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starladyFive icons picked by melannen.
This one refers to Garth Nix's The Keys to the Kingdom series, in which the creator of the universe, the Architect, is a woman--and the fact that on Earth the creator is generally thought of as male is blamed on the inaccuracies of oral transmission in the Secondary Realms, as they're called. I love Garth Nix, and I liked The Keys a lot, you should totally read them. The female characters rock (so do the male ones, but Suzy Turquoise Blue is just far and away the best).
This one has the keywords "tool of the trade," and I generally use it when posting or commenting about writing of all kinds.
I read a lot. Thus this icon of an endless well of books seemed particularly fitting, and I generally use it when I talk about books.
I am a firm believer in the idea that the "literary fiction" genre has no particular claim on being "literature" over any other genre, particularly science fiction and fantasy. Thus, this icon! I tend to use it when posting about sff, though I also use it on entries about fail in the same. It's kind of confrontational as an icon, though, so I don't use it as much as I could, for fear of antagonizing people unintentionally.
"In Life's name and for Life's sake, I assert that I will employ the Art which is its gift in Life's service alone, rejecting all other usages. I will guard growth and ease pain. I will fight to preserve what grows and lives well in its own way; and I will change no object or creature unless its growth and life, or that of the system of which it is part, are threatened. To these ends, in the practice of my Art, I will put aside fear for courage, and death for life, when it is right to do so -- till Universe's end."
That is the text of the Wizard's Oath in Diane Duane's Young Wizards series, and it's not a bad statement of my own philosophy about life and how to live it. I love those books to death, and I can't recommend them highly enough; I use this when I'm talking about the books, or about death, or about other difficult things in life.
melannen. This one refers to Garth Nix's The Keys to the Kingdom series, in which the creator of the universe, the Architect, is a woman--and the fact that on Earth the creator is generally thought of as male is blamed on the inaccuracies of oral transmission in the Secondary Realms, as they're called. I love Garth Nix, and I liked The Keys a lot, you should totally read them. The female characters rock (so do the male ones, but Suzy Turquoise Blue is just far and away the best).
This one has the keywords "tool of the trade," and I generally use it when posting or commenting about writing of all kinds.
I read a lot. Thus this icon of an endless well of books seemed particularly fitting, and I generally use it when I talk about books.
I am a firm believer in the idea that the "literary fiction" genre has no particular claim on being "literature" over any other genre, particularly science fiction and fantasy. Thus, this icon! I tend to use it when posting about sff, though I also use it on entries about fail in the same. It's kind of confrontational as an icon, though, so I don't use it as much as I could, for fear of antagonizing people unintentionally.
"In Life's name and for Life's sake, I assert that I will employ the Art which is its gift in Life's service alone, rejecting all other usages. I will guard growth and ease pain. I will fight to preserve what grows and lives well in its own way; and I will change no object or creature unless its growth and life, or that of the system of which it is part, are threatened. To these ends, in the practice of my Art, I will put aside fear for courage, and death for life, when it is right to do so -- till Universe's end."
That is the text of the Wizard's Oath in Diane Duane's Young Wizards series, and it's not a bad statement of my own philosophy about life and how to live it. I love those books to death, and I can't recommend them highly enough; I use this when I'm talking about the books, or about death, or about other difficult things in life.
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Date: 2010-09-04 22:32 (UTC):O I always thought the first icon was about The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya lol.
Ohh! Garth Nix! a month ago I finished reading Sabriel, the first book of his Abhorsen Trilogy and I liked it very very much. Sadly I didn't found the second book yet ;_;
I've never heard of this author before, but The Keys of the Kingdom sounds very yummy.
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Date: 2010-09-04 22:51 (UTC)