Friday bits

[yendi]

Well, foo. The co-worker who went to ALA was not able to snag me an ARC of Catching Fire. Apparently the Scholastic folks had to put a sign up to tell people they were out after less than two hours.

In slightly better ARC news, I did manage to snag a $1 ARC of Joe Schrieber's No Doors, No Windows at Readercon last weekend. Woohoo!

In TV news, Adam Reed -- of Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo fame -- has a new animated series. And Jessica Walters will be providing one of the voices!

In movies, JMS appears to be off the World War Z movie. Much as I've snarked at the quality of JMS's post B5 (Season 4) work, this actually seemed like a good fit for him.

In sports, I'm sadly not surprised at all that the second half of the season for the Mets is looking the same as the first half.

An in sports history, I've learned that former New York Knick and NBA Slam Dunk Champion Kenny "Sky" Walker once raced against and beat a horse.

Comments

[tnjade.livejournal.com]

Are you winking? (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wkC6-Pu2ZrRofUwnGG7_EA?feat=directlink)

[yendi]

Ha!

[ex-gnomicut.livejournal.com]

you know, it says something very strange about my life that I am now taking it for granted that if there is a forthcoming young adult or children's book I'm excited about, I will have read it -- without any extra effort -- three months before it comes out. For that matter, so will most everyone I know.

[yendi]

I'm jealous; I haven't been reviewing for nearly long enough for PW to feel that I request books (and even if I had been, I suspect this is at the top of every list), and that's pretty much the only way ARCs come my way (other than the occasional contest) nowadays. I almost miss the halcyon days of bookslut/rambles/GMR. Almost.

[ex-gnomicut.livejournal.com]

I don't get everything I request, not by a long shot, especially not books that are that popular. Although given the book that is my most recent review, maybe that's not a fair statement. But at this point, I know so many people who are intimately connected to the children's/young adult publishing world that *somebody* local has any given ARC. I borrowed CF from somebody else ages ago.

Of course, the end result is I am desperate for sequels months before other people.

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

Were you snarky over Changeling as well, because despite ignoring some major facts, he wrote a good movie.

[yendi]

Nope; Changeling seems to be an example of the sort of thing that JMS should be doing (as opposed to comics, a field in which he's shown almost no aptitude).