Clarke wins award.

[matgb]

For those that haven't listened to me yet and gone to buy it yet, the winner of this years World Fantasy Awards best novel? Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury). It's definately my favourite book of the last few years, I plugged it a bit here and everyone I know that's read it loves it. That includes Neil Gaiman, although I haven't met him yet...

Currently reading the Dark Materials trilogy by Pullman, very good so far, but keep getting distracted by the evil intorw3b so am only on the first book. I'm, um, succumbing to the lure of Harry Potter, and am going to see the film when it comes out. That's the 00.05 showing Friday morning, (faeriecween already has the tickets) and I'm being dragged along with aliennurai, byteback, Logan and Lucie. Lucie's the crazy one who thinks the Palace of Westminster should be painted pink.

But before that, am travelling to Germany with granjero to attend KoHIT, the Warlord worlds, which will be fun. I'm one of the few that's been to every event so far. Travel back Monday, stay, hopefully, with nadriel for a bit before trotting off to Reading for the random insanity that always seems to occur there.

There's a chance I'll be posting either via SMS or LJ2ME to warlord_ccg while I'm at the event itself, if anyone's interested...

Comments

[freddiefraggles.livejournal.com]

When're you leaving for Germany?

[matgb]

Flight is 8am Friday, either crashing at Mikes Thurs night or going to the airport after dumping some stuff at his and leaving the car there. Day off Thursday to travel.

[silentgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

Hehe have fun in Germany
And to be honest, I want to see the HP film too..
I'm nowhere near as big a fan as certain people you know..
But I'd like to see what they do with translating the book to the screen.

Tournament in Germany, eh...?

[raksaksa.livejournal.com]

That's got to be worth a Viel Glueck!!

Re: Tournament in Germany, eh...?

[matgb]

This'll be the 4th year I've been, it's alwasy great, the organiser has become a pretty good friend and the social side before/during/after can't be faulted. I love Muenster, top city.

[aliannurai.livejournal.com]

teehee hee hee hee hee hee its we're gonna see Happy Dotter its gonna be soo cool and like wow and wow and YAY sillly costumes for all you must ware a silly costume get into the fun of it YAY

[freddiefraggles.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Mat'd wear a costume... as long as it was all black.......

OOOOH!!!

He can go as Snape! :D :D

Another Problem Solved by Teh Freddeh

[matgb]

I am not dressing up. Although Snape does seem like the cool one.

[freddiefraggles.livejournal.com]

Told ya. ;)

[aliannurai.livejournal.com]

you know u wanna dress up

[matgb]

No. I don't. I really don't. I dress up as me for Halloween.

I may get persuaded anyway, but it'll take a lot of persuading. A lot.

[aliannurai.livejournal.com]

I''ll buy u a bar of dark chocolate!!!

[faeriecween.livejournal.com]

Um, is this the time to say that i won't be dressing up? No costume and no money makes it a little difficult. logan's not going because he didn't answer his phone when i rang him. Unless he rings me before then of course and suddenly is going in which case he will be going. sense I make.

Yay Harry potter!!!

[matgb]

Hmm. Nah, I've got enough chocolate... ;-)

See you Thursday.

[matgb]

Yay! No costumes! Am eating lunch, honest, not sciving and putting off the journey...