timelines and tin tin and timelords
Jul. 20th, 2008 10:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jencatAck. I can't believe I'm sitting here with a frickin' LKH fansite open so I can check the Anita Blake timeline. The sacrifices I make to write these reviews, honestly...
As I've managed all of two paragraphs over the entire day, onto more interesting stuff: the hysterically funny article in the paper today about how Steven Moffatt turned down Spielberg and half a million quid so that he could take over Dr Who instead...
They got the half a mill figure by figuring that he had a million contracted to write two Tin Tin flicks, and dropped out after the first one - it's pretty clear Moff had absolutely no intention of confirming their little speculation game, as they left his nice, calm, reasoned and non-sensational version of events right to the end of the article (illustrated by big pic of DT and Alex Kingston from Silence in the Library, natch).
Apparently (according to Moff) Spielberg's a fan too! Which I can totally see. The absolute best bit was the whole 'hollywood executives have been baffled by his decision', quoting an 'unnamed industry source' along the lines of 'what is this doctor show? Nobody's ever heard of it! It all sounds rather silly!'. *dies laughing*
You betcha. Only 240 million viewers around the world, apparently... (and Iran? They watch it in Iran? Did not know that.)
Whew. That was a long week. Just read Black Ships... well, devoured it, more like. I skipped breakfast Wednesday to finish it, kinda thing. What can I say, the cover art gives me goosebumps and the narrative more than lives up to it (thank you, Orbit! You do publish decent new stuff occasionally...). Hell, it made me want to read the Aeniad!
And SFX's review was mealy-mouthed and missed the point entirely, yet again. I'd take a wild guess and say it was a typical blokey review except that, on doing a little digging, the reviewer was female. Ho hum.
What can I say... it's a very small genre, the domestic fantasy epic. It's ridiculously female-oriented, and yet not girly, as such. It doesn't rely on your heroine going out kicking ass and taking names, and it's not a subgenre of Romance. It's first person narrative, gorgeous language and a specific kind of cadence. Like I said, very small genre. On my shelves, off the top of my head, I think only Tanith Lee's A Heroine of the World and Sarah Micklem's Firethorn would fit. I'd want to add a couple of Joanna Harris', like Chocolat and Holy Fools but I'm not sure they're quite fantasy enough.
The SFX review complains about never being able to see the battles as Gull is left behind.. well, dare I say it, duh. The battles are what the Aeniad is about. Staying behind and waiting it out is what Black Ships is about. If you can't see the strength in that, then I guess this little mini-genre really isn't your kinda thing...
As I've managed all of two paragraphs over the entire day, onto more interesting stuff: the hysterically funny article in the paper today about how Steven Moffatt turned down Spielberg and half a million quid so that he could take over Dr Who instead...
They got the half a mill figure by figuring that he had a million contracted to write two Tin Tin flicks, and dropped out after the first one - it's pretty clear Moff had absolutely no intention of confirming their little speculation game, as they left his nice, calm, reasoned and non-sensational version of events right to the end of the article (illustrated by big pic of DT and Alex Kingston from Silence in the Library, natch).
Apparently (according to Moff) Spielberg's a fan too! Which I can totally see. The absolute best bit was the whole 'hollywood executives have been baffled by his decision', quoting an 'unnamed industry source' along the lines of 'what is this doctor show? Nobody's ever heard of it! It all sounds rather silly!'. *dies laughing*
You betcha. Only 240 million viewers around the world, apparently... (and Iran? They watch it in Iran? Did not know that.)
Whew. That was a long week. Just read Black Ships... well, devoured it, more like. I skipped breakfast Wednesday to finish it, kinda thing. What can I say, the cover art gives me goosebumps and the narrative more than lives up to it (thank you, Orbit! You do publish decent new stuff occasionally...). Hell, it made me want to read the Aeniad!
And SFX's review was mealy-mouthed and missed the point entirely, yet again. I'd take a wild guess and say it was a typical blokey review except that, on doing a little digging, the reviewer was female. Ho hum.
What can I say... it's a very small genre, the domestic fantasy epic. It's ridiculously female-oriented, and yet not girly, as such. It doesn't rely on your heroine going out kicking ass and taking names, and it's not a subgenre of Romance. It's first person narrative, gorgeous language and a specific kind of cadence. Like I said, very small genre. On my shelves, off the top of my head, I think only Tanith Lee's A Heroine of the World and Sarah Micklem's Firethorn would fit. I'd want to add a couple of Joanna Harris', like Chocolat and Holy Fools but I'm not sure they're quite fantasy enough.
The SFX review complains about never being able to see the battles as Gull is left behind.. well, dare I say it, duh. The battles are what the Aeniad is about. Staying behind and waiting it out is what Black Ships is about. If you can't see the strength in that, then I guess this little mini-genre really isn't your kinda thing...
