Saturn nominations

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Saturn nominations are listed here. It's nice to see some of my favorite shows. Brilliant Husband and I have been arguing Kevin McKidd versus Lee Pace. BH said, "Why isn't John Barrowman here?", but I think the acting noms are for North American shows only. If John Barrowman was on that list, we wouldn't be arguing anything. (I saw John Barrowman quoted as saying he didn't want people to like Jack. Gee, I'm sorry: that's the one way in which you've failed. I like Jack in spite of you, in spite of myself--how can we not like Jack? He can be cold, vicious, callous--but he can also care deeply, and try really hard to do the right thing, and suffer greatly to help others. And, well, he's the most gorgeous man on television, which doesn't hurt, but I swear that's not my main consideration here.)

I have one whopping big complaint: why the frell does Beowulf get nominations, and Avary and Gaiman for screenplay? That was dreadful! The screenplay was awful! The Thirteenth Warrior did more interesting things with the story, for heaven's sake! (My review of the movie is here, if you haven't read it.)

If you want a better version of Beowulf, go here. It looks like Old English, but really, it's not. Don't be intimidated. Read it out loud. Enjoy it. Share it with your friends.

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[aelfgyfu_mead]

I have no regrets about my own career choice. I really can't imagine doing anything else. I may not read all the twentieth- and twenty-first century novels I'd have read in a different job, but there are still days I say, "I can't believe they pay me to" look at a beautiful Anglo-Saxon manuscript online, read Old English and Latin texts, teach Middle English romances--I'd never be doing these things as a hobby.

I read a bunch of Andre Norton growing up. My dad had piles of them, all these cheap SF paperbacks, sometimes two together, with a cover at each end (they met in the middle, and you turned it upside down to read the other one). And I fell in love with H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy and sequel(s), and then read Golden Dream, and that changed everything around.

I think he still has those books.