Random thoughts

[eurydicebound]

1) I really, really need to stop using Firefox at work to access LJ. It gets all screwed up with the display when typing in responses, and then I can't go back and edit them once they're posted. It also makes me look like something less than the sterling editor I should be. *fume*

2) David's check came in, along with another belated check I had been hoping but not expecting to see. I therefore went and purchased a couple of books I've been wanting for ages but couldn't bring myself to get previously.

Ars Magica 5th Edition: I like nearly everything Atlas puts out. They're honestly one of my favoite companes, even though I've never written so much as a postscript for them. This is a gorgeous book (love the covers. Love them.) and I've only just dipped into it, but I like what I see so far. I'll try to give more of my thoughts on it in a future post, should anyone be interested.

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Vol. 1: I will quickly admit, in a whispered, guilty voice, that I had never read any of Alan Moore's work. Not one bit. I had no dispute to make to the reputation he has as a gifted writer, but I hadn't personally experienced it. That has now changed. I'd been wanting to buy this book for almost two years now, but only last night felt flush enough to do so without ongoing guilt afterwards. I don't regret its purchase for a minute. The only down note about it was that I finished it in roughly 30 minutes (or less, honestly) and did not buy Volume II at the same time. I'll be back for more now... oh yes.

3) Today is actually a really good day, but it's one of those days when, just over some mental hill, I can feel a huge wave of sadness just sort of waiting there should I happen to take a wrong turn and leave the sunny, happy place behind. With this knowledge in mind, I can avoid it pretty well, but a few extra hugs and reminders that life goes on, and often quite brilliantly so, would not be amiss. Assuming anyone feels up to the giving of such things, of course.

Comments

[trollbabe.livejournal.com]

You're okay - I didn't read LXG until a year ago. You're not alone.

And, btw? You're totally awesome.

[daki.livejournal.com]

That's why everyone needs to live near Volo so I can serve as the graphic novel library for everyone.

[trollbabe.livejournal.com]

Excellent. Now I'll have a northern and southern supplier. Zombie Bear Jon is my usual comic book hookup, but I haven't seen him in a while - I think the kids scare him. grin.

[daki.livejournal.com]

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Vol. 1: I will quickly admit, in a whispered, guilty voice, that I had never read any of Alan Moore's work.

Other collections of Moore that are must reads:

Watchmen - A murder mystery mixed with the Cold War. It could be called a superhero book but there are very few "heros" and only one is superhuman.

Top Ten Book 1 and 2 - Police unit on an Earth where everyone has super powers.

V is for Vendetta - Post World War England becomes everything it fought against.

[winterhawk.livejournal.com]

Second the recommendation for Watchmen. This thing is brilliant. Don't think of it as a comic book--think of it as literature that happens to have pictures. Every time I read it I get something new out of it.

[daki.livejournal.com]

You could do a dissertation just on the role of the pirate story as it relates to the overall book.

[winterhawk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no kidding. It's amazing. So is the parallelism between the panels in the middle issue (they're mirror images of each other, meeting in the middle). I admit I didn't discover that on my own, but when somebody pointed it out to me, it blew me away. Such attention to detail...

[daki.livejournal.com]

O_O I wish my copy wasn't packed away right now. I need to remember to look at that.

[tfbretz.livejournal.com]

By the by, my friend and gaming buddy Jess rattmjess has written two extremely spiffy volumes of annotations on the League and it's sequel.

[tsob.livejournal.com]

What They Said about Watchmen.

Ars Magica 5th Edition is a pretty solid game, says this player of two previous editions for over 10 years. There's a little errata to pick up on the website, and their freebie Book of Beasts pdf so you'll have animals for small monsters and things to shapeshift into (if that's you thing).

[anaka.livejournal.com]

I played very sporadically in 3rd and even a game or two in 4th, including one well-intentioned play-by-post game on RPGnet that I ended up just not having enough time to keep up with, much to my regret.

That being said, I'm excited about the new edition, and I'm hoping I can work a game of it before too long.

[eynowd.livejournal.com]

Never played Ars Magica or read LoXG.

But I can offer a virtual hug :)

*hug*

[metallian.livejournal.com]

Atlas and Alan Moore both rule. And so do you! ^_^

[mearls.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

And considering my deeply ingrained, Yankee sense of personal space, that's not something I do lightly!

Seriously, I hope things go alright. I know what it's like to have Stuff looming over the horizon. I think I spent three years of my life in that sort of space.

[gammahamster.livejournal.com]

I truly envy a person who has Moore's works in their hands for the very first time. They are wonderful reading, usually, but nothing quite beats that 'Oh my GOD!' of stumbling across something of his for the first time.

As for life and the vicissitudes thereof, remember that you are a survivor and that even Noah got sunlight after his forty days were up. Of course, he still had to muck the stables, but still, he did it with southern exposure. :D