Whew.

[rivkat]

My Yuletide story is done. I'm deeply dissatisfied, because it's actually just the beginning of a story, but I'd have to wait until *next* Yuletide to get that done. Someday, I want to write the Great American Alien Invasion Novel, but probably not this year. (Yes, it is a fascination of mine. Is that so wrong? Today in B&N I saw a new paperback novel, the conceit being that the government is secretly selling humans as sex slaves to alien races. The cover spiel said that it was the beginning of a new series about slavery, rebellion, and -- not a direct quote, but good enough -- the triumph of the human spirit. I didn't buy it, but now I wonder if I'm not morally required to do so.)

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Re: totally OT

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

The site still has Allegiances, here (http://www.disenchantedkingdom.com/rtbtvs.htm). Anyhow, the notion of performative language is not original to me. Here's (http://online.sfsu.edu/~kbach/perform.html) a short summary of J.L. Austin's How To Do Things With Words, which is the source of the idea.

Re: totally OT

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Allegiances

Darn! I was sure it started with R. But anyway, yep, that's the fic. Guess I missed it.

Here's a short summary of J.L. Austin's How To Do Things With Words, which is the source of the idea.

Oh, thanks! I'll be checking that out. Appreciate you answering my question.