I didn't sign up for the big spring and summer exchanges, but...

I signed up for history_exchange; it has a minimum word count of 500, and I can do that despite rl business. You can sign up here, and the list of nominated historical characters one can write about is here. (I offered the Brontes, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Elizabeth I., Charles II. and Byron.)


And a link:


A great conversation between Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro about fantasy, genre, Samurai movies versus Errol Flynn swashbucklers, Stevens the Butler as a monster, and Doctor Who, among other subjects.


And another: Why it's time to let Edward Snowden come home. From my part of the world, Obama's quick embrace of the NSA and all the utter invasion of privacy the Patriot Act granted the government is one of the biggest dissappointments of his presidency, along with the non-closing of Guantanamo and the persecution of whistleblowers (not just Snowden) in general.

29 Days of Star Trek Meme: Day 1

...spotted at redfiona99's.


Day 1 - Which Star Trek series is your favorite?


I can't choose between Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. Emotionally, I mean. Rationally, I know overall DS9 is the better show, but I love them both equally, and so I refuse to choose. Neither was my entry into Stark Trek, that was TOS, but I became a convention-attending, fanzine-buying, debates-having fan when TNG and DS9 were broadcast. I, um, may have once travelled to England, in the days before you could order that stuff online, for the main purpose of aquiring TNG videos of episodes that wouldn't be broadcast in Germany for another year. As for DS9, it's no coincidence most of my Star Trek stories are DS9 stories. Such a rich ensemble of characters, both regular and recurring.

( The other days )