Here’s another reason to like Iain M. Banks. (via a posting on Culture List.)
Month: February 2007
Anyone Order Me a Book Lately?
I received a few things in the mail today. A disappointingly limited selection of my own compositions — lots of things from my third year compositions, but absolutely nothing from my second year, which means that when my box of audio tapes were turfed last year, the recordings of my earliest compositions were utterly lost — as well as the last issue of InterZone (but not the new one) and finally, a very dated issue of Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet along with Ray Vukcevich’s Meet Me in the Moon Room from Small Beer Press. It’s not as weird as it …
Jeonju Trip
Met Lime’s dad and brother today for the first time, as well as seeing her mom again. The family was quite welcoming and nice, and my trepidation about meeting her dad was all for nothing. He seemed quite pleased to meet me and was very warm toward me, even grabbing my hand and holding it to communicate as much as he could with me despite the obvious fact that my Korean language ability sucks. And besides the fact that the family is very sweet and welcoming to me, the other take-home message for me was that my Korean ability is …
Solvjaynghi’s Christmas Wish
Writing update. I finished redrafting a few things lately — specifically my Machine of Death submission, which is all but ready to go out after one more proofread, and “Cai and her Ten Thousand Husbands” which I’ve already sent to Clarkesworld. After that, I got stuck on my new projects, but happily, a story I wrote a while back (and which I think had great ideas and a so-so execution) started haunting me again. Those who used to hang out here a few years ago might remember by story “The Plea From Factory Unit 5”. This story is a total …
Humungoid Wardrobe Blues
Though they seemed a great boon at the time when we acquired them, I’m starting to think the humungoid 3-piece wardrobe set Lime and I got for free is a bit of a millstone around our necks at the moment. I managed to move the small one into the new place alone, but the big ones are hard to move. I certainly cannot get the one inside my apartment out alone. A neighbour from down the hall helped me try to move the big one from the public lounge into the new place, and we couldn’t even get it in …