Das MediaList 2006

[featherynscale]

In a probably futile effort to record the ways I waste my days...


Books
1. Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
2. Godslayer - Jacqueline Carey
3.Whores in History: Prostitution in Western Society - Nickie Roberts
4.Collapse - Jared Diamond
5. The Man From Beyond
6. A Slight Trick of the Mind
7.On Bullshit
8. The Laughing Jesus - Gandy & Freke
9. Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
10. A Short History of Myth - Karen Anderson
11. The Universal Myths
12. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana - Umberto Eco
13. Agents of Light and Darkness - Simon Green
14. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman.
15. Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
16. My Voice Will Go With You: Teaching Tales of Milton Erickson
17. Genderqueer - Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary
18. Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea
19. Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett*
20. The Transition of H.P. Lovecraft
21. Rites of Worship - Isaac Bonewits
22. Apocalypse, Wow - James Finn Garner
23. Structure of Magic 1 - Richard Bandler & John Grinder*
24. Zod Wallop
25. Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett
26. Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
27. The Road to Dune - F. Herbert, Brian Herbert, et al
28. Flow - Mihaly Czikseintmihayli
29. Instant Magick - Christopher Penczak
30. Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
31. The Atrocity Archives - Gave up on :(
32. College of Magics
33. Guards, Guards! - Terry Pratchett
34. The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
35. The Drawing of the Dark - Tim Powers
36. City of Falling Angels (Had to go back to the library, v. sad)
37. Jack Faust
38.The Gnostic Gospels - Elaine Pagels
39. The Years of Rice and Salt - Kim Stanley Robinson
40. The Chymical Wedding - Lindsay Clarke
41. The Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold
42. The Scar - China Mieville
43. Adam, Eve, and the Serpent - Elaine Pagels
44. Paladin of Souls - Lois McMaster Bujold
45. The Hallowed Hunt - Lois McMaster Bujold
46. Wizard of Earthsea - Usula LeGuin
47. Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher
48. The Warrior-Prophet - Bakker
49. The Thousandfold Thought - Bakker
50. Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
51. Heir of Autumn -
52. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
53. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
54. Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
55. Guns of the South - Harry Turtledove

Italics indicate a book in progress. Bold books are non-fiction. Books marked with an asterisk are re-reads.



Movies
1. Steamboy
2. Tristan and Isolde
3. The Boondock Saints *
4. Underworld: Evolution
5. Night Watch
6. V for Vendetta
7. X-Men *
8. X-Men 2 *
9. X-Men 3
10. The Omen (it was like a repeat viewing...eh.)
11. Superman Returns (see comment on The Omen, above)
12. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
13. The Island
14. Van Helsing *
15. The Illusionist
16. The Departed
17. The Prestige
18. Casino Royale
19. Night at the Museum
20. Donnie Darko
21. Shaun of the Dead*

Films marked with an asterisk are repeat viewings.



Other
1. The Hedge Knight - graphic novel. Story by George R.R. Martin, adaptation by the Dabel brothers.
2. Promethea - comic book series. Alan Moore, et al.
3. Firefly - television series.
4. Kingdom Come - graphic novel.
5. The Hogfather - book on tape. Terry Pratchett
6. Eric - book on tape. Terry Pratchett
7. Tom Strong, Book 1 - comic series, Alan Moore et al.

Comments

[adammaker.livejournal.com]

steamboy?

Perdido Street Station

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

What did you think? I've got about 40 pages left.

Thanks!

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

That would be an excellent example of why I need to write things down immediately, that would.

Re: Perdido Street Station

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed it. I really liked the world set-up, and the magic/tech balance, and all of that sort of thing. Also, I particularly enjoy the Weaver. It was so very sad, though.

Finished!

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Terribly sad! :(

But - the sequel is about pirates! The Scar, it's titled. And, yes. The Weaver was very cool.

[infintysquared.livejournal.com]

Re: Whores in History:

My library has a book about the history of prostitution. I flipped through it a couple of times when I used to work as a page, shelving and organizing the nonfiction. Just curious, what's your position on the aforementioned Oldest Profession? Pro, con, or mixed feelings?

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I'm generally pro-whoredom, provided that it's self-selected whoredom. I suppose I'm pro-whore, anti-pimp.

But then, I'm usually in favor of people doing whatever they want to do with their own lives, provided it doesn't infringe upon unwilling participants. If people want to screw other people for money, I don't see where I have a right to stand in their way.

Might I humbly suggest...

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

I think you may very much enjoy Raise the Red Lantern (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BBOU5O/ref=wl_it_dp/104-4829686-4699957?%5Fencoding=UTF8&colid=1SU4MY150DXJ5&coliid=I2TP45MDPI2AZO&v=glance&n=130). I originally saw it on IFC, and it is quite a good movie. Quite good.

Re: Might I humbly suggest...

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I've seen it. I vaguely remember it as being quite good, but other than the fact that the gentleman in the film had four wives, one of whom was an opera singer, and that the chosen wife of the day got a foot massage, I don't remember much about it.

Re: Might I humbly suggest...

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

Ah! I should have figured you'd already seen it.

Maybe you can help me out...I'm trying to remember the name of another film I caught on IFC years ago, that I really want to see again...it was about a gay couple, 1 american, 1 asian, and the asian guy's parents came to stay, and didn't know he was gay...so they did a convenience marriage with an asian immigrant woman, to satisfy his parents that he was following their traditional ways, and get her a green card/citizenship....

I've been searching for it on amazon for about a month now, and haven't run across it yet...thanks!

Re: Might I humbly suggest...

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Oh -- I've seen that. It's called.... (random access time)... The Wedding Banquet, I think.

Re: Might I humbly suggest...

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's it!
*does a little happy dance*

Thank you, thank you!