The newest BookCase book is The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie, yes that Hugh Laurie of House. But don’t think he was cashing in on his celebrity (well maybe he was in Britain). This book was first published in 1996.
“Imagine that you have to break someone’s arm.” Is how the novel starts. I would have bought the book on this sentence alone.
This is a new poem in the Polyhymnia set of the larger series called The Muse Chronicles
Sleepless nights
Weary suspended
Remembered another day
Adrenaline and energy
Replace blood and air
Raccoon eyes
Creaking fingers
Cramped muscles
Scant sacrifices
To be the vessel of truth
Life pours from the fingers,
Godhood for the price
Of the body
(Friends forgive
Family supports)
(first book of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket)
Ok, so I previously had (have?) a blog, vee1987.wordpress.com, but it originally had no direction. It became a literature themed site, and having only recently taken to updating it, I decided to just create a whole new blog, and this is it.
Enjoy!
Friendly Hostility is a comic by Sandra K. Fuhr, who prior to FH she had the comic Boy Meets Boy. I like FH because it’s based in the real world, about real people, but they’re entirely crazy. There’s a very large cast that is balanced in terms of presence in the comic. The many story and character-arcs intertwine almost seamlessly. It’s the real world with the touch of chaos.
While the layout is the standard square of a 2 by 2 panel, and the artwork is mostly black and white, it’s very well drawn. It’s obvious that backgrounds come first and the speech bubbles later, which is really nice to know that the artwork is just as equal with story.
It’s a good comic that despite it’s randomness is very relateable.
Recently there was a Hostile Takeover Contest, where basically fans could create whatever they wanted that was Friendly Hostility related and send it in.
Slob Child from LiveJournal wrote a fanfiction piece. For anyone who reads Friendly Hostility it’s a really well done fanfic. And for those who don’t, it’s a great sampling of who the characters are.
The piece has a strong humorous voice, though the stream of conscious form can be a little hard to follow. If you’re a fan of Douglas Adams it’s definitely a piece to look at.
This is where I'm going to write about whatever books I'm reading.
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