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incandescensProject Bookplate is a success! That is, with the combination of some art nouveau bits from doverpictura.com, some adhesive-backed paper from the local stationary chain store, a craft knife and cutting board, and a Word document, I have managed to produce some not-too-bad-looking bookplates to take to Worldcon with me in the hopes of getting autographs. Pas mal. Go me.
Also bought some brandy to take down with me as a present for my parents. Some nice stuff from one of the local alcohol places.
Need to do a whole load of things: finalise laundry, charge everything, pack my chargers, do my packing, finish cutting out the bookplates, write, etc. But for the moment sleep sounds the most important.
Incidentally, was rereading the Skylark books by EE Doc Smith. Have not really touched these since I first read them in my early teens, at which point in my life I failed to notice a whole lot of stuff, but did notice that women didn't exactly get a lot to do except act as supportive partners. Was agreeably surprised to see competent female scientists (even if the main one noted was in the biological field) and competent women in general showing up in the last book, Skylark Duquesne. Then checked the dates and saw that it was written about thirty years later than the first three books. Right.
Other memories from first reading the books: my father carefully explaining that it was pronounced du-kehn, not du-ques-ne, since it was originally from the French. The perils of having a father who was a lecturer in French literature. I don't think he or my mother really went into the literary merits of the series, though. They probably thought that some books one has to read at eleven or twelve and grow past.
Also bought some brandy to take down with me as a present for my parents. Some nice stuff from one of the local alcohol places.
Need to do a whole load of things: finalise laundry, charge everything, pack my chargers, do my packing, finish cutting out the bookplates, write, etc. But for the moment sleep sounds the most important.
Incidentally, was rereading the Skylark books by EE Doc Smith. Have not really touched these since I first read them in my early teens, at which point in my life I failed to notice a whole lot of stuff, but did notice that women didn't exactly get a lot to do except act as supportive partners. Was agreeably surprised to see competent female scientists (even if the main one noted was in the biological field) and competent women in general showing up in the last book, Skylark Duquesne. Then checked the dates and saw that it was written about thirty years later than the first three books. Right.
Other memories from first reading the books: my father carefully explaining that it was pronounced du-kehn, not du-ques-ne, since it was originally from the French. The perils of having a father who was a lecturer in French literature. I don't think he or my mother really went into the literary merits of the series, though. They probably thought that some books one has to read at eleven or twelve and grow past.
