Ego-linking (resumed)

[desperance]

A couple more mentions of Moi on the interblogs, nice or less-than-nice, for we practise full disclosure here, more or less:

cristalia gave up halfway through 'Bridge of Dreams', finding it all too predictable. I take her point, though I think what she complains of is built into the format; if you will write about sultans and harems and street-boys and such, there are certain bases that you do have to touch. Me, I'm quite comfortable seeing new trade coming down old tracks; other people, less so. (And of course there's always volume two, the second half of the story, which I think packs a few more surprises...)

In the meantime, lastshortstory is fast becoming a firm favourite of mine. cassiphone says this:

"Freecell," by Chaz Brenchley, Glorifying Terrorism - it's kind of wrong that a story about suicide bombing should be this damn gorgeous, but that's Brenchley for you.

That's all she says, but it's enough, surely? I can live off that for a week...

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[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

After finishing the 'Kings' trilogy I desperancely* wanted to get hold of the new books. Despite lack of money.

Thankfully as you've not finished the whole lot yet I'm able to keep myself in check. And save myself a whole lot of teeth gnashing when you're writing speed can't keep up with my reading speed.

I could rant now about the fact publishers do their best to hide the fact the book you're about to buy is part one of a series and the sinking feeling you get as you near the end and realise that it's not going to finish.

But I won't.

[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

*see what I did there?

[desperance.livejournal.com]

*applause*

Puns are my friend.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Thankfully as you've not finished the whole lot yet

Have, too. "Selling Water by the River" (posh sequence-title I never use, because it confuses people) consists of just the two books, "Bridge of Dreams" and "River of the World". There won't be any more. "Bridge" is out in paperback, "River"'s only hardback at the moment, won't be in paperback till next spring.

[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

Agh!

Can't afford hardback. Now I have book envy. See what you've done? Gah.

It's bad enough knowing Iain Banks is bringing out a new culture novel. It's worse when there are books already out there I want.

I'm going to go and sulk in a corner whilst listening to miserable music now.

If I ever get rich. I will own all the books.

[durham-rambler.livejournal.com]

Isn't this why public libraries were invented?

[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

I'm not allowed in Libraries. I have terrible problems with the concept of giving books back.

It's my only material quirk.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

That's not a quirk, it's a native instinct that is brutally - and inadequately - trained out of us.

This is one of the many reasons I love the Lit & Phil; they don't have fines, and they don't chase late returns until someone else is actually asking for them. I have books of theirs that are six months overdue.

[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

Wow. I didn't even imagine Libraries like that existed. It's like something from a utopian readers world The libraries near me are run by Nazi's. They get offended if you ask for a book to be ordered in. And if you kept one for six months you'd get banned.

As I know from experience.

[cinderberry.livejournal.com]

Really and truly???

I've stopped myself from borrowing books from them before just because I can't go Into Town every three weeks, and hate phoning up to extend.

Maybe instead I'll just be really bad and return them whenever I can...

*is stunned by new and beautiful horizons*

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Really truly. You might get a postal reminder after three months; I just ignore those, and next time I'm in just ask 'em to renew everything. Basically, if no one else wants the book, then it might as well be on your shelf as theirs; which is an obviously-sensible attitude that bizarrely they seem to share.

[wishus.livejournal.com]

My local library has gone posh and got a 24 hour renewal hotline!


It used to be that you could only renew 6 times, but I would swear that's not the case any more. If someone else wants it, the book has to go back though.

If only all this meant that I didn't occasionally get fines. Ahem...

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Damn, brother, *I* could nearly live off that for a week, and I didn't even write it!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

You are welcome to share my provender.

[cristalia.livejournal.com]

I take her point, though I think what she complains of is built into the format; if you will write about sultans and harems and street-boys and such, there are certain bases that you do have to touch.

Oh, yeah. I know. Just want to reinforce I'm not saying what you did is wrong! wrong! wrong! and you should change it for meeeeeeeee! but that this book and me the reader are not made for each other.

(I have come to look at reading like dating. You meet, there's a courtship, and you commit for a brief time or not, and people's tastes in books are just as idiosyncratic as their tastes in SOs.)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

(I have come to look at reading like dating. You meet, there's a courtship, and you commit for a brief time or not, and people's tastes in books are just as idiosyncratic as their tastes in SOs.)

Is true. And I like this way to put it. 'Specially as however much you know and acknowledge this to be true, it is still the case with books as with other people's SOs that sometimes you just look and go "Noooooo...!"

[cristalia.livejournal.com]

Heeee. Or you sometimes go "...damn!" *g*