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CURRENT PAPER READING

Short Amazon blurb:

"Dante's Inferno meets Susanna Clarke's Piranesi in this dark-academia fantasy from RF Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor's soul -- perhaps at the cost of their own."

Why was the cat even in the bag?

RS2 and I rewatched "Trek 6". I believe the last time I'd seen it may've been at the cinema in 1991. Anyway, it's excellent. Improves on Part 5 in every department (not that hard, admittedly). "Generations" next week.

Escapable logic

So disturbing and has stayed with me (see Stevo King cover quote!). Not a fan of horrors where innocents suffer undeservedly over and friggin' over, but the novel supernatural peril/"rules" of magic made it compelling. That said, I've no desire to read a second volume.

2000 miniseries, three 90-minute eps. Mostly inferior to the Lynch and Villeneuve adaptations. But if you wanna go deeper on the Harkonnen and, especially, Fremen societies... This Paul Atreides follows a similar arc to Luke Skywalker, i.e. from whiney bitch to total boss.

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COMIC COVER OF THE WEEK

By Ian Cinco. I like turtles. (Also graffiti art.)

SONG OF THE WEEK

"Poison Pop" by Everything Everything (UK)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4owhYtVIE0

RANDOM TRPG REMINISCENCE OF THE WEEK

BP was my bestie for several years. He cherished these connected 1E modules named after a pair of magical artifacts. While linear, difficult and frankly ugly, they were highly atmospheric, with unfamiliar creatures and unusual situations, e.g. the monster rescue in Part 2. More than once, I dropped over to his joint to find him rereading 'em. Safe to say they influenced his original and tricksy DM-ing style.

A number of assists

RIP, John Leeson.

Opened, set up and test-played my copy of "Ramses". Niftily presented combo of sliding puzzle and traditional memory game, with some good-for-me/bad-for-you twists (more in the advanced game). Should be popular with the relos at Xmas.

Having completed "Love Village" S3 (23 eps!), it was time for "Love Transit 35+". One erratic, seemingly rather deluded dude is threatening to ruin the social experiment for this viewer.

Psychopomposity

We had a hailstorm. Whether you're four or 54, when chunks of ice fall from the sky, you rush to a window or screen door to see them bounce off the lawn/path/road.

The 100-page Green Arrow 80th-anniversary special was on par with Spidey's issue #1000 jam. Covered everything fundamental to and exciting about Ollie Q.

This B-grade Oz crime thriller from 2023 held my attention. A modern-day highwayman (thankfully NOT glamourised) makes the grievous error of robbing a serial killer...

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RS2 and I rewatched "The Final Frontier" (1989) with delicious roast-pork banh mi and fancy beers. It's the worst "Trek" flick, but fun to pick faults in - and suggest fixes for - while hanging out with a mate.