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trocheeA brief update, mostly to identify all the stuff I've been reading:
Chomsky's MA thesis The Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew. Obsessively-formalized without any apparent sensitivity to what this formalism means. Most of that comes from its era.
Aliens and Linguists, by Walter E. Meyers, at the recommendation of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ozarque. A fairly basic but entertaining exploration (in 1980) of how science fiction copes with language questions.
Ocean, the new comic miniseries by Warren Ellis. The opening three pages alone (and the surprise -- sort of -- on page 4) are worth the price of the comic. And it keeps up the quality (the preview doesn't capture the sense of wonder in it, though).
Various other comics, not nearly as good (Lucifer, Fables, Terra Obscura -- which is head-and-shoulders the best of those three, but still seems tired somehow). BPRD: The Dead is pretty good; it's nice to see Mignola writing again (preview here).
On my list of to-read, but holding off because I need rewards for doing work:
Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson, which I got today because it's out in paperback.
Finder, still the best comic out there.
Volume 2 of the uneven Boneyard.
Chomsky's MA thesis The Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew. Obsessively-formalized without any apparent sensitivity to what this formalism means. Most of that comes from its era.
Aliens and Linguists, by Walter E. Meyers, at the recommendation of
ozarque. A fairly basic but entertaining exploration (in 1980) of how science fiction copes with language questions.Ocean, the new comic miniseries by Warren Ellis. The opening three pages alone (and the surprise -- sort of -- on page 4) are worth the price of the comic. And it keeps up the quality (the preview doesn't capture the sense of wonder in it, though).
Various other comics, not nearly as good (Lucifer, Fables, Terra Obscura -- which is head-and-shoulders the best of those three, but still seems tired somehow). BPRD: The Dead is pretty good; it's nice to see Mignola writing again (preview here).
On my list of to-read, but holding off because I need rewards for doing work:
Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson, which I got today because it's out in paperback.
Finder, still the best comic out there.
Volume 2 of the uneven Boneyard.
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Date: 2004-11-23 05:57 am (UTC)Anyway, wonderful to talk to you...
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Date: 2004-11-23 07:40 am (UTC)It has (quite literally) been on my to-do list for months. I will get around to it. soon. It involves Quixote and Borges and The White Stripes and Dolly Parton. Yes, really.
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Date: 2004-11-23 07:58 am (UTC)