Did you read The Phoenix and the Mirror or Vergil in Averno? If so, you will be heartened by the news that you can now order your copy of The Scarlet Fig. I doubt, if you aren’t already familiar with these names that you’ll be enormously interested, but I honestly hope for the sake of the brave and steadfast publisher that at least 550 of us can be found who would like to know how the tale ends. Oh, and should you be curious, you definitely need to own this.
Monthly Archives: December 2004
More earthsea
And Ursula Le Guin continues to discuss her great pleasure at the scifi.com mini-series adaptation of Earthsea over at Slate. I wonder if the producer regrets putting words in her mouth now?
Jessica’s favorite song
The lyrics for Jessica’s favorite song at the moment. She’s always pretty happy to sing it, and appallingly, seems to like it when her mother and father sing it to her. Sophie doesn’t mind either, but I think she has her eye on the presents…
Oh, you better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I’m telling you why:
Santa Claus is coming to town!
He’s making a list,
Checking it twice,
Gonna find out who’s naughty or nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town!
He sees you when you’re sleeping,
He knows when you’re awake.
He knows if you’ve been bad or good,
So be good for goodness sake!
Oh! You better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I’m telling you why:
Santa Claus is coming to town!
More earthsea
Ursula Le Guin further clarifies her thoughts on the Earthsea tv series in the essay “Earthsea in Clorox”. Worth reading.
It’s Sharyn’s birthday…
Yesterday, your tardy correspondent just discovered, was Sharyn’s birthday, which is an extremely cool thing. On her LiveJournal (which I can’t post to), she asks the birthday question: tell me something about myself. Hmmm. Well, she has great taste in books, is smart and funny, and is disarmingly direct, but that isn’t what I’d choose to tell her. I think I’d say that she lives more fully than most other people I’ve met, is more completely and passionately herself. I can’t imagine Sharyn wanting or pretending to be anyone other than Sharyn. And that is cool. Happy Birthday.