The designer behind the Big Book of Knitted Monsters is named Rebecca Danger.
Fred: Oh my God! Angel, you're…cute! Angel: Fred, don't! Fred: Oh, but the little hands! And the hair! Angel: Hey! You're fired.
'Smile Time'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Dec 16, 2011 10:11:35 am PST #11837 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2011 10:11:56 am PST #11838 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If the definition of "genre" includes urban fantasy & anime/manga and Twilight, not to mention various fantastic tv properties, I suspect there's a rough equivalence.
But tech is in there too, and I don't think there's any way that urban fantasy and Twilight can make up for those numbers.
Consuela - Dec 16, 2011 10:32:21 am PST #11839 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
But tech is in there too, and I don't think there's any way that urban fantasy and Twilight can make up for those numbers
Maybe, but I suspect there's a lot of overlap, too: lots of guys are both into tech and into genre stuff, so they don't count twice. Fewer women in tech, but plenty of women outside tech who are still into genre stuff.
Also, urban fantasy is huge. It's like romance, in that it kind of gets ignored by the critics, but there's gobs of it being published.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2011 10:47:00 am PST #11840 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
lots of guys are both into tech and into genre stuff
In my continuing discovery, not as much as I'd have thought. It's a prevalent stereotype, but most of the computer geeks I know could care less about sff. And they are legion.
Burrell - Dec 16, 2011 10:52:31 am PST #11841 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh my gosh, my head feels like it's gonna fall off and my body feels like it wants to pass out. What the hell?
Sorry, I shouldn't complain here knowing that I'm lucky, that this kind of headache is a rarity for me but bleh.
Kathy A - Dec 16, 2011 10:53:27 am PST #11842 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My sister does IT, and other than being a Doctor Who fan (more classic Who than current, though), she was never really into SF. However, she married a SF geek, so she's been slowly indoctrinated into it. She's now seen most of Buffy and Angel, got sucked into Torchwood and then current Who. But, I have loaned her and BIL my Firefly and BSG dvds, and they haven't had the time to watch them so I got them back.
Cashmere - Dec 16, 2011 10:57:04 am PST #11843 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Jessica, we've done lots of gift cards in the past for the kids' teachers. Always welcome.
Owen and I just read the Lego press release for Lord of the Rings sets coming in 2012. I don't know who's more excited.
Burrell - Dec 16, 2011 10:58:15 am PST #11844 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh dear Cash, now I want Lego LotR. Really badly.
brenda m - Dec 16, 2011 10:58:36 am PST #11845 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Here's something odd, and maybe a sign of the (crappy) times. My dentist sent out an email recently that in December and January, she will accept gift cards (any major retailers) as payment.
Cashmere - Dec 16, 2011 10:59:32 am PST #11846 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.