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i don't know what's with me lately. for the last week or so i have just not wanted to do anything except read.

i just finished sheri tepper's grass, which was really good; it's not a novel for the ages or anything (despite being nominated for a hugo), but it's an excellent read. over dinner tonight i started william gibson's count zero, part of my quest to read his non-neuromancer novels. i've also read pattern recognition and most of the stories in burning chrome--but that's not much, and i have a lot of books to go. it's hard to believe i haven't done this sooner. i guess he has a new one coming out in august: spook country. should be interesting. he did a documentary film a few years back, too, which i thought was pretty cool: no maps for these territories.

i'm wondering what SF is out there dealing more explicitly with genetic/eugenic themes, too. i have read all of the dune books (the real ones...the ones by frank herbert), and aldous huxley's brave new world of course, but i'm drawing a blank on others. any suggestions?

americanwomensuck.com?!?!?!

uhhhh... is this for real?

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from maeveh:

Your Score: Ingmar Bergman

Your film will be 65% romantic, 28% comedy, 46% complex plot, and a $ 48 million budget.

Your life will be portrayed on film as an intense psychological drama, likely with some actresses screaming at the camera (Persona), or maybe a pleasant chess game between the Grim Reaper and a Crusader (The Seventh Seal). This Swedish director's films are intensely scrutinzed and studied in colleges all over the world to this day. This means that most Americans still don't understand his films! Still alive, he released in the U.S. in 2005 his first film in 23 years (Saraband), and he can still take on one more project to make your film biography. If curious, start with his films Wild Strawberries and Smiles of a Summer Night.

Link: The Director Who Films Your Life Test written by bingomosquito on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test