Sunday, November 12, 2006
Aha! My blog is now migrated to the new beta version of Blogger, which means my name in here is now goldpython, which is what I wanted it to be all along. So there it is.
Last night, Babel turned out to be a real treat of a movie. Several things — close-ups, silent moments, periods where the music is the only sound — lend the film an intimate feel that I relish. It's a tense thriller of sorts where three stories located in different corners of the world are related and drawn together on one level, while commonalities, particularly in the arena of communications, linking them at another.
Other items...
Blew through Kushiel's Scion, the 700 page fourth in Jaqueline Carey's books that include Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar. Basically fantasy tales of political intrigue along with well-written action, they are also noteworthy for very intense SM scenes. The main character of the first three, Phedre, is a courtesan additionally trained in the arts of espionage. She's distinguished by being a born anguissette, that is, one who experiences pleasure with pain, a fact used to open doors to places inaccessible to others. Each book covers a good span of time and so by the fourth, the main character is in the next generation, but Phedre and her consort Joscelin still figure into things as strong supporting characters. All of them are page-turners for me. I love them.
I also finished Eric Van Lustbader's Sunset Warrior, an interesting distant future story. I think the sequels should be interesting as well.
Last night, Babel turned out to be a real treat of a movie. Several things — close-ups, silent moments, periods where the music is the only sound — lend the film an intimate feel that I relish. It's a tense thriller of sorts where three stories located in different corners of the world are related and drawn together on one level, while commonalities, particularly in the arena of communications, linking them at another.
Other items...
Blew through Kushiel's Scion, the 700 page fourth in Jaqueline Carey's books that include Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar. Basically fantasy tales of political intrigue along with well-written action, they are also noteworthy for very intense SM scenes. The main character of the first three, Phedre, is a courtesan additionally trained in the arts of espionage. She's distinguished by being a born anguissette, that is, one who experiences pleasure with pain, a fact used to open doors to places inaccessible to others. Each book covers a good span of time and so by the fourth, the main character is in the next generation, but Phedre and her consort Joscelin still figure into things as strong supporting characters. All of them are page-turners for me. I love them.
I also finished Eric Van Lustbader's Sunset Warrior, an interesting distant future story. I think the sequels should be interesting as well.
# posted by goldpython @ 11:00 AM 
