linkomania

[calimac]

Silly links:

An impressively clever (and well-researched) Tolkien satire. (thanks to andrewducker)

11 Types of Young-Adult Novels You Totally Miss. Gets a little overgeneralized near the end when it reaches "fantasy" and "science fiction", but umph there are a few zingers earlier on.

Diet & Fitness Books of the Bible. Because it's about time someone suggested that Pilates is the plural of Pontius Pilate. What else could it be?

Pride and Prejudice in Strine. Is this realistic, or just the antipodean equivalent of Valley Girl?

And a serious one:

Pilotless airplanes and what happens when someone needs to pilot them. Replace "airplane" with "car" and "pilot" with "driver" and this is our future on the roads. Has anyone considered that wrinkle yet?

And a freebie:

Buy online a ticket to the Hobbit movie and they'll give you a free Nook copy of the book. Assuming you still have a Nook.

Comments

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

Regarding the "Oz"ten version of P&P, aside from one over-the-top comment from Lydia near the start, I've actually heard most of that slang used, although not usually strung together like that.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the word, mate.

[eddyerrol.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these! The Tolkien satire was great. My favorite line: "I took comfort from the wizard Mithrandir’s words to the Ring-bearer Maura: 'No man wishes to live in troubled times, but we have no say in the matter. We can only determine how best to spend this time which the gods have given to us.'"