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I just finished reading Vonda McIntyre's book, The Moon and the Sun. It's the best thing I've read in a long time. It's full of the subtle court dynamics that I want in Empire's Daughters. If I meet her at Foolscap next month, I hope I don't gush like a dork. :-)

In other news, a bright green katydid flew into my room a few days ago. I put it outside, but it stubbornly returned to perch on my ceiling-peak. I found it lying upside-down on my bedside this evening, and thought it dead. But when i poked it, it contracted its legs. Now I can see it's shedding its skin. It's going back end first, and I can't imagine how it will get its huge legs out. But they do it all the time, so I can't worry. Still, I couldn't imagine a more horrific thing for myself- spending a night trapped in my dead skin, unsure if I would escape. And undoubtedly it doesn't wonder; at least, I hope it doesn't. Right now, it's lying on a tissue in a metal Kali matchbox on my bed. I'll set it someplace safe tonight, so I don't knock it on the floor.

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[aricaiu.livejournal.com]

The feminist SF book discussion group (http://forums.feministsf.net/) is discussing The Moon and the Sun soon (next month) I think... you've helped motivate me to pick up the used copy I bought recently.