Monthly Archives: December 2014
Things I’d Pay to See . . .
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Book Review: The Honor of the Queen by David Weber
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The Honor of the Queen by David Weber
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book completely converted me to the Honor Harrington series. Not only was this an outstanding bit of space opera, but somehow, David Weber managed to insert a strong-willed female vaguely agnostic protagonist into a diplomatic and military role with a Mormonesque patriarchal religious culture . . . and it worked; and made sense, and didn’t descend into any number of several possible bad tropes, or psychological abuse, or preaching about either side’s views.
Honor came across as an intelligent and effective military leader and diplomat and I read the whole novel at the edge of my seat. A lot of things happened in the story that are difficult and traumatizing for a realistic character, and neither did she wallow in self-pity nor sail blithely through the situation as though entirely unaffected. She is angry in…
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Book Review: On Basilisk Station by David Weber
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On Basilisk Station by David Weber
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was recommended to me by a few different people because a) I like space opera and b) I like historical nautical fiction like Horatio Hornblower and the Aubrey-Maturin novels. The Honor Harrington books were deliberately written to evoke that nautical military fiction, up to and including a nod at another famous protagonist with the HH initials, and a logical reason for teenage midshipmen (or at least they look that way.) There’s some neat aliens too, like the treecats such as Nimitz, Honor’s faithful companion.
I was slow to warm to it. David Weber’s first effort still suffers from some inexperienced writing, such as awkward dialogue and infodumps (one of which was in the middle of the big climactic space fight! Why can’t we have learned about how the tech works earlier, like when Honor came aboard the…
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Makeup & Costume Tutorial
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History of Middle-Earth Part 1
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I suspect that English is not this person’s first language; there are many spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. But it’s still really cool and it’s worth watching.
FROZEN?
0Steampunk 101
0Spelljammer on THAC0’s Hammer Podcast
0AuldDragon *represents* Wildspace: the Spelljammer Fanzine (one of my other projects) in a hilarious and casual podcast for us dyed-in-the-wool geeks that runs through a gamut of many games!
The 2nd Edition podcast THAC0’s Hammer has a new episode covering Spelljammer, featuring me, AuldDragon, as a cohost. Give it a listen!
Waist Training : How Long Before I See Results?
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Hello Blog Readers! This must be one of our most challenging FAQ’s asked of our Team. It seems everyone wants a finite timeline to waist training success. Anyone who has ever entered into a long-term commitment knows the path is different for each us.
If you pay for gym membership-would you expect the trainers to know when you achieve your fitness goals? Of course not! The act of buying a gym membership does guarantee anything. How many hours a week will you work out? Will you adapt healthier eating habits? How rigorous will your workouts be? How consistent will your workouts be? Will your family genetics help or hinder your progress?
You can see how quickly each of these variables will affect your individual timeline. The same is true for waist training. How many hours a day will you wear your corset (this can range from just a few hours to…
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Confessions of a Geek Queen 