Angel

[oyceter]

Filler! But fun filler. I think I would have had more fun if the constant countdown of Angel episodes left hadn't been running in the back of my head.

And while I enjoyed the wacky hijinks of the Spike and Angel show (particularly Angel's cookie rant, which was perfect), Wes and Illyria...

GUH.

It's so wrong and so twisted, and the look on Wes' face when she walks through the door as Fred... just small things, little modulations in his voice. I can't believe they didn't tell her parents!

And I've said it before, but Amy Acker is absolutely amazing, the way she was switching from Illyria to Fred at the drop of a hat. I particularly liked watching the Fred expression melt off her face, and the strangeness of Illyria-body-language in the Fred body.

Nothing more to say. Sigh. I want a giant, kick-ass, mind-blowing finale, and I'm not quite sure I'm going to get it =(.

Actually, I am still trusting the ME team, but this super filler episode right after last week's move-the-pieces-around episode didn't help.

Also: Guy Gavriel Kay has a new book out!!

My general feeling about this is: why didn't anyone tell me?! Not that anyone would have known to ;).

Comments

ACK - news to me as well!

[writeonq.livejournal.com]

A new GGK book? I didn't hear anything about it either. Sheesh - this aithor is so underrated! It always amazes me. Know any details about the new one?

Re: ACK - news to me as well!

[oyceter]

I know!! I don't even know how long it's been out -- I went to the bookstore next door to check out a Hellboy artbook and noticed it on a stand.

I think the title's Light something something Shining something (heh, sorry, my memory is rotten). But I read the inside flaps, and apparently he's doing something with Vikings!

Ah, I think I heard a joke about this

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

Apparently one American reviewer didn't know about Viking "dragon-ships" and thought GGK was referring to dragon-powered ships :-)

Re: Ah, I think I heard a joke about this

[oyceter]

LOL!

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

I didn't know either?

And thanks!!

[oyceter]

Sure thing ^_^.

Hrm. I still need to read Sailing to Sarantium...

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

My general feeling about this is: why didn't anyone tell me?! Not that anyone would have known to ;).

Sorry! If I'd known, I would have told you. Maybe you can supply me with a complete list of authors to keep you updated on? ;)

It's the first book in a two-book series, I'm told; most people seem happy with it. In the same world as Lions and Sarantium, but as usual in a different time and place.

I'm holding off because he's not a buy-in-hardcover for me, especially when it's going to be a cliffhanger, although at some point maybe I'll get to a library.

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

I think I'd seen it in the SFBC newsletter, but hadn't realized people would be interested. For my part, I've given up reading GGK until I get specific recommendations. I loved Tigana, but I find certain writerly tics increasingly annoying, and the trend has been continuing for some time, so if things are going to get more annoying than SARANTIUM, I really don't want to be the first one in....

[oyceter]

Hrm, what tics?

I haven't read his later stuff (Sarantium), and I don't remember much of Lions at all...

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

Without getting too detailed (spoiler-problems): unnecessary obfuscation of character identity; gratuitous and as-far-as-I-can-tell pointless graphic sex scenes; characters masturbatorily congratulating each other or themselves over their cleverness and the poignancy of it all; obnoxious moral melodrama (this refers specifically to stuff toward the end of SARANTIUM--if you want to know what I'm referring to after you read it, feel free to ask again); repeated subtle problematic treatment of women, especially the potentiality of women as artist/artisans (this last is more of a quibble, perhaps).

(Keep in mind, he's still quite good. But I expected better after Tigana, and have been largely disappointed. I believe I am a tiny minority, however. Oh, Dianora...)

[oyceter]

Mmm yes... one of the things that used to annoy me about him was the way there was no clear romantic pairing ;). Hee, but I think that's out of my system now that I've started reading romances.

My favorites of his are still Tigana and the Fionavar trilogy (I know, Tolkien derivative, but I'd actually rather read it instead of LotR... ah the blasphemy).

[oyceter]

Hee, I guess this one was totally under everyone radar! And my author list would be waaaaay too long ;). Sigh. I have a hard enough time catching up on backlist!

Hrm, this does it. I really need to just sit down someday and read Sailing to Sarantium. It's been sitting on my shelves for three years, and I just keep forgetting it's there.

[onetwomany.livejournal.com]

I particularly liked watching the Fred expression melt off her face, and the strangeness of Illyria-body-language in the Fred body.

Wasn't it just incredible? Amy impressing me more than I ever thought possible with her acting talent.

And, yeah, fun filler sums it up. I like it, but would have loved it a lot more were it not the third last episode ever...

[oyceter]

Yeah. But I adored the black and white scene. That was awesome... someone needs to write fic!!