of Zen, such as the story of Sandy the fox and Kevin Sorbo crying like a big ol' girl, bless 'im. If you like BC, you will not be disappointed - if anything you'll wish it were twice as long. Groovy.
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (Ace, $6.50). She does for Sleeping Beauty what she's already done (twice) for Beauty and the Beast, with just a tad of William Goldman thrown in. Not your usual fairy tale, with Briar Rose apprenticing as a blacksmith, fairy godparents who run the gamut from spooky to dopey to ordinary overworked Janes, and a take on Disneyesque talking animals that is both amusing and enlightening.
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell (LA Weekly/St Martin's, hardcover, some godawful amount of money). Mr Campbell describes the life of a Hollywood working stiff. No tedious rhapsodies about Spielberg's vision here. Instead you get Martha Stewart's tips for the terminally adolescent - a recipe for fake blood, instructions for backyard mischief and cheap special effects, and evil elaborate practical jokes. Plus many Moments of Zen, such as the story of Sandy the fox and Kevin Sorbo crying like a big ol' girl, bless 'im. If you like BC, you will not be disappointed - if anything you'll wish it were twice as long. Groovy.
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Re: reading is fundamental
Date: 2001-07-16 11:07 am (UTC)Two new Sailor Moons in the last week - SM vol 10, and Sailor Moon Stars 2. I'm always hesitant to pimp them to anybody, because much as I love it, the storytelling can be vague, the Mixx translation is awkward (though they do stop trying to fill it with dated teen slang as they progress, thank God), and it's got that whole bizarre dreamlike vibe going. Vol 10 has several genuinely scary moments. Heee.
Also (in the same box with Bruce) got Peach Girl 1 (which you already know I lurve), and Saint Tail 1 (not a must-have, but cute and cool if you can get into a 10-year-old headspace). Avoid Miracle Girls unless you can get it cheap.