Random recommendations

[catherineldf]

of worthwhile things read or listened to in the last couple of weeks:
Comic - "Polly and the Pirates," Issues 1 and 2. Ted Naifeh, Oni Press. I love this man's work! "Courtney Crumrin" rocked. "Polly" is much lighter fare so far but definitely a great deal of fun.
Graphic novel - "Ghosts of Hoppers" by Jaime Hernandez. One of the great things about Maggie and Hopie (of Love and Rockets fame) is that they are drifting into cheerfully dysfunctional middle age. Like much of their audience including yours truly. Well done, as is the majority of the Bros. Hernandez work.

Books:
"Vintage" by Steve Berman. Edgiest YA ever! Great read and characters you got really fond of.
"Spirits that Walk in Shadow" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Fast, fun read. More great characters.
"James Tiptree, Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon" by Julie Phillips. Wow. Not a cheerful read but a very, very important one. Beautifully written biography.
This was part one of my new Tiptree obsession. I'm also finishing up a collection of her short fiction, "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever" (Tachyon).

Music: "One Day it Will Please Us to Remember Even This." NY Dolls. Just because I had finished reading "The Good Faeries of New York (also recommended) and was thinking about Johnnie Thunders in our local indie music shop. They still rock, even without JT.

Comments

Re: Ghosts of Hoppers et. al.

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Oh yeah! Read it in its entirety. It's a hard read but the ending doesn't come as a big surprise, though it was somewhat worse that I had originally thought. The suggestion that her husband wasn't consenting at the end and the phone calls to his family were quite creepy.
GOH is a fun read; now I have to know what happens to Izzy. :-)