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Eye of the Storm
Now that RL has settled back into a livable routine, and I'm actually making progress on the novel (slow progress, but progress nonetheless), it seems as good a time as any to start musing about other things.
I think that I had a nice TV binge this season, and have taken a bit of a breather to remember why I enjoy blathering on about SG:A or VM for hours on end. The result being that I've started rewatching Atlantis and taking notes for my Weir essay. It's amazing the things you miss the first, second, or third time around.
I must have watched Rising at least half a dozen times, but it took my watching each and every Weir move to notice that Rodney's standing on the balcony with John when she looks up after they go through the Gate. Actually, that whole sequence is well-done, with John's presence turning the lights on as he moves forward. The later "I didn't touch anything" in the control room was rather amusing.
Going back a bit further, I think I might have spotted the scene where Weir clicked for me on Atlantis. The first few were full of exposition and the typical and necessary speeches, but there's this moment where she's standing next to Jack in the control center of the SGC, right as they're starting the dialing sequence, and Tori Higginson just nails the nervous and excited tension of that scene. It was so subtle, and so well done, that I didn't even notice the actual acting until I was looking for it.
Of course, there's still a good month before the next season of shows that I watch starts (I'll need to figure out access to my sister's TiVo as I don't get HBO, and thus might miss the Six Feet Under season otherwise), and it seems like the best time to catch up on some reading. What reading... well, here's where I ask you. :)
Given my absolute adoration of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and such "genre" writing, recommend five novels for me to read this summer. As previously mentioned, "classics" of the genres are preferred, but not required.
As far as fantasy goes, I've read Tolkien and C.S.Lewis, but not Ursula Le Guin or others. As far as Sci-Fi, I've read Adams, Card, and Bradbury, but nothing like Asimov or Heinlein (I know, I know, what was I thinking?)
Anyone who helps expand my horizons gets a cookie of yet-undetermined form.
I think that I had a nice TV binge this season, and have taken a bit of a breather to remember why I enjoy blathering on about SG:A or VM for hours on end. The result being that I've started rewatching Atlantis and taking notes for my Weir essay. It's amazing the things you miss the first, second, or third time around.
I must have watched Rising at least half a dozen times, but it took my watching each and every Weir move to notice that Rodney's standing on the balcony with John when she looks up after they go through the Gate. Actually, that whole sequence is well-done, with John's presence turning the lights on as he moves forward. The later "I didn't touch anything" in the control room was rather amusing.
Going back a bit further, I think I might have spotted the scene where Weir clicked for me on Atlantis. The first few were full of exposition and the typical and necessary speeches, but there's this moment where she's standing next to Jack in the control center of the SGC, right as they're starting the dialing sequence, and Tori Higginson just nails the nervous and excited tension of that scene. It was so subtle, and so well done, that I didn't even notice the actual acting until I was looking for it.
Of course, there's still a good month before the next season of shows that I watch starts (I'll need to figure out access to my sister's TiVo as I don't get HBO, and thus might miss the Six Feet Under season otherwise), and it seems like the best time to catch up on some reading. What reading... well, here's where I ask you. :)
Given my absolute adoration of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and such "genre" writing, recommend five novels for me to read this summer. As previously mentioned, "classics" of the genres are preferred, but not required.
As far as fantasy goes, I've read Tolkien and C.S.Lewis, but not Ursula Le Guin or others. As far as Sci-Fi, I've read Adams, Card, and Bradbury, but nothing like Asimov or Heinlein (I know, I know, what was I thinking?)
Anyone who helps expand my horizons gets a cookie of yet-undetermined form.
no subject
Heinlein - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Larry Niven - Tales of Known Space
Orsen Scott Card - Ender's Game (ignore his politics. Ignore every book after this one)
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash (near future cyberspace)
Frank Herbert - Dune (again, ignore all sequels)
Joan D. Vinge - Catspaw
David Brin - Sundiver
Connie Willis - Doomsday Book
Steve Miller and Sharon Lee - Partners in Necessity
Catherine Asaro - The Last Hawk, Primary Inversion
I was rewatching the beginning of Rising this week too, and you're so right about the nervous tension Weir displays as the SGC dials Atlantis. I also love her comment to Rodney that he should calm down. She has a dry sense of humor, which leans toward the absurd.