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by earthy
Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:43 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: Eden of the East
Replies: 7
Views: 8903

Eden of the East

Wowza, have any of you seen Eden of the East? Just finished watching it--what a fun series! The follow-up movies are pretty disappointing, but the series itself is great: good animation, interesting plot, fun characters, lovely voice acting. And yet its fanbase online seems to be completely non-exis...
by earthy
Wed Oct 10, 2012 4:14 am
Forum: Literature
Topic: Young Adult Literature
Replies: 237
Views: 20734

Re: Young Adult Literature

Percy Jackson is fun, particularly if you've got a background in Greek mythology and can catch all the in-jokes. On a similar note, just finished Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman, which was pretty fun and similarly full of winks to Norse mythology. I love me some YA stuff, both series and oth...
by earthy
Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:36 pm
Forum: Literature
Topic: Frankenstein
Replies: 253
Views: 44509

Re: Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein definitely wins the award for Worst Dad Ever. <.< >.> I do hope anyone interested in the characters/story is able to check out the National Theatre version with Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch (https://microsites.nationaltheatre.org.uk/69499/productions/frankenstein-enc...
by earthy
Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:30 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Visual Novels
Replies: 17
Views: 8807

Re: Visual Novels

I don't know much about this format, but it sounds intriguing! The only visual novel I've read is a fan production for BBC!Sherlock called The Pendant Soldiers (available on DeviantArt: http://y0do.deviantart.com/art/Sherlock-Visual-Novel-203366010). It's FANTASTIC. Lots of fun ways to get bad endin...
by earthy
Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:34 am
Forum: Graphics and Coding
Topic: Resources
Replies: 40
Views: 31726

Re: Resources

Are we counting good old physical books as resources? ^.~ 'Cause it looks like you've already got web resources covered (I am going to come back here and save so many links).... Your friendly neighborhood pseudo-former-librarian suggests: Head First SQL by Lynn Beighley White Space is Not Your Enemy...