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First off, we're having some foul weather today. Last week it snowed and was cold and all that fun winter stuff. Then it was 45 degrees out for two days which melted the snow. Then it was 23 degrees for two days which froze the ground, puddles, etc. Then, last night, there was some sort of rainy, sleety, hail-type stuff which crunched underfoot on the way out of my Theology night class. This morning, that turned into rain and slushy stuff underfoot, made worse by the fact that the ground is still pretty frozen, causing more flooding than usually on sidewalks. I've never seen weather quite like this before. It's quite an experience.
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I found out just today that the third of Paolini's books has a cover, title, and release date! (and an amazon page)
Probably most of you have either heard of or read the Inheritance Trilogy by the boy writer, Christopher Paolini. I read the first two at the recommendation of some friends and siblings. They are standard, mid-quality, children's fantasy fare. I have long said that they were and are so popular only because Paolini started Eragon when he was 15 years old. I personally don't think his writing style has improved much since then, but the books are an enjoyable read, especially for children (and I do enjoy reading lighter things now and then for a break.)Now, reviews aside, I was very impatient to see the third book come out. I didn't read Eragon till Eldest had already been released, so I had to sense of how long it was between books. Eragon was published in 2002, and Eldest in 2005*.
There had been much internet buzz over the potential name and cover of Paolini's third and final book. Now it's resolved, and it looks like the series won't be over till its author is about 40. I recommend you watch the video on the amazon page for details, but, to put a long story short, there will now be 4 books in the Inheritance Cycle because of poor planning.
All I really wanted to say was that the release date for Brisingr is September 20, 2008. amazon.com has a really good price on the preorder. Only $15.68 after discount and 5% bonus savings on preorders. That's off the list price of $27.50. I was impressed.
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In other news, I got an email from our residence director the other day that included the following little gem:
" BYOB (bring your own bowl) - Thursday, February 7th. Come to 3rd floor at 9:00pm for
fellowship over a bowl of cereal! (we also get lactate milk for those who need it) "
Oh so very very wrong!
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I also wanted to make it clear that I will no longer be intimidated by disparaging remarks about my multilingualism. I will stand up against anti-Spanish-class sentiments. I will sing Juanes in public and darn the stares. I will compose facebook statuses in French and not be intimidated by wall posts.
I AM LINGUIST, HEAR ME ROAR!
Thank you.
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Finally, I leave you with this simple thought...
Isn't it great that google is non-partisan?
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As I was writing this, the network all over campus totally crashed. They were very nice about it, though, and sent us all an email letting us know that we didn't have internet.
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God bless,
-Rebekah
7 comments:
What?
Who makes fun of your multilingualism? I, frankly, would trade my math skills for that if I could! (And if you know what my math skills are...) I think, though, that those of us who can only decipher Latin, English and C/C++ are going to be confused by Facebook statuses in French. Good grief, why don't you just indulge in your linguist feelings by training me instead? We can see each other at lunch, dinner, etc. and you can ramble in Spanish till my brain learns to keep up.
The BYOB email is much funnier if you note that you originally read the word "to" between "get" and "lactate".
I too noticed the irony of them emailing us to tell us the internet was down.
I'm certain I told you before you left that Paolini was making four books instead of three. I'm very surprised by the cover and title, though. I thought Paolini had promised us that the third book would be green and that he would never write a book with a title that didn't start with and "e" and contain six letters.
Yes, you did tell me, sorry I didn't credit you. :P
I thought that the green announcement was official but that the title was all speculation. Unless he said that the last book would be green...
hahahaha, i miss you, bekah!
"I AM LINGUIST, HEAR ME ROAR!"
LOL Good One!!
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