Author Archives: dichroic

on the latest Shadow Unit

Posted on June 15, 2011 by dichroic

I am not resigned. . . . . . . (The season finale is in three parts; it starts here.)

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book recs: for children and teenagers who like historical fantasy

Posted on June 10, 2011 by dichroic

Someone in a discussion group was just lamenting that most of the recent books for girls are limited to romances or books about vampires, saying that she loves / loved SF and books from the 19th century. And then there … Continue reading →

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Revere, further redux

Posted on June 8, 2011 by dichroic

I’m still annoyed at the Sarah Palin error over Paul Revere’s ride. The thing is, for a public figure, there are mistakes, there are stupid mistakes, and there are pernicious mistakes. A mistake is “Sorry, I said 80 billion dollars … Continue reading →

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Revere, redux

Posted on June 6, 2011 by dichroic

Listen, my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five Apparently few are now alive Who have studied that famous day and year. How lucky we were, in those … Continue reading →

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Among Others, again

Posted on June 4, 2011 by dichroic

Something weird happened to me with the book Among Others, by Jo Walton. After that first glorious reading, I did a thing I do with the books that speak to me most, and dived back in for an immediate reread. … Continue reading →

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I miss my *real* oven

Posted on June 2, 2011 by dichroic

I really, really hate Dutch combis – I hate them in general and the one in my current apartment is a particularly loathesome specimen of the breed. A combi, for those lucky enough not to have encountered one, is a … Continue reading →

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this is complicated

Posted on May 30, 2011 by dichroic

It must be summer, because I don’t have a normal work week for about the next month. Let’s see …. this week is a three-day week, because we have Thursday and Friday off for Ascension Day. Next week there’s one … Continue reading →

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Irrelevant observations

Posted on May 27, 2011 by dichroic

It is odd to see Obama addressing both houses of the British Parliament in Westminster Abbey, beginning with “My Lord Chancellor …. My Lords.” They’re not, in fact, his lords. It just didn’t sound right in his mouth. Walking around … Continue reading →

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grateful

Posted on May 26, 2011 by dichroic

It’s a day to be grateful for things, I guess. Right now – now, this minute as I write this – there’s a funeral over in England for a young man who died at 28 of colon cancer. I only … Continue reading →

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More on Welcome to Borderland

Posted on May 24, 2011 by dichroic

I read the introductions (by Holly Black and Terri Windling) and quick-read the city guide Bordertown Basics, the first story by Ellen Kushner and Terri Windling, and the last by Charles de Lint. I’ll read them again later for the … Continue reading →

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