Mulling Things Over

[dewline]

I'm pursuing a couple of illustration things at the moment. No details until I'm sure on that front. (No, neither of them have anything to do with the comics work I've already detailed on my site's Projects page.)

Not quite sure what else to talk about at the moment...ah.

I'm awaiting the new ST: Titan with some annoyance. The closest bookstore to my house has a handful of copies in stock, but due to the Seasonal chaos they can't spare anyone to open the box in the back room holding them to stock the shelves yet. And it's written by one of my newer favourite authors to boot. Annoying, but not quite with a capital "A" yet. More on this anon as well.

I'm sad over John Spencer dying. He was a big part of what makes The West Wing work for me, even now. The show's going to be in re-runs forever, and I miss him already anyway.

More stuff later as I think it over...

Comments

[steve-roby.livejournal.com]

Haven't picked up the new Titan book yet either, though I haven't had time to check the stores. All I've read by Christopher so far is Ex Machina, I think; he's had some anthology contributions and at least one or two SCE ebooks, right? But Ex Machina is certainly good enough to have me looking forward to Orion's Hounds.

On Christopher Bennett

[dewline.livejournal.com]

You won't get an argument from me on the quality of TOS: Ex Machina, for all his stated concerns re: "sequelitis" about that book. He made it work very well for him. I fully expect TTN: Orion's Hounds to do as well or better, given that he's expanding on some of the multi-species crew themes of that earlier novel.

Plus, he just knows how the Established on Screens Great and Small Characters work...