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Reading: Wasp by Eric Frank Russell
Music: Herbie Mann
TV/Movie: The Mummy Returns
Link o' the Day: Munchkin Cthulhu
Ouch.
Well, not really. Not so much anymore.
I did the smart thing, methinks, yesterday. As soon as I got home, I took some painkillers and lay flat on me back for four hours. Got up, made a simple dinner for Pretty Maggie and me, checked my e-mail, then went back into motionless-mode for a couple of more hours until it was time for bed.
By morning, I was still sore, but not nearly as bad. I think if I continue to take it easy for today and tomorrow, I'll be right as rain by the weekend. I should even be able to do some deskwork tonight for a little bit without risking anything.
Next time I engage in an extended bout of physical labor, I'll limber up.
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I finished Trading In Danger by Elizabeth Moon yesterday in a flurry of page-turning. It started a little slow, but picked up quite a bit by the second half. It was pretty good, but I think the next book will be better. This one gave me the feeling that it existed only to set up the cast of characters and their universe than anything else. That the plot served to define the characters so that by the next book we could get down the nitty-gritty of a ripping good yarn.
That's my hope, at least. I'll find out by the weekend when I get back to the bookstore, but the sample first chapter I read is encouraging.
In the meantime, I've been going through some of my older SF (older as in, written in the 50s and 60s) and ended up selecting Wasp by Eric Frank Russell. I've read this once before and enjoyed it. Nothing too deep. A man gets put down on an enemy planet, disguised as one of them, to cause trouble, i.e., be a wasp, as part of the war effort. It's pulp, and it's one of the types of stories Russell is known for (one talented man against an expansive government).
I'll probably have it finished by tomorrow, upon which I may tackle a collection of short stories by James Blish.
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Today's link goes to Munchkin Cthulhu because some people can't just leave well enough alone.
Cheers!
Music: Herbie Mann
TV/Movie: The Mummy Returns
Link o' the Day: Munchkin Cthulhu
Ouch.
Well, not really. Not so much anymore.
I did the smart thing, methinks, yesterday. As soon as I got home, I took some painkillers and lay flat on me back for four hours. Got up, made a simple dinner for Pretty Maggie and me, checked my e-mail, then went back into motionless-mode for a couple of more hours until it was time for bed.
By morning, I was still sore, but not nearly as bad. I think if I continue to take it easy for today and tomorrow, I'll be right as rain by the weekend. I should even be able to do some deskwork tonight for a little bit without risking anything.
Next time I engage in an extended bout of physical labor, I'll limber up.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
I finished Trading In Danger by Elizabeth Moon yesterday in a flurry of page-turning. It started a little slow, but picked up quite a bit by the second half. It was pretty good, but I think the next book will be better. This one gave me the feeling that it existed only to set up the cast of characters and their universe than anything else. That the plot served to define the characters so that by the next book we could get down the nitty-gritty of a ripping good yarn.
That's my hope, at least. I'll find out by the weekend when I get back to the bookstore, but the sample first chapter I read is encouraging.
In the meantime, I've been going through some of my older SF (older as in, written in the 50s and 60s) and ended up selecting Wasp by Eric Frank Russell. I've read this once before and enjoyed it. Nothing too deep. A man gets put down on an enemy planet, disguised as one of them, to cause trouble, i.e., be a wasp, as part of the war effort. It's pulp, and it's one of the types of stories Russell is known for (one talented man against an expansive government).
I'll probably have it finished by tomorrow, upon which I may tackle a collection of short stories by James Blish.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Today's link goes to Munchkin Cthulhu because some people can't just leave well enough alone.
Cheers!
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