Stirring Dull Roots with Spring Rain

[eldritchhobbit]

Hello everyone! Happy Passover and Happy Easter weekend to those of you who celebrate, and Happy Friday to everybody!

* My most recent StarShipSofa "Looking Back on Genre History" segment, which discusses the character of Andrew Latter by Harold Begbie, is now available in the latest episode of the podcast. You can download it or listen to it here. If you listen, I hope you enjoy. (A full list of my past podcast segments, with links, is available here.)

* Information about the upcoming book The Philosophy of Joss Whedon is now available, and it's up for preorder at Amazon. This collection includes my essay “‘Just Get Us a Little Further’: Liberty and the Frontier in Firefly and Serenity.”

* It looks like an official DVD set of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is going to happen! I'm ridiculously excited. I have been a faithful fan for more than twenty years. (You can hear/download my StarShipSofa segment on this controversial and award-winning series here at StarShipSofa or here on the Captain Power fansite.) Thanks for the early scoop on this some time ago, sneezythesquid!

* Librivox has two new unabridged readings of special interest, the dystopian Philip Dru: Administrator, A Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935 by Edward M. House (1912) and the apocalyptic Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson (1908).

* In happy news, happy early birthday to izhilzha! May you have a wonderful day and a fantastic year to come.

* In sad news, R.I.P. Sarah Jane, Elisabeth Sladen (1946-2011). Tragic news indeed.

And last, memeage:

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Neutral. Not Northern, Southern, or Western, just American. Your national American identity is more important to you than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity to begin with.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Same Different

“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.”
- T.S. Eliot

Comments

[peadarog.livejournal.com]

Bizarrely enough, I seem to be totally lacking in American accents. I try and try, but they always catch me at the border.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Well, we can't let just anybody have one, can we?

[peadarog.livejournal.com]

*twang* *twang* Am I getting better?

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Still much too melodious, I'm afraid.

[tudorpumpkin.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

I have circulated the news of the upcoming book amongst my Browncoat friends and am pleased to tell you they are in the process of pre-ordering now. I am looking forward to The Philosophy of Joss Whedon and your essay myself. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks a million! I'm so happy that there's interest in this, and I greatly appreciate your help in getting out the word. I'm grateful!

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

Every single link on that quiz comes up as access forbidden or as the page not existing. . . .

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

That is SO weird! I have no idea why that did that. *scratches head* Thanks for the heads up... and sorry!

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the birthday wishes and the cute snail! :)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! *hugs*

[sittingduck1313.livejournal.com]

Dork Tower did a little tribute for Elizabeth Sladen.

http://www.dorktower.com/2011/04/19/dork-tower-wednesday-april-20-2011/

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

This totally makes me teary-eyed.

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[abbie (from livejournal.com)]

Oh YAY about the book and the Captain Power!!

I loved that quiz! You do, in fact, have a neutral accent.
I got western!! I'm so proud because that's what I consider myself. (Also, it makes sense. The results even said you're likely get this answer if you're from Texas and born after 1980.) :D

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay! And thanks!

I'm fascinated that the quiz can be that specific (Texas after 1980). But three cheers for the Western accent!

I think mine could be more neutral. I'm actually working on it, for my narrations, but sometimes something regional creeps in, but not from any one place... a little of this, a little of that. Anyway, thanks for seconding the quiz on that score. :)

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