mmmm, crack

[schmerica]

I just spent an hour or two browsing books and adding all sorts of stuff to my books-to-read list, and chatting with lyra_sena at the same time. At one point in the conversation, after I've just added lots of yummy books to the list, I tell Lyra first that "I really need to read more books taking place in the upper latitudes" and blabbing about Siberia, Arctic and Antarctic, polar exploration, and my special fondness. A few minutes later I have moved on to another topic I find endlessly fascinating: expatriates.

At this point, Lyra is laughing at me, I think, and I stick my tongue out at her.

It does go to show, though: I may have thought I got into it just because of the woobie and the gay and the connections, but due South fandom manages to fulfill even my most obscure kinks!

(In between these topics there was a digression about a completely nonsensical AU I apparently need to write someday. Because the crack, it is SWEET.)

Comments

[lyra-sena.livejournal.com]

crack is the new black.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Crack: it's what's for dinner.

(You know, in my house, when one of those beef commercials comes on? Everyone has to shut up, because my mother? Is CRAZYINLOVE with Sam Elliott. CRAZY.)

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

I tell Lyra first that "I really need to read more books taking place in the upper latitudes" and blabbing about Siberia, Arctic and Antarctic, polar exploration, and my special fondness. A few minutes later I have moved on to another topic I find endlessly fascinating: expatriates.

Oh! I've been meaning to post about this for the longest time, but keep forgetting, and it seems like you'd be interested in this book I just read (well, listened to on CD, but that's a moot point):

The Ice Child (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451410610/qid=1095736569/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-5036252-2409415), by Elizabeth McGregor.

I felt like the biggest dork in the world when I checked it out of the library, because it's all about the Franklin expedition, but I decided I didn't care. In any case, if you haven't already come across it, I'd recommend this book if you're interested in books about expeditions and polar exploration. One of the major storylines is a speculative narrative about the Franklin expedition and what may or may not have happened to them. I thought it was fascinating.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Oooh, nifty -- thank you!

And, it's like, I'd actually heard of the Franklin expedition *before* dS, you know? There's this great bit in Anne Fadiman's "Odd Shelf" essay where she's talking about her love for polar books that goes into some stuff about it, and I loved her books *years* before fandom. But it's undeniable: now anything connected to Franklin is totally "oh my god Fraser/Ray <333333!"