What, did Fandom murder someone's cat in a past life?

[lyore]

Sheesh. Between this and the continuing FanLib thing, I'm getting seriously overloaded on the Fandom drama. One things for sure - I was considering trying to get a permanent account when they go on sale, but there's not a chance in hell of me doing that now.

For some reason, I'm still more upset/annoyed about FanLib (not that I'm NOT bloody pissed about this), but I think that's mostly because it has the potential to follow fandom wherever it's hosted. At least LJ arbitrarily deleting accounts without investigation, as bloody insane infuriating as it is, can be countered moving. And I seriously doubt LJ will keep this up once WfI and their friends get bored, declare 'victory' and find a new target.

So, to make up for the crappiness of the news hitting LJ today, I shall share this rather amusing YouTube video
I stumbled across last night. Star Wars - The Empire Brokeback.

Oh, and a nice, rational post by profic author Elizabeth Moon Bear on fanfic. I have some of Elizabeth Moon books, been meaning to get some more. This just encouraged me to move her books to the top of my list.

Enjoy - and then go check your Interests, just to be safe.

Edited to fix my bloody stupid mistake. *Sigh* It's been one of those days.

Comments

[lyore.livejournal.com]

I might have read that one, I think - it was a very long time ago. Sounds like it might be time for me to find them again and re-read.

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I like the first Heris Serrano trilogy- I've fallen behind on the others in the series. The first Vatta's War book was fun as well.

Of her other work, The Deed of Paksennarion trilogy (plus one or two more in the same universe) is fun as long as you don't think about it too hard- it's well written, but it's a bit too faithful a translation of the modern military into a medieval environment to be really plausible to a critical eye.

Sassinak and Generation Warriors were fun, not too deep, but also not as well written as some of her later work.

I thought her standalone The Speed of Dark was fascinating- not just a thoughtful hard SF book, but a serious attempt to capture the viewpoint of an autistic person (Moon has an autistic child, and apparently did a lot of research).

[lyore.livejournal.com]

I've definitely read Sassinak and Generation Warriors, and at least the first Heris Serrano one. Looks like it's time to get more. And Speed of Dark sounds really interesting.