what in the who now?

[such_heights]

+ In department of 'omg this had better be a totally unfounded rumour': Fox to commission a RTD-penned US remake of Torchwood? WHAT. And I am just not thinking about how I would feel if it did turn out that RTD did indeed blow up his old show then go and make a brand new shiny one. May this never come to pass!

+ In happier news, queerlit50 is starting up, similar to 50books_poc. Read some queer authors! Tell me about them! :D My reading list for the next few weeks includes Sarah Waters' Fingersmith, Mary Renault's The Persian Boy, and Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint, so I will probably chat about those over there.

+ Also, oxoniensis's ninth porn battle is taking prompts.

+ eta: Also! The help_haiti auction closes in just over 24 hours. There's a lot of things still available over there very reasonably, and everything's all listed and indexed so it's easy to find something you might like.

Comments

[zahrawithaz.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say how much I love Mary Renault. The Persian Boy is wonderful. Have you read the book before it in the sort-of trilogy, Fire from Heaven?

I also highly recommend Renault's The Last of the Wine.

Many, many people love Fingersmith, but I thought The Little Stranger and Tipping the Velvet were both much better. I'll be curious in your thoughts.

[such_heights]

Renault is totally new to me, I'm looking forward to her! And The Night Watch is the only Waters I've read, so I'll be interested to see what her other work is like.