Dailies #61

– “The last time a President got this much done, booze was illegal”.

– After trashing Thurgood Marshall, Republicans Senators are asked to name a decision that best exemplifies his radical left-wing judicial activism. They cannot name one.

– Lindsey Graham: “Where where you on Christmas Day when the Christmas Bomber was caught?” Elena Kagan: “Like most Jews, I was probably in a Chinese restaurant”.

– President Obama, speaking truth to stupid: “I just want everyone to remember – we’ve tried the other side’s theories. We can return to what we know did not work, or we can build a stronger future”.

– Stephen King • La Asfintit – in mod obisnuit eu prefer romanele lui, nu povestirile scurte, acestea fiind doar ok (cel putin prin ce-am trecut eu – Four Past Midnight si Skeleton Crew), dar de data asta a fost crunt, am renuntat cand am realizat ca din primele sase povestiri din totalul de treisprezece nu mi-a placut niciuna. Argh, s-a prostit notabil cu timpul. Apropo, “gringa”? Serios? Nu exista redactor pentru asta? Nu exista nici la noi si nici la englezi, de ce s-a lasat cuvantul spaniol in text?

– Stephen King • The Talisman – am rezistat eroic la prima suta de pagini, dar mai departe n-am putut. Bo-ring. Asta se intampla cand, daca esti un idiot cum sunt si eu, iei ca prime lecturi SK Cell, Salem’s Lot, IT si The Stand – toate celelalte palesc in comparatie.

– Prin bunavointa unui forumist care mi-a imprumutat exemplarele sale, in urmatoarea perioada ma voi delecta cu quartet-ul A Song of Ice and Fire. Wee! Se pare ca Interneturile™ sunt bune si pentru altceva inafara de lesbian bondage.

– Wee! Bigbro revine miercuri si-mi aduce cu el urmatoarele bunatati atent alese de la Book-Off. Ca intotdeauna, cine vrea sa imprumute/schimbe/cumpere, aveti mailul la pagina de contact (linkurile sunt la BookDepo, editiile cele mai ieftine, in parenteze editia mea).

– Robert Harris – Pompeii (TP)
– Edward Rutherford – London (HC)
– Ken Scholes – Lamentation (HC)

– Chris Wooding – The Weavers of Saramyr (HC)

– S. M. Stirling – Ice, Iron and Gold (HC Night Shade Books)
– Liz Williams – Snake Agent (TP NSB)
– Liz Williams – The Demon and the City (TP NSB)
– Walter Jon – Voice of the Whirlwind (TP NSB)
– Patrick Rothfuss – The Name of the Wind (TP)