Thursday, 03/22/2001

kindred

Woo-HOO! SciFi is doing an audio version of Octavia Butler's Kindred! Alfre Woodard! Lynn Whitfield! Ruby Dee narrates!

Even though it is historical (sort of), it is ... difficult to listen to at moments. Unexpected. Especially if it's been a year or two (or five) since you read the original novel.

They have ... altered the original story, though. Updated it. (Relentlessly; the lead character gets laid off of a business type that didn't even exist when the novel was first written.) It'll be interesting to see how that pays off.

ADDENDUM: The SciFi RealAudio server is very VERY slow and congested today. I've never seen so much buffering from it. Must be a popular presentation.

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12/19/2001: vive la france

12/19/2001: princess, redux

12/19/2001: yemen and rumsfeld

12/18/2001: you're NOT in the army now

12/18/2001: interesting donation

12/18/2001: shame on winn dixie, indeed

12/18/2001: saudi princess

12/17/2001: new resolve

12/17/2001: a victim of the attack ... yeah, right

12/17/2001: polluters ho!