Comments for Thinking Too Much

Comment on Wiscon, and Not Doing the Homework by Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:38:11 +0000

Yep. me too.

I read through the programming schedule last week and realized that I had not read any of the hot new titles by the guests of honor. Not even the Tiptree winner from last year, or the books by my friends who have been guests.

I do consider WisCon authors as my guide to quality SF. The problem is really limited reading time. I am reading some fiction, but mostly just what I can grab at home. We have _lots_ of fiction that I have not read. I also tend to re-read when I am too busy. I find it much easier to put down a book when I know what happens next .

Realistically, the only way I could get to any of these books this month would be if they were on CD. Maybe next month. Right now I’m using my commute time to try and learn a little French before we spend a few days in Montreal.

Comment on Wiscon, and Not Doing the Homework by Sigrid Ellis

Sigrid Ellis — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:09:43 +0000

@Wired And, see, I have read Shattered Pillars. /o\

Comment on Wiscon, and Not Doing the Homework by Wired (@wiredferret)

Wired (@wiredferret) — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:41:48 +0000

I am feeling guilty because I didn’t post my list of books I think are probably going to reappear in conversations at Wiscon. I always hate it when I feel like I have missed the zeitgeist book. Baaaaa. So I try to figure out what the zeitgeist book will be before we show up.

My guesses:
The Drowning Girl
The Siren Depths
Shattered Pillars
Glamour in Glass
Code Name Verity (2nd year)

What everyone would talk about if I had a choice:
The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo (It’s short, and cheap, help me out people!)

Comment on Wiscon, and Not Doing the Homework by Sigrid Ellis

Sigrid Ellis — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:42:35 +0000

@jsessions You presume I am reading GOOD fanfiction …..

Comment on Wiscon, and Not Doing the Homework by jsessions@wisc.edu

jsessions@wisc.edu — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:39:16 +0000

When I am on panels, I do homework, in the fear of being done with everything I have to say on a topic at the 45 minute mark. Otherwise, I only occasionally read great works ahead of time. I like Wiscon to be a jumping off point for a spate of sf/f reading. All those recommendations!

I would consider your fanfiction reading as Wiscon homework, if only to me, so I can hear about the good stuff at the transformative works panel.

Comment on Everything at once by cavorter

cavorter — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:54:04 +0000

And then it sleeted and it might freeze tonight.

Comment on London Falling, by Paul Cornell by Paul Weimer (@PrinceJvstin)

Paul Weimer (@PrinceJvstin) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:35:48 +0000

Yeah, its very good, indeed. I love how they just carry on, because they are in the MET and that’s what you do.

Comment on Mystery writers have it hard by Sigrid Ellis

Sigrid Ellis — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:29:28 +0000

Yep, that’s the one!

Comment on Mystery writers have it hard by londonkds

londonkds — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:15:41 +0000

I may be forgetting but isn’t that the one where the (female) victim’s mysterious lover turns out to be… A WOMAN!!!!! ?

Comment on Author photos, gender identity, and Bomb Girls by Sigrid Ellis

Sigrid Ellis — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:25:15 +0000

@Caroline I tend to admire two sorts of style — broad-shouldered, six-foot-tall men, and angry young women with a lot to prove. I AM NEITHER OF THESE THINGS.

Nor, more importantly, do I want people mistakenly thinking I am. Hmm.

The group of people I physically resemble are not a group I ever look at.

OH. THAT WOULD BE STEP ONE. GO LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME.

To the INTERNETS.