Remember, Remember

[eldritchhobbit]

Happy Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night. Today's a great day for reading a good book or watching a good film. :)

Happy birthday to madkestrel. May your day be fantastic and your next year the very best yet!

* On the latest PotterCast, the official podcast of the Leaky Cauldron, I once again join the wonderful Potter Pundits as a special guest to discuss the relationship of Gothic literature to the Harry Potter universe. Our spooky segment begins 32 minutes into the show, and you can listen to/download the podcast here. This is the second half of a two-part series; the first half of our conversation is available here.

* There have been several links recently related to dystopian/apocalyptic and/or young adult literature that I thought might be of interest:
-- "Teen Books Lure Grown-Up Eyes" (re: cross-reading)
-- "It's The End of the World As We Know It" (re: post-apocalyptic fiction)
-- "Why I Like to Write About the Apocalypse" (re: apocalyptic fiction)
-- "Research Reveals That Apocalyptic Stories Changed Dramatically 20 Years Ago" (re: apocalyptic fiction)

Have a great day, my friends!


Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder, treason and plot,
I see of no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

Comments

[greenhoodloxley.livejournal.com]

Happy Guy Fawkes!

[alitalf.livejournal.com]

Guy Fawkes - the only person to enter Parliament with honest intent - unless you include David Blunkett's guide dog.

[arymetore.livejournal.com]

Penny for the Guy?

[madkestrel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've always loved that my birthday falls on Guy Fawkes Day (even if my mama wouldn't let me burn a Guy in the backyard...)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

And to you!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Well said!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

But of course! ;)

No Guy Fawkes

[ievil-spock-47i.livejournal.com]

Signs likes this were in a few placed last week in DC

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

That's so neat - you get fireworks and everything! :) Hope you're having a great one.

Re: No Guy Fawkes

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Aw, spoilsports! ;)

Re: No Guy Fawkes

[vyrdolak.livejournal.com]

It's even worse than that, open bonfires have been banned by the Fingermen:

Organisers of a Guy Fawkes night party in Devon claim health and safety officials have forced them to watch a film of a bonfire rather than the real thing