Beautiful, toughing, and a masterpiece of depicting a troubled teenager without trivializing the story and a strong emotional pull right through to the end. The movie was Ghibli at its best, and I need to read the book to see if it shines as well. I expect them to be different, as Howl's Moving Castle was almost completely different from its literary parent.
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I married a librarian and want to make a profile she'd be proud of. I love children's, YA, Fantasy, Linguistics, Philosophy, and History of Science. I study narrative as a mental technology.
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Endless rated Mastering Emacs: 4 stars
Mastering Emacs by Mikey Peterson
Learn Emacs from the ground up. In the Mastering Emacs book you will learn all the concepts that take weeks, …
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Endless finished reading The Dream Machine by M. Mitchell Waldrop
Endless finished reading Out of my mind by Sharon M. Draper
A good perspective piece thinking on the life of someone brilliant but with cerebral palsy. I stand it in contrast to the story told by Wonder; I've only seen the film of Wonder, and the disability of that one was entirely aesthetic, but the masterpiece of the storytelling was the way the narrative considers the lives and reactions of those AROUND the handicapped. This story is entirely from the perspective of Melody, so is probably more complimentary than any of those around her. This was a real loss; still, it gives a chance to splash perspective upon those who have been around the profoundly disabled and to consider the minds that may be betrayed by their bodies.
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Endless reviewed Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Endless finished reading Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein is a marvelous book, so badly construed by every film rendition. Victor was weak of character, and so quickly regretted his playing God -- but not quickly enough, and guilt never became responsibility.
It is a story less amount the horrors of strangled victims and more about the insanity of hopeless loneliness and being victim to universal spite.
Endless reviewed Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons by Carey Parker
Made me unreasonably angry
1 star
His points of concern are on the mark -- passwords bad, watch out for phishing and snooping, digital literacy good. But his recommendations drove me up the wall; it seems like a big ad targeting the "for dummies" crowd and taking advantage of their fear. There was little mention of the counter-arguments against any of the software he is pushing. This is not a balanced rebuttal of poor security practices, and struck me as exploitative.
Endless finished reading Superman/Batman. Night and day
Endless finished reading Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons by Carey Parker
Endless reviewed Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons by Carey Parker
Made me unreasonably angry
1 star
His points of concern are on the mark -- passwords bad, watch out for phishing and snooping, digital literacy good. But his recommendations drove me up the wall; it seems like a big ad targeting the "for dummies" crowd and taking advantage of their fear. There was little mention of the counter-arguments against any of the software he is pushing. This is not a balanced rebuttal of poor security practices, and struck me as exploitative.
Endless started reading Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Begun as some "light reading" after finishing the horrowing 1984. My librarian laughed at me when I called it "light." Maybe I was too much relating it to Young Frankenstein, and Munsters, and Adamms Family.
Endless started reading Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Begun as some "light reading" after finishing the horrowing 1984. My librarian laughed at me when I called it "light." Maybe I was too much relating it to Young Frankenstein, and Munsters, and Adamms Family.