Sci Fi Jungle

Can't Wait for Fringe - New Commercial

Here's a youtube of a new commercial for the Fall Fringe.

The show is coming back on THURS SEPT 23rd, at 9:00 EST.  If you remember, it ended with the other Olivia coming to our universe and leaving the real Olivia in the other world.  I hope they can find a way to stabilize the universes - you really have to feel for the folks on the other side with all those areas unstable and people in glue and stuff.

It;s been a long hot summer without any Fringe.  I've been enjoying Eureka, and a bit of Warehouse 13, but its just not the same.  I need me some Walter Bishop.

Do they drive on the other side of the road in other universe?  Check your auto insurance!

Can It Find Unobtanium?

I was watching Pawn Stars, (my new obsession - the History Channel's reality show of strange and wonderful things that come into a large fancy pawn shop in Los Vegas).  Some guy brought in a Geiger counter and the  hysterically dim witter employee ChumLee asked if it could find unobtanium.  So funny. 

I have a small dream of buying a super powered metal detector and roaming the world's beaches in search of buries (and dropped) treasure.  In fact, this might just be my current retirement plan.  Not financially, but in terms of having a mellow hobby.  I could be a sort of eccentric old chunky broad hanging out on the beach.  I can see it...  Maybe I can find ring with diamonds that someone dropped and then it could be a financial retirement plan if this 401k thing doesn't work out.

Kick Ass

We rented Kick Ass.  I thought it was funny at parts, but way too violent for my tastes.  If you like Pulp Fiction kind of stuff you would probably like it. I did watch it all the way through, unlike Pulp Fiction which freaked me out and made me flee screaming.

So basically this movie is not a cosy heated blanket feel good movie, but it does have a sharp bite of humor to it.  The little girl super hero is pretty hysterical.  Her Dad trains her (11 years old) to be a killing machine, and asks her what she wants for her Birthday.  She says she wants a puppy.  Her father is at a loss for words and then she says "I was just F*cking with you Daddy, I really want a butterfly knife."

Free Audio Book and eBook Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is available as a freebie in audio book form by Audiobook Sync.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Free Kindle Version), by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Free Audio Book version read by Scott Brick, here.

What I'm Reading, What I've Read

I didn't read anything at all today - struck down with a huge headache.  You know I must be feeling bad when I can't even read or knit.  Wahh.  I just hope I can make it to work tomorrow.  I do not want to be on ssdi.  So anyway, here is a little roundup of what I am reading and looking forward to reading when my head feels better.

I recently  finished "Kitty Goes to War" then latest Kitty the Werewolf book.  I'm sad because I have now "caught up." 

and I am almost done with the  Sookie Stackhouse, "Dead and Gone"   There's one more Southern Vampire (True Blood) book after this one.  Charlaine Harris kind of went off the rails on this series, but I am still loyal enough to finish them out.

The next up on my list is Yasmine Galenorn's first in the new Indigo Court series, called Night Myst.  The hubster is currently reading this one in dead tree edition, as they say.  I asked him if he wanted one of the new Kindles but he is cool with paper books.  He reads steadily, but no where near as much as I do.  Come to think of it, the only person I know who reads as much as I do is my Mom.  We're kind of scary that way.  Read fast, read a lot.  I bought her (well me and the rest of the fams) a Kindle for Mother's Day and she loves it.  heh heh - I am a bad influence.

A new author and series I want to check out is The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines.  It was an Amazon recommendation and it looks interesting.   A take off on fairy tales, but the reader reviews sound positive.  I sent a sample to the Kindle and will check it out.

Another one on my "check out list" is Shades of Milk and Honey.  It appears to be an alternative history sort of Jane Austen with Magic mashup.  Sometimes these things are good... sometimes not so good.  LOL.  So true.  Again, I sent a sample to the Kindle so I can see if it sucks me in.

 I recently finished Patricia Wrede's "A Matter of Magic" which is one of the original of this type of alternative Victorians.  It's really good - and just recently re-issued as a combination of the two books Mairelon the Magician and The Magician’s Ward.  (And now available on Kindle)  They are actually YA titles but good enough for grown ups.  Hey, I never discriminate against Young Adult books.  I am the one who picked up Harry Potter from the kids section because I liked the cover back in the day before he went big.

The Passage by Justin Cronin

I kept hearing and reading about people reading this book and how good it was.  I looked at the description on Amazon and was like "Meh."  It sounded really dark and not my usual tastes.

Then the Kindle forum on Ravelry got me more interested, there were alot of the users in the knitting group reading The Passage and discussing the book.  I started to weaken and I ordered a sample sent to my Kindle.  (I just love that send a sample feature!)

I started reading the sample and it just sucked me right in.  Whoosh, there went $9.99 and I ordered the rest of the book.

It's actually a really great book.  I love the way the author has of describing people's lives and the choices they have made ( and events in general that they had no control over) that led them to the place they arrive to in the story of the book.  Instead of being distracting, the level of detailed description is so rich and interesting it totally draws you in.

You could say that The Passage is a Post-Apocalyptic Vampire story, but that is not doing it justice as a book of actual literary value.  And yet, its also got this great zombie apocalypse element to it that's pretty fun to read.  Well, that is if you think that glow in the dark "they come from above" tree jumping scary no-redeeming quality virals are fun.  Heh heh.  They don't have scales but they are glowy and hairless, and really really scary.

The only bad thing - this is the first of three books and now all these fans have to wait a long time until the second book comes out.  Boo.  Hiss.