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whatwasthatbook
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An "evil" breeds and develops new creatures in a desert surrounded by mountains. In the series of 4 books, these creatures try to escape their desert first east, then south, west, then north. the "good gods" can help the people living around the island that contain the desert to defend themselves. There are 4 gods, 2 girls, 2 guys, all siblings. They all live as animals in the world, and usually enjoy life. They can't directly fight the evil, and only help the humans by showing them where good ore is for weapons, or by speeding up their ships with currents, moving icefields, erupting volcanoes (that's the second book) etc. The series is written with a huge humor, and the books all have two authors. The world contains of faraway islands with medieval type technology that has problems with the church, and the indigenous people living directly on the island. One of the indigenous people is a great leader that learned as a child to connect with its prey, so his arrows never miss. he becomes a tribe leader in book two. Every time evil encounters a threat, it can make itself better (but apparently never wins). Tags: animals
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whatwasthatbook
tillium27 |
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This is a fantasy book that I read several years ago. Single author. First, a bunch of teenagers are stolen from a village in a mountain. The relatives and a hunting party pursue the thieves for days, taking a risky shortcut through some narrows with water rafts and almost drown. They still miss the child stealers and their prey. They have to enter a city and bid for their own relatives in slave auctions. Once they have them all back, they get trapped into a rich person's home for the exchange, and find some ancient scrolls there. They escape onto a boat, thereby setting the harbor front on fire (I think), stealing a sea chest from the rich person / harbor. They are pursued and escape through shallow water into a bay that is full of fish that eat the boat and their captain. The rest escapes to the beach, which is a solid 200m high sheer cliff. Some awesome free climbing ensues, in which only a woman is capable of climbing those cliffs. Her lover, brother, and the rest of their band come up later. They then flee through the contryside, and discover that the chest contained war plans of some poerfull enemy or other. No wonder they were pursued. they than have to travel with skis through snow, and almost freeze - end up in a hot cave with a curse (some virus or other), and the girl discovers she can do some old, forbidden magic to heal everyone. Tags: fantasy, magic Current Location: Canada
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http://tarhearted.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/they-changed-the-grading-system-and-f-is-for-fantastic.html I hope everybody had a relaxing 4th of July weekend. I know I did. In fact, some of it was forced relaxation, as I developed a weird fever and had to stay in one night. Have you guys heard of the Fox Reality Channel? Oh my god, it's the worst television programming ever. By worst, I mean the BEST, obviously. My fever sweats only made it more enjoyable. First I watched a show called Sex Decoy: Love Stings, which seemed to be a trashier version of Cheaters (if you can imagine that.) This is a reality show wherein those who suspect their partner is cheating send in a sexy decoy to tempt them into confirming their suspicions. There was a commercial for another show wherein scantily clad women show off their boobs and bootie to a panel of douche bags who, if they like what they see, raise their pelvis to say "schwing" a la Wayne's World. This is a timely reference if ever there was one. Clearly, quality programming. My favorite commercial was for Flirty Girl Fitness, an at-home workout that utilizes sexy dancing and a stripper's pole. And it even comes with a pole!
Women who buy into this sort of thing often talk about how empowering it is. I don't know though. I kind of don't buy the whole post-feminist "I can be a stripper and a feminist" mentality. As my good friend's Upper East Side grandmother once told her, "You can grab a man by his brain or you can grab a man by his balls, but you can't do both." I'm reminded, of course, of the lovely Lulu from John Waters' masterpiece Polyester, and I leave you with her:
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