Sad things:
Wilfred Mott | IT'S MY HONOUR (R.I.P BERNARD CRIBBINS) by MARGARITA LIFE
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Happy things:
Football came home - the end of 56 'years of hurt'! :)
England created history by winning their first major women's tournament in a dramatic Euro 2022 final against old rivals and eight-time champions Germany at Wembley.
All About Spike is Moving to the AO3
It was the BEST fic archive, I'm so happy it's being saved.
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Other things:
Having finished The Goblin Emperor I then read Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (I adore her books, but somehow never read the Crestomanchi series, which my children have been chiding me for for ages). After that I picked up We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, and am about halfway through. From the blurb on the back:
Set in the twenty-sixth century A.D., Zamyatin's masterpiece describes life in the regimented totalitarian society of OneState, ruled over by the all-powerful "Benefactor". The inspiration for George Orwell's 1984, We is the archetype of the modern dystopia, or anti-Utopia: a great prose poem detailing the fate that might befall us if we surrender our individual selves to some collective dream of technology and fail in the vigilance that is the price of freedom.
It was written in 1920–1921 and was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York, with the original Russian text first published in 1952.
I was partly curious due to it being the inspiration for 1984, but (disappearing down the rabbit hole) I discovered that Jerome K. Jerome's short story The New Utopia has been cited as an influence on Zamyatin's novel. I went to look for it, and here it is, online:
The New Utopia
It's only about 10 pages, and clearly satire. But what's fascinating is that reading it I can 100% see the influence, and how Zamyatin clearly thought 'This is a brilliant idea - I will expand on it and write a story set in this world'.
Finally, have another photo. Taken yesterday when we went for a walk, this shows Tórshavn (the capital) - or rather parts of it, it's a sprawling city:
(Basic info: The Faroe Islands are situated halfway between Scotland & Iceland. There are 18 islands, 17 inhabited, and the population is approx 50k. It's a tiny place where modern life/technology co-exists with traditional culture.)
Disabling comments as I have no idea when I will be able to reply. Also tomorrow is my 25th wedding anniversary. :)
Wilfred Mott | IT'S MY HONOUR (R.I.P BERNARD CRIBBINS) by MARGARITA LIFE
I shall have more to say about the trailblazing, incomparable Nichelle Nichols, who shared the bridge with us as Lt. Uhura of the USS Enterprise, and who passed today at age 89. For today, my heart is heavy, my eyes shining like the stars you now rest among, my dearest friend.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 31, 2022
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Happy things:
Football came home - the end of 56 'years of hurt'! :)
England created history by winning their first major women's tournament in a dramatic Euro 2022 final against old rivals and eight-time champions Germany at Wembley.
All About Spike is Moving to the AO3
It was the BEST fic archive, I'm so happy it's being saved.
~~
Other things:
I encourage people to donate to mermaids as I do every year on this day. Ringing your helpline was the first time I had heard someone tell me personally "it's ok to be trans". I think you saved my life, whoever you where. Thank you so much @Mermaids_Gender .#TransRights pic.twitter.com/B0P1eXsLNZ
— Liam of the closet (@GuyCalledLiam) July 31, 2022
Having finished The Goblin Emperor I then read Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (I adore her books, but somehow never read the Crestomanchi series, which my children have been chiding me for for ages). After that I picked up We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, and am about halfway through. From the blurb on the back:
Set in the twenty-sixth century A.D., Zamyatin's masterpiece describes life in the regimented totalitarian society of OneState, ruled over by the all-powerful "Benefactor". The inspiration for George Orwell's 1984, We is the archetype of the modern dystopia, or anti-Utopia: a great prose poem detailing the fate that might befall us if we surrender our individual selves to some collective dream of technology and fail in the vigilance that is the price of freedom.
It was written in 1920–1921 and was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York, with the original Russian text first published in 1952.
I was partly curious due to it being the inspiration for 1984, but (disappearing down the rabbit hole) I discovered that Jerome K. Jerome's short story The New Utopia has been cited as an influence on Zamyatin's novel. I went to look for it, and here it is, online:
The New Utopia
It's only about 10 pages, and clearly satire. But what's fascinating is that reading it I can 100% see the influence, and how Zamyatin clearly thought 'This is a brilliant idea - I will expand on it and write a story set in this world'.
Finally, have another photo. Taken yesterday when we went for a walk, this shows Tórshavn (the capital) - or rather parts of it, it's a sprawling city:
(Basic info: The Faroe Islands are situated halfway between Scotland & Iceland. There are 18 islands, 17 inhabited, and the population is approx 50k. It's a tiny place where modern life/technology co-exists with traditional culture.)
Disabling comments as I have no idea when I will be able to reply. Also tomorrow is my 25th wedding anniversary. :)
