So this time everyone is sick. Last night my fever was pushing 39 C (which is 102 F for the rest of you). So I'm not going to get that last page of our thrilling S&O "Just Not So" story drawn today. But here's my question. What should I do with my fever - which has now subsided considerably, but not entirely? I thought I might use it to read old Legion of Superhero comics. But somehow that failed to satisfy. Can't imagine why. Last night I listened to the first two chapters of an audiobook version of the first Gormenghast book. Swimming in a fevery haze while hearing Simon Vance's voice describe the Tower of Flints, Rotcodd and Flay meeting in the Hall of Bright Carvings, was an ok use of my time. What should I do with the rest of my fevery day?
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September 28, 2009
Fever Dreams
So this time everyone is sick. Last night my fever was pushing 39 C (which is 102 F for the rest of you). So I'm not going to get that last page of our thrilling S&O "Just Not So" story drawn today. But here's my question. What should I do with my fever - which has now subsided considerably, but not entirely? I thought I might use it to read old Legion of Superhero comics. But somehow that failed to satisfy. Can't imagine why. Last night I listened to the first two chapters of an audiobook version of the first Gormenghast book. Swimming in a fevery haze while hearing Simon Vance's voice describe the Tower of Flints, Rotcodd and Flay meeting in the Hall of Bright Carvings, was an ok use of my time. What should I do with the rest of my fevery day?
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Firefly, done already?
Posted by: yabonn_fr | September 28, 2009 at 07:47 PM
Done already.
Posted by: jholbo | September 28, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Mkay : new comic!
"Miss Pas Touche"
The online hunt for "is it really good", then for "where can I buy it" should keep you moderately occupied for a while.
Plus, it's a new comic.
Posted by: yabonn_fr | September 29, 2009 at 09:15 PM
(first time visitor) Sorry, Gormenghast HAS to be a mistake. Even more depressing than Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (how is that possible??? Mervyn Peake committed suicide before finishing Titus Alone; Stephen R. Donaldson lives! and writes mysteries, too -- try one!)
(first AND second trilogy; only read once.)
Really want to be healthy?
Read the Good Books, again: Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King.
Good vs. Evil. or EVIL. and Good wins.
Or ... Harry Potter (too easy, already done)
or ... Eragon (last 4th book of the Trilogy not yet written! But Brisingr was good, too.)
Posted by: Tom Grey | October 07, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Hey Tom, naw I love the Gormenghast books. I do admit they are sometimes too slow. But they are still among my very favorites. Not for everyone, however, and for very understandable reasons.
Posted by: jholbo | October 07, 2009 at 01:59 PM