Notes from MnStf Meeting today
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magenta"The Orville" rocks, Part Star Trek parody, part homage, part something else. Seth McFarland's sense of humor is low sometimes, but I think this is the best Star Trek on right now. Well, not right not because the 14 episode season is over but I think it's available on Fox's website. If you haven't seen it, try an episode, but not the first one of season 2 - that is McFarland getting the low humor out of his system.
"Nice Dragons Finish Last" by Rachel Aaron is the best "dragon domestic*" I've read since Jo Walton's "Tooth and Claw". Very different, though. There are two more I haven't read yet.
*Well, if you can have a "malice domestic" murder mystery, can't you have a "dragon domestic" fantasy novel?
"The Burned-Over District, the social and intellectual history of Enthusiastic Religion" by Whitney R. Cross, published in 1965 is the book I was referring to. The Hennepin County library has a copy at the downtown library. I can give other titles if anyone is interested in spiritualism and other non-mainstream religious movements of the 19th century. I did a thesis on the subject.
"Nice Dragons Finish Last" by Rachel Aaron is the best "dragon domestic*" I've read since Jo Walton's "Tooth and Claw". Very different, though. There are two more I haven't read yet.
*Well, if you can have a "malice domestic" murder mystery, can't you have a "dragon domestic" fantasy novel?
"The Burned-Over District, the social and intellectual history of Enthusiastic Religion" by Whitney R. Cross, published in 1965 is the book I was referring to. The Hennepin County library has a copy at the downtown library. I can give other titles if anyone is interested in spiritualism and other non-mainstream religious movements of the 19th century. I did a thesis on the subject.
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Date: 2019-05-06 08:20 pm (UTC)Note to self: start more conversations by asking old friends and acquaintances, "What was your college major? Tell me about it." With all the years we've known each other, I don't believe I knew that your major was "American Religion." In retrospect, yeah, that totally makes sense.