TV Tuesday: Gift of Gab

2025-08-11 04:46 pm
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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk



An article citing Brooklyn Nine-Nine as having the most words per minute (as well as listing the least wordy shows) begs the question as to how much dialogue influences your preferences for shows. Does it vary according to genre for you? And what episodes without any/much dialogue stand out for you?

The School Reader. Third Book

2025-08-11 07:33 pm
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The School Reader. Third Book: Containing Progressive Lessons in Reading, Exercises in Articulation and Inflection, Definitions, by Charles Walton Sanders

The third book is still focused on reading. Very few of the pieces come with bylines. Still, it's taking on the aspect of the later readers, with the focus on good readings, edifying and instruction.

May be chiefly of interest in view of what they selected in the era.
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Hi!

Is it the time again? We're back in the (chronological) beginning, and our topic for this week is Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

How are we feeling about this one? If you've been here for the previous post, have you changed your mind in any way? Or, you haven't thought about the movie at all?

As I see it, TPM is at its core a movie for children. So, I'm curious: if you wanted to introduce a child to the Star Wars universe (your kid, a cousin, a nibling), which piece would you start with? One of the movies, a show, something different?

The Devil's Punchbowl

2025-08-11 10:56 am
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Not far from our hotel was a rock feature that had an interesting look to it. What was especially interesting to me were its walls.

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This is the first self-published book I have ever read a good chunk of without realizing it was self-published. [EDIT: This is not a dig at self-published writing. I am self-published and hope my books are roughly comparable to traditional in quality, but it is a mountain to climb to do all the traditional publisher work yourself on your own dime, so I'm impressed when a work does it, and I want to uplift that it's possible.] The book is as well written as a number of recent traditionally published books; it’s well edited, proofread, designed, nice cover art. It looks professional.

But in retrospect, it had to be self-published because it’s a Silmarillion fan fic with the names changed, and a traditional publisher wouldn’t take it for fear of being sued. (Not really spoilery: this is clear quite early.) Its premise (I’ll just render this in Tolkien terms) is one of the exiled Noldor returns to the Undying Lands after dying (?) in Middle-earth. That’s a fantastic premise for a fic! With some alterations, it’s a great premise for an original story. That’s why I bought it! I don’t think it fully exploits this premise, though. It’s a goldmine for psychological and philosophical development, and it has fairly little of either, in my opinion.

It does have a great original addition in the idea of a male and female elf who are well-matched “professional/vocational” rivals to such a degree they can be almost interchanged with each other. That concept may be the story’s strongest, and again, I felt it wasn’t fully exploited.

But some of my discontents are discontents with the source material (The Silmarillion): 1) the style is, for my taste, too expository—too much “telling,” not enough “showing”; 2) I just don’t get the concept of the Undying Lands on any deep level, because my cosmology is very different from Tolkien’s. Goddard is, I think, trying to follow Tolkien here, and part of my difficulty suspending disbelief may come from my just not getting it. I give her marks, on the whole, for showing respect for Tolkien’s work and not altering his Elves in any bizarre ways.

One the whole, I find the book conceptually fascinating but not developed deeply enough to fully engage me.

Spoilery review at my DW.
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Do you like Star Wars? Disney is busy making TV shows set in the Galaxy Far Far Away: Acolyte, Andor, Bad Batch, Skeleton Crew, Visions... would you like a place to talk about them with people who might not be so much into TV shows in general, but will happily geek out with you about the five-second appearance of Glup Shitto in the background?


Come to [community profile] dreamwars!


We're a Dreamwidth community about all things SW, from comics to movies to tabletop gaming, and everything in between. We do a weekly "chat post" every Monday, but you're welcome to just post into the community whenever - share a rec list, write a review, maybe start a watch-along? We'll be happy to have you.


Come say hi!

Ghost in the Tombs

2025-08-10 12:17 pm
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Ghost in the Tombs by Jonathan Moeller

Caina's 32nd book. Spoilers ahead for the earlier ones.

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The Moonstone Covenant by Jill Hammer was absolutely amazing! Four wives investigate the death of Olloise's parents and end up in the middle of a political plot.

This is my favourite 2025 read so far. It's beautifully written like old-school fantasy, the comparison to Le Guin isn't exaggerated. The worldbuilding is rich (thanks for the map and the appendices!) and the many characters have complex lives. I also enjoyed the "book" theme as one of the wives is a warrior-librarian and another has book magic.

This is established f/f/f/f, which is lovely as all-female polyamory is still rare rep. Minor enbies make an appearance.

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Wednesday S2A was a lot of fun! It makes sense as a story arc, so you don't need to wait until September to watch both parts together.

This season focuses on the whole family, not just Wednesday and Thing.

Billie Piper has joined the cast, but has been underused so far. Hopefully, she'll have more to do in S2B.

West wind

2025-08-10 10:56 am
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West wind, Purbeck Hills 3

A walk up onto the Purbeck Hills to watch the west wind blowing...

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Just Create - Kennel Edition

2025-08-09 06:40 pm
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I may need to start putting the post up on Fridays. I'm started volunteering on Saturdary mornings and it wipes me out for most of the day.

What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?

Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

What do you just want to talk about?

What have you been watching or reading?

Chores and other not-fun things count!

Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky

Sanders' young ladies' reader

2025-08-09 02:21 pm
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Sanders' young ladies' reader : embracing a comprehensive course of instruction in the principles of rhetorical reading : with a choice collection of exercises in reading, both in prose and poetry, for the use of the higher female seminaries, as also, the higher classes in female schools generally by Charles W. Sanders

A selection of prose and poetry intended for elocution classes. Interesting, nowadays, chiefly for the selections choosing. With an eye to variety, the preface assures us, because they are intended for the young.

This one is, unlike the fourth and fifth readers, aimed specifically at girls. Which means a couple on the education of women and the necessity of its being for their whole lives, and not the flurry of society to win their husbands, and more female characters in the stories. It has a couple of selections that overlap with those readers.

Speak Up Saturday

2025-08-09 12:09 pm
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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
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First, a PSA for people who keep letting things slide until the last minute/sometimes too late: you only have until Wednesday to sign up as a creator the [personal profile] sunflower_auction! I finally did it.

Secondly, the main point of this entry! I want to share [personal profile] sunsalute's post for people just starting out with exchanges, with is information that I sure could have used that when I trying to figure things out. Here's the table of content, because Sun is cool like that:

  • Contacting Mods
  • Signups and DNWs
  • Posting and Fulfilling Assignments
  • Chatter and Discord
  • Unintuitive Systems Everyone Seems To Know How To Use Already (AO3 & DW)
  • Further Reading & Thanks

There's a little bit on the technical aspects, but mainly the post focuses on etiquette and things that are not necessarily spelled out. It's a great post!

Link: Help I'm New To Fandom And Need To Get A Good Grade by [personal profile] sunsalute.

Recent Reading: Annihilation

2025-08-08 06:33 pm
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Today I wrapped up Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, a horror/sci-fi novel with fantastical (?) elements about a biologist exploring a very unsettling landscape.
 
There are no names given in this book—the narrator and protagonist is simply "the Biologist," and she refers to her other three teammates by their job titles as well. Locations outside of the place they're exploring—Area X—are not given either, but the world is implied to be much the same as our own, with Area X a troubling and relatively recent anomaly. A private company hires the Biologist and her colleagues to venture into this strange place and take notes. They are the 12th such expedition.
 I appreciate that much of the horror in Annihilation isn't in-your-face: it's the slow build of things that are just off. This quiet and subtle approach means that when something extreme happens, it feels extreme. The Biologist and her colleagues know that Area X is dangerous before they venture in, but even so, they are unprepared for how and to what degree. VanderMeer's portrayal of how trust frays among relative strangers under these conditions felt realistic.

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