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dolorosa_12This is a day for summery music, and so, Miami Horror:
It is still over 30 degrees. Matthias has camped out in the bedroom with the fan on, and is binge-watching shows on Netflix, and honestly, that's about all that it's possible to do in this heat. I've already had two nosebleeds, and just generally feel really sleepy. I'm not looking forward to having to go back to work(ing from home) tomorrow, when it's again going to be around 35 degrees. I will get through it, of course, but I am feeling grouchy about the prospect.
Onwards to books. My copy of the first volume of The Old Guard comic arrived this week, and I devoured it pretty quickly. Having read it, I don't feel that the film deviated too much from the source material except in terms of surface details — and if anything the characters get more depth in the film. I'm glad I read it, though, and will no doubt buy the other volumes when I'm able.
I also read Aliette de Bodard's novelette, 'The Inaccessibility of Heaven', which feels like it takes place in another corner of her Dominion of the Fallen post-apocalyptic fallen angels universe. Like that trilogy, it's a story where there are no easy choices — a world rife with power imbalances and exploitation, and humans and angsty immortal beings cautiously dancing around each other, trying to find a way to survive. It's a good story, but not a happy one.
And now I'm going to collapse in front of the fan, and read things that don't require much effort...
It is still over 30 degrees. Matthias has camped out in the bedroom with the fan on, and is binge-watching shows on Netflix, and honestly, that's about all that it's possible to do in this heat. I've already had two nosebleeds, and just generally feel really sleepy. I'm not looking forward to having to go back to work(ing from home) tomorrow, when it's again going to be around 35 degrees. I will get through it, of course, but I am feeling grouchy about the prospect.
Onwards to books. My copy of the first volume of The Old Guard comic arrived this week, and I devoured it pretty quickly. Having read it, I don't feel that the film deviated too much from the source material except in terms of surface details — and if anything the characters get more depth in the film. I'm glad I read it, though, and will no doubt buy the other volumes when I'm able.
I also read Aliette de Bodard's novelette, 'The Inaccessibility of Heaven', which feels like it takes place in another corner of her Dominion of the Fallen post-apocalyptic fallen angels universe. Like that trilogy, it's a story where there are no easy choices — a world rife with power imbalances and exploitation, and humans and angsty immortal beings cautiously dancing around each other, trying to find a way to survive. It's a good story, but not a happy one.
And now I'm going to collapse in front of the fan, and read things that don't require much effort...