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[lizwilliams]

I start teaching at Sussex next Monday, so this week has been taken up with university logistical things like logging onto the system and establishing contact with students. It's going to mean two days per week out, what with driving (I'm commuting from here on Mondays, returning Wednesdays) and teaching, which in a way is good because it's made me focus on trying to get as much of Precious Dragon done before I start the course and things go necessarily to pot. The temptation when I'm at home is to get on with stuff outside: the orchard needs mowing and so forth. But it is just too baking hot, so I'm forced to stay in the cool. How life conspires to make you do what you need to do.

There have been a lot of fight scenes recently and now, an orgy (I'm still talking about the novel, BTW, just in case anyone's wondering). I have a Keralan tiger demon plotting pheromonal havoc. Must be the hot weather.

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[mallory-blog.livejournal.com]

What kind of course are you teaching?

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

History of Science Fiction for the university's summer school.

[mallory-blog.livejournal.com]

Oh how very cool - that sounds fun. We don't get fun courses like that around here - the best we got was an SF English class that ended up being a mishmash of films, books and mixed media and mostly fans in class talking about what they loved - I didn't learn much. Fun but not instructive.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

It should be fun, I hope! It's an international school, so mainly young overseas students. I've done workshops for the uni before now but not this kind of summer school, so it'll be interesting, at least.

[mallory-blog.livejournal.com]

And hopefully the school has AC too (I noticed you were hot on your post) :grins:

I'm not sure the weather should be an incentive to attend class...

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I just asked Google for a picture of a Keralan tiger demon (of course I did! could you doubt it? I live with a Geordie kittie-demon who thinks he's a tiger) and it came up with - absolutely nothing. Phooey.

excession

[(Anonymous)]

your chumming with banks caused you do toss the word excissieres around like a midget in a potatoe throwing contest--remember 1846? the spirit and the flesh,you say-hearts of flesh-hearts of light-a living spirit whose person behaves as though it were free of the time stream----------4 such are in the world today...human beings so sad-so fabulous-votans date is correct-God of butterflies-the morning star-the evening star etc..use that phd brain..think better at the hour before dawn..my name is allogenes valis..for now..