Sigh. I have a really, really good reason that I probably won't get to see Serenity in theaters in September, and the DC advance showing on May 26 is already sold out. Damn you, fellow obsessed fans! (If anyone knows where I might snag a ticket, let me know -- I'm willing to travel pretty much anywhere within a 5-hour radius of DC.)

Talking to harriet_spy made me realize I haven't actually said here that my visit in DC has turned into a non-visiting, tenure-track job, which is great. I miss NY for the friends (and the chocolates), but it turns out I go back on a regular basis and get to see the fabulous folks pretty often. Also, Mariebelle sells via the Internet, so the chocolate part is under control. A guy is coming to put built-in bookshelves in the Riv-cave tomorrow, so I guess we're here to stay.

( Fiction: Rusch, Hamilton, Robinson, Baker, Butler, Mosley, Ruff, Crusie )

boniblithe! You sweetie!

She sent me Dodie Smith (author of The Hundred and One Dalmations, a book I loved to pieces, literally!), Patricia Briggs, and The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property -- isn't that amazing?

( Short story collections: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Borderlands, Lawrence Block, Murder by Magic, Redshift, Kim Stanley Robinson, Men Seeking Women )

( Sean Stewart, C.J. Cherryh, Kristine Kathryn Rusch )

ISO: Beta for a SV story, with a specific purpose: the comic action sequence is neither comic nor active. teenygozer has bravely offered to help (and will be receiving an email real soon now), but I'd appreciate extra hands with suggestions on how to (a) fix it or (b) replace it with some other scenario that lets the boys work together.

Two recommendations for things on the web:

My sister's stories. I think I like her writing better than my own; it's rich in detail, sight and sound and scent. I'm not totally sure what's going on in the sf one, but I like it best except for its unfinishedness. She's not, however, much like her narrators at the present time; her regular blog is a very different animal from her story blog.

Death Gets a Website. Quite charming, done by the student of a friend of mine. My favorite is Death May Already Be a Winner.

( sf )