At 06:08 PM 6/2/03, Ukyou Kuonji wrote:
>My apologies, folks, for this taking so long. I've spent the last two weeks
>battling 21 pages of notes and a nasty head cold (I will hold off on any
>jokes about what I might have had I gone to AnimeNorth instead - the last
>week or so has been bad enough). In any case, I give you the full version
>of our time at AnimeCentral2003
>
>==========
>
a few clarifications and corrections to Ucchan's report
>Jeanne has a few other war stories, as well, including the Catholic ladies'
>conference that was going on at the same hotel as ACen98 - the ladies didn't
>really take too well to us otaku, particularly the cosplayers (I personally
>recall a young man I met there who was dressed as Usagi to deliberately, and
>I quote: "freak out the mundanes"). On the other hand, there were a few
>caught peering curiously into one screening room or another.
The Catholic ladies were *cool*! Confused, but very cool about it all. Kind
of like the members of the optician's convention during this year's ACen.
>Jeanne's reading list is more
>nebulous, ranging from romances t!
>o sci-fi, but she does mention titles such as 'Guns of August' by Barb
>Zuckerman
"The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman won the Pulitzer Prize in the
General - Non-Fiction category in 1963. It's about August 1914, the people
and events that led up to World War I, and missed opportunities for there
not being a war at all. It's considered by some to be the greatest history
book ever written.
The paperback edition is on Amazon.com at (long link warning!):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/034538623X/qid=1054678611/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-2513184-4460915
As an aside, Tuchman also won the Pulitzer for General - Non-Fiction in
1972 for "Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945"
>and a piece entitled (I swear, I am not making this up) 'Bimbos of
>the Death Zone.'
That's "Bimbos of the Death Sun" by Sharyn McCrumb. Believe it or not, it's
a murder mystery set at a science fiction con. Besides being a decent
mystery, it's a hilarious read - IIRC, Ms. McCrumb was con staff in her
college days, and she's certainly nailed the sorts of things that go on (SF
cons aren't all *that* different from anime cons when it comes down to
brass tacks). It also won the Edgar Award in the category of Best Original
Paperback Mystery (1988) and was nominated
for the Anthony Award.
It's at Amazon.com at (long link warning!):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/034541215X/qid=1054679093/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-2513184-4460915?v=glance&s=books
As an aside, the title of McCrumb's book refers to the title of a hard
science fiction book written by one of McCrumb's characters, Jay Omega. He
blames the title on his publisher, and is quite embarassed about the whole
thing.
>
>Sounds like a great title for a Dirty Pair episode. And if they find out I
>said that, they'll kill me.
>Jeanne favors older series, like Project A-ko and Silent
>Moebius,
I don't recall mentioning A-ko. While I liked the anime (for those who
haven't, go to freeze frame or slo-mo and check out what those missiles
really are), I don't think there's much to work with for fanfic. But I'm
sure others will disagree :)
Jeanne Hedge
http://www.jhedge.com
NEW EMAIL ADDRESS! jhedge@rcn.com
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