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CHILDREN OF EARTH

DAY ONE-FOUR

Reactions/Reviews
rm some meta on Day Two through Four
beccaelizabeth with thoughts on the first four eps
laurab1 with thoughts on Days Three and Four
_stolendreams_ with some Day Four thoughts
explodeyy with a Day Four picspam
thescarletwoman with thoughts on Day Four and speculation on Day Five
tanarian is not pleased with Day Four or RTD
jadesfire2808 at torchwood_meta with a Day Four discussion
kalichan with some thoughts on Day Four
qthewetsprocket with the good, the bad, and the ugly of Day Four
selenak has thoughts on events during Day Four
never_evil with some not terribly pleased thoughts on Days Three and Four
allesodernichts isn't entirely sure what to think of events in Day Four
goodbutfallen is sad about events in Day Four
crazydrift thinks a Day Four event made sense, and thinks the writing is brilliant
anitabuchan feels events in Day Four are just lazy writing


DAY FIVE/OVERALL

Communities

house_of_cooper reaction post
torch_wood review post
torch_wood reaction post
torch_wood review post for reviews of the miniseries as a whole


Reactions/Reviews

beck_liz watches days one through five in one go [Overall]
fandom_me says this is the show they signed up to watch and fall in love with [Overall]
calapine says that was a fantastic piece of British sci-fi [Day Five]
kita0610 thought it was good storytelling [Day Five]
beccaelizabeth has some bitter [Overall]
lipsum with thoughts on Day Five, and overall verdict [Day Five/Overall]
aeshna_uk thought the series was superb [Day Five/Overall]
lefaym with thoughts on "Jack as Fandom Identification Figure in CoE: Day Five [Day Five]
rm says it was awful, and really great [Day Five/Overall]
thehubsitter feels that Torchwood just died [Day Five/Overall]
fajdrako with 23 thoughts [Day Five]
snorkackcatcher watches Days Two through Five in one go [Overall]
kalichan rejects this reality, and feels RTD killed Torchwood [Overall]
copperbadge with three things about Day Five [Day Five]
karenor found it to be too depressing, and is feeling disgusted [Day Five/Overall]
spiderine 30 "thinkies" about Day Five, and feels hurt [Day Five]
neadods says "Unexpectedly good storytelling overall, but I've gone from squee to sick about anything Torchwood." [Day Five/Overall]
redscharlach says goodbye to Torchwood, and is feeling a bit peeved [Day Five]
indiefairy wants "to congratulate Russell T Davies, James Moran and John Fay for an absolutely cracking rollercoaster of a ride" [Day Five/Overall]
sophieisgod with some assorted thoughts (Day Five/OVerall]
mydeira rather liked it, and found the finale satisfying [Day Five]
wtfbrain is not pleased with RTD [Overall]
paratti loved it [Days Four & Five/Overall]
rionaleonhart thought this was the darkest thing they've ever watched [Day Five]
im_jillybean thought it was a lot better than they were expecting [Day FIve/Overall]
thescarletwoman says this was not their Torchwood [Day Five]
padawanpooh says RTD bollocksed it up, gives it a 0/10 [Day Five]
beccaelizabeth feels sick [Day Five]
thedivinegoat says it hurt so much, and was awful and amazing [Day Five]
moetushie says it was surprisingly good, surprisingly tense, but felt oddly angry [Day Five/Overall]
sonspinner9 says it was dark, well-written true science fiction, and has five thoughts
selenak thought it was a fantastic ending to a fantastic miniseries [Day Five]
txvoodoo thought it was "serious good-ass scifi of the real sort" [Day Five/Overall]


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http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/07/how-to-play-with-your-food.html

I'm in Chicago right now, for ALA: the annual meeting of the American Library Association. I've been to a couple of them before and have always had a marvellous time -- once, with people like Art Spiegelman and Scott McCloud and Colleen Doran explaining to curious librarians what graphic novels were and why they should have them in their libraries, another time getting to visit New Orleans for the first time Post-Katrina, when I went to two dinners with Poppy Z Brite, and one of them was the first time Poppy's husband, chef Chris DeBarr, ever cooked for me*.

When I was in Melbourne, five years ago, Poppy was a guest of honour with me, and somewhere back then it was decided that we would be going to Alinea, a Chicago restaurant of remarkable coolness. The years went by and I was never in Chicago for long, and Katrina happened, and once Poppy went back to New Orleans she did not want to leave, but we knew one day it would happen.

And tonight it did. Poppy flew up from Chicago and took me to dinner. It was expensive, and, I only discovered at the end of the meal, Poppy was paying. (This is a big public thank you.)

The service and friendliness and sense of enjoyment from the Alinea staff was remarkable. I've had, on rare occasions, food that was as good, and, rarely, I've had food that was better, but I do not ever recall any meal that was as much fun to eat. 23 Courses (hmm, very illuminati) of things that melted or popped or squrunched in your mouth in astounding ways.

I think my favourite not-actually-putting-something-in-my-mouth moment was when the table was covered with bubbling belching dry-ice smoke, and I asked Poppy very nicely if she wouldn't mind saying, "Tonight, my creature, I shall give you Life!" for me, and, bless her, she did.

If anyone reading this is at ALA, I'm doing two signings at the HarperCollins booth 2011, one at 1.00pm on Saturday, the other on 9.00am on Monday (which should have some amusement value). Also a panel on Monday at 1:30pm on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The rest of the time is filled with interviews, receptions, speeches and such.

I'm actually here to receive the Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book. Which will be presented on Sunday night, and for which I have written (and already recorded) a speech. (Which will be played if I forget how to talk on Sunday night. It's possible.)

And I want to thank Harper Collins for indulging me, and keeping up the free version of The Graveyard Book on the mousecircus website all that time. You can still listen to (or watch) me read The Graveyard Book, chapter by chapter, across America, at http://www.mousecircus.com/videotour.aspx. You can also buy it.

(And to answer a sharp-eyed questioner, yes, there are a couple of changes in the latest printing of The Graveyard Book; I fixed an error in astronomy I'd made, and a misspelled foreign word, and fixed some paragraphs in the acknowledgments that were truncated in the original US edition.)


(And that reminds me: yes, I will be at San Diego Comic Con briefly on Friday July 24th, to do a panel with Henry Selick about Coraline, and a one hour signing afterwards. I'll be at the Eisner Awards for a bit that night, then will zoom across town to the Benefit concert that Amanda Palmer and Vermillion Lies are doing for the CBLDF.)




*Chris says people have been asking for "The Mezze of Destruction", the code-phrase that tells him they were sent from this blog, at the Green Goddess, and getting special extras -- restaurant Easter Eggs, as it were, and I have been getting happy messages from people who have eaten there who tried it. And, almost needless to say, lived.


Right. Bed.

Dear Torchwood,

OUCH. DO IT AGAIN.

Yours,

Ash

( really though )

[21] 3x05 "Day Five"

massive spoilers!!!

only two previews this time because the rest are too spoilery:



more here.

I cannot recall any tv show that I have watched generating as much polarisation as this week's Torchwood. (Of course, I am slow at these things, and watched the later Buffy and mid-period West Wing only a couple of years after first broadcast.)

To generalise brutally, my impression is that a majority of the fanfic side of fandom was appalled, while the more literary sf side was generally fascinated, with plenty of exceptions on both sides. To summarise reaction from my f-list (a number of these posts are locked, so you'll have to take my word for it):

( links )

( What I thought )

( Is that the end? )

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/019798.html

Blonde chick: So...isn't she going to want her stuff back?
Dude with cute voice: Actually...she doesn't know I have most of her stuff.

--Broadway & 28th St

Overheard by: Stormy

I've just been inspired, and thought that I might share. There may be more in the future.

( Vole, Jenka, and Bang! )

Brothers

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