The Lyorn's Den

Watched it last Tuesday with Ceridwen, in the only cinema in the region showing it in 2D.

Liked it a lot -- more than "The Force Awakens", actually, which felt like, "everything you have seen so far was futile, we are back at the start of "A New Hope"." Endless recursions are fine when you are fighting a Time War and cannot ever get rid of the Daleks, but WTH is wrong with the Star Wars universe to get into exactly the same mess barely 30 years later? Couldn't it be a slightly different mess? Everything that movie did well was tainted by the basic futility of all that had happened before.

Not so with "Rogue One". ( Spoilers )

I also noticed that I did not have many opportunities to hear English spoken this year. It took me about five minutes before I could understand what everyone was saying.

Fred Clark of Slacktivist thinks about contract workers on the Death Star here without having seen the movie yet.

Something fun: Leaked photos from the Rogue One sequel (Mainly Speculation - Possible Spoilers)

Discussion on Making Light (Spoilers). It includes the mind-boggling line: "yet I hear people screaming to boycott the movie because suddenly it has an anti-Nazi bias.".

flederkatz hat eine neue Story gepostet: Carpe Mortem

Zombies, Römer, Verkehrschaos!

Note 1: I'm way behind on my reading. Everything I rec here has probably been rec'd all over the internet and back already. But I can live with not being avant-garde.
Note 2: If you want ratings, or warnings for spoilers or anything else, you'll find them on the fic.
Note 3: Spoilers for the stories should be masked out in pale grey. If you see this sentence, it did not work. Highlight to read.

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Top of the heap

( Kaydee Falls: The Rose of Jericho (TW) )

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Recommended

( JJPOR: Ground Rules (DW) )

( Lurky McLurklurk: The Assistant (DW) )

( Cyus: Time Has Set Its Maggot (TW) )

( Laytoncolt: Timeless (TW) )

( szm: Conversations With the Dead (DW/TW) )

( Poisontaster: All Things in Time (TW) )

( Sam Storyteller: In Geneva (DW) )

( Prochytes: Power Struggle (TW) )

( EponymousRose: Comes the Rain (DW) )

( Athraphoenix: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Surviving a Dalek Invasion )

( Sahiya: The Rest of the Story (DW) )

I've had two weeks something of vacation, and went to the sea with flederkatz. Came back last Thursday.

( The long version )

( Interlude: Movie review -- Ridley Scott's Robin Hood )

The rest of my vacation I spent doing the washing and, surprise, surprise, wasting too much time on the internet. But at least I wrote a story, which is with the betas at the moment. It's based on a true occurrence.... kind of.

ETA: Story is done.

Note 1: I'm way behind on my reading. Everything I rec here has probably been rec'd all over the internet and back already. But I can live with not being avant-garde. Nothing rec'd for TW here considers Series 3 yet.
Note 2: If you want ratings, or warnings for spoilers or anything else, you'll find them on the fic.
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Top of the heap

Couldn't decide. They are all brilliant, but very different.

***
Recommended

( JJPOR: Alien Abduction (DW) )

( A.J. Hall: Tunnelling to Freedom (DW) )

( Charles Stross: Overtime (Laundry, original) )

( Casira: Translations (DW) )

( xwingace: Extended First Meetings (DW/Journeyman) )

( Jungle Kitty: Backwards and in High Heels (ST:TOS/RPF/Meta) )

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Short and sweet

( Sam Storyteller: Compromise (TW) )

( Adina: Flotsam and Jetsam (TW) )

( Travels-in-Time: Perspective Shifts (TW/Discworld) )

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From the backlog

( Robin C.: All the King's Horses (DW) )

( Aeshna.: And Seven For A Secret (TW, Tardis Big Bang II) )

Heaps of fanfic this year.

Books:

Jun 28th:
Richard Bachmann (Stephen King): "The Long Walk"
Bill Bryson: "The Lost Continent - Travels in Small Town America"
Bernard Cornwell: "Vagabond"
Len Deighton: "The Ipcress File"
Len Deighton: "Funeral in Berlin"
Ben Goldacre: "Bad Science"
John Grisham: "A Painted House"
Charles Stross: "The Family Trade"

Apr 16th:
Dan Abnett: "The Story of Martha" (Doctor Who tie-in)
Peter Anghelides: "Pack Animals" (Torchwood tie-in)
David Llewellyn: "Trace Memory" (Torchwood tie-in)
Gary Russell: "The Torchwood Archives" (Sourcebook)

Jan 11th:
Patrick Rothfuss: "The Name of the Wind"

Fanfic:

Nov 30th:
Aeshna: "...And Things That Go Bump in the Night" (Sarah Jane Adventures/Torchwood)
Dira Sudis: "Get Loved, Make More, Try to Stay Alive" (Torchwood)
Demotu: "Dawn, broken" (Torchwood)
Etharei: "Guard Them, and Him Within" (Torchwood)
Fairest1: "Poor Little Dark Lord" (Harry Potter/Chick Tracts)
Gatewaygirl: "Lighting the Dark" (Harry Potter)
Gatewaygirl: "The Auror, the Potions Expert, and the Cult of Eris" (Harry Potter)
Gunbunny: "Untitled NaNoWriMo 2007" (Torchwood/Indiana Jones/Highlander)
Golden Orange: "The Waking Terror" (Doctor Who/Cthulhu)
Invisible Lift: "Adam" (Torchwood)
Metz: "This Other Darkness" (Torchwood)
Neadods: "A Question of Jurisdiction" (Torchwood/Sarah Jane Adventures)
Paperclipbitch: "How to Use Paradoxes for Fun and Profit" (Doctor Who)
Sam Storyteller: "The Theory of Two Centres" (Torchwood)
Schildkroet: "Fairytale" (Doctor Who)
St. Aurafina: "Never Have I Ever" (Doctor Who/Torchwood/Iron Man)

Oct 6th:
Airie: "Daemononlogy" (Doctor Who)
Cranberry Crash: "The Rotfang Conspiracy Files" (Harry Potter)
Enemyfrigate: "The Phoenix' Nest" (Torchwood)
Honor H.: "Man-Whores and Wealthy Women" (Doctor Who)
Lizbee: "Identity Politics" (Doctor Who)
Madder Rose: "Jack Harkness, Super Temp" (Torchwood)
Neadods: "The Amazing Team TARDIS" (Doctor Who)
Paperclipbitch: "Whatever Pays The Wages" (Doctor Who/Torchwood)
Paperclipbitch: "Far Off, Like A Dull Rumour Of Some Other War" (Torchwood)
Prochytes: "The Persistence of Memory" (Torchwood/Heroes)
Sabethea: "Being True (To Yourself)" (Harry Potter)
Such Heights: "I Heard a Whisper (The Way I Might Have Been)" (Torchwood)
Tree and Leaf: "The Blue Flower" (Harry Potter)
X-Tricks: "Days That Were" (Doctor Who)

Oct 26th:
Lanna Michaels: "Fifteen Things You Should Remember While Part Of A Massive Government Conspiracy." (Torchwood)

Aug 10th:
Antelope: "Scratch" (Torchwood)
DK Valentine: "Hidden Past" (Torchwood)
Eledhwen: "Two immortals walk into a bar..." (Pirates of the Caribbean/Torchwood)
Jinxed Wood: "Gone Fishin'" (Highlander/Torchwood)
JJPOR: "Scareship" (Torchwood)
JJPOR: "Last Man Standing" (Torchwood)
Odsbodkins: "Death and the Definitely-Not-a-Maiden" (Torchwood)
Paperclipbitch: "Acquaint Me With Your Fuck-Ups" (Torchwood)
Penknife: "West Palm Beach, 1927" (Pirates of the Caribbean)
RobinC: "The Children of Time Will Gather" (Doctor Who)
Scythe the Wicked: "Like Death" (Torchwood)
Schildkroet: "To Wander, Between the Stars" (Doctor Who/Torchwood)
Salieri: "Utopia" (Firefly)
Sam Storyteller: "Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodies" (Stargate Atlantis/Torchwood)
Sam Storyteller: "If We Haven't Got Nightingales..." (Torchwood)
Thaddeusfavor: "Baron Saturday Visits Cardiff" (Torchwood)

Jul 20th:
Doyle: "The Great Bikini Incident (Key to Time Remix)" (Buffy/Doctor Who)
Definehome: "A Dirty Great Monster" (Torchwood)
Doyle: "Looked Up in Perfect Silence at the Stars" (Doctor Who)
Joolz: "What Doesn't Kill You" (Doctor Who)
Jewels: "I Dream of Chcolate Fish" (Torchwood)
Joon: "Rock Bottom, Going Up" (Torchwood)
Jewels: "Potentiality" (Torchwood)
K. Haldane: "Trespassers Will Be Persecuted" (Torchwood/Spooks)
Kali & rm: "The Spectacular Catastrophe of Your Endless Childhood" (Torchwood)
X-Tricks: "What Lies Within" (Torchwood)

Jul 13th:
rm and kalichan: "Harbour" (Torchwood)

Apr 3rd:
Aeshna: Small Wonders (Torchwood)
Becky H.: Executioner's Promise (Harry Potter)
Etherati: The Atheist in your Foxhole (Doctor Who)
Jadesfire: Moonrise (Torchwood)
Mgunby: Just Another Bloody Day at Torchwood (Torchwood)
Marcus Rowland: A Gory Fate (Buffy/Gor)
MeiLin: Valiant (Doctor Who)

Jan 11th:
Definehome: Now We're All Going Under (Torchwood)

Movies:

Nov. 29th:
"The Boat That Rocked"

Jun 28th:
"Terminator: Salvation"

TV:

Jul 15th:
More about CoE, expectations, and Hollywood

Jul 13th:
My thoughts on TW: Children of the Earth

My fic:

Im Land der Blinden (Perry Rhodan fanfic) Teaser und Link.
Prolog (Falling towards the future), original fic.

Older recs, reviews and general media nattering:

2008
2007
2006

Note 1: I'm way behind on my reading. Everything I rec here has probably been rec'd all over the internet and back already. But I can live with not being avant-garde. Nothing rec'd for TW here considers Series 3 yet.
Note 2: If you want ratings, or warnings for spoilers or anything else, you'll find them on the fic.
Note 3: Spoilers for the stories should be masked out in pale grey. If you see this sentence, it did not work.. Highlight to read.

***

Top of the heap

This was hard to decide this time, because I had not clear favourite. I went with the story that has the most meat.

( Madder Rose: Jack Harkness, Super Temp (TW) )

***

Recommended

( Neadods: The Amazing Team TARDIS (DW) )

( Honor H.: Man-Whores and Wealthy Women (DW) )

( Paperclipbitch: Far Off, Like A Dull Rumour Of Some Other War (TW) )

( Paperclipbitch: Whatever Pays The Wages (DW/TW) )

( Prochytes: The Persistence of Memory (TW/Heroes) )

( Airie: Daemononlogy (DW) )

( Cranberry Crash: The Rotfang Conspiracy Files (HP) )

( Such Heights: I Heard a Whisper (The Way I Might Have Been) (TW) )

***

Short and shiny

More spicy than sweet this time...

( Lizbee: Identity Politics (DW) )

( X-Tricks: Days That Were (DW) )

( Enemyfrigate: The Phoenix' Nest (TW) )

( Sabethea: Being True (To Yourself) (HP) )

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From the backlog

( Tree and Leaf: The Blue Flower (HP) )

I've been reading a lot of fanfic lately. It's too hot to do much else.

Note 1: I'm still way behind on my reading. Everything I rec here has probably been rec'd all over the internet and back already. But I can live with not being avant-garde.
Note 2: If you want ratings, or warnings for spoilers or anything else, you'll (usually) find them on the fic.

***

Top of the heap

( Schildkroet: To Wander, Between the Stars (DW/TW) )

( Thaddeusfavor: Baron Saturday Visits Cardiff (TW) )

***

Recommended

( Salieri: Utopia (FF) )

( RobinC: The Children of Time Will Gather (DW) )

( Scythe the Wicked: Like Death (TW) )

( Paperclipbitch: Acquaint Me With Your Fuck-Ups (TW) )

( DK Valentine: Hidden Past (TW) )

( JJPOR: Scareship (TW) )

( JJPOR: Last Man Standing (TW) )

( Antelope: Scratch (TW) )

( Odsbodkins: Death and the Definitely-Not-a-Maiden (TW) )

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Short and sweet

Those have a little less substance than I usually like, but are shiny little things

( Penknife: West Palm Beach, 1927 (PotC) )

( Eledhwen: Two immortals walk into a bar... (PotC/TW) )

( Sam Storyteller: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodies (SGA/TW) )

( Jinxed Wood: Gone Fishin' (HL/TW) )

***

From the backlog

( Sam Storyteller: If We Haven't Got Nightingales... (TW) )

Just finished a whole-series-in-one-day marathon with the gang.

( Here be spoilers )

12. It was weird seeing the places in Cardiff where I've been two months ago on TV again.

ETA: 13. I am now re-reading rm's and kalichan's Harbour because it will make me feel better.

It's been more than one month since I came home, high time that I finish this.
Edited because everything I write in the small hours of morning needs editing.

Part 1
Part 2

( The invisible ferret )

( Not visiting flederkatz )

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Books I read while travelling

...This was mostly what I could get from charity shops or pick up in some B&B.

( Len Deighton: Funeral in Berlin (1964) )

( Len Deighton: The Ipcress File (1962) )

( John Grisham: A Painted House (2001) )

( Richard Bachmann (Stephen King): The Long Walk (1979) )

( Bernard Cornwell: Vagabond (2002) )

( Charles Stross: The Family Trade (2004) )

( Bill Bryson: The Lost Continent - Travels in Small Town America (1989) )

( Ben Goldacre: Bad Science (2008) )

And that's it.