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[rebeccarobota]

NAME: Rebecca (Becky)
AGE: 32
INTERESTS & HOBBIES: I write and read fantasy and science fiction and enjoy comics, social history, public radio, vegetables, and attempting to identify trees. I knit and play the ukulele (with limited skill and bursts of enthusiasm). I'm fond of Silmarillion fan fiction, idolize Ursula K. Le Guin, and fangirl Steven Universe and Stand Still Stay Silent.
LOOKING FOR: People who write about books, making art, interesting topics, and everyday life.
ANYTHING ELSE?: I am a librarian and live in North Carolina with the best cat.

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[maplemood]

I'm a big fan of Ursula K. Le Guin, too! Okay if I add you?

[rebeccarobota]

Absolutely!

[unikorento]

Hi! I think we might get along! I'll add you, if that's alright?

Hello!

[ysabetwordsmith]

It sounds like we have some common interests. I enjoy speculative fiction and gardening. I post a lot of my original writing, some nature, current events, whatever else catches my fancy. Feel free to drop by my blog and see if you like it.

[rebeccarobota]

Adding you back!

Re: Hello!

[rebeccarobota]

Thanks, I've added you!

[dray]

I've been meaning to get into Stay Still Stay Silent! I haven't chatted as much about books these days, but I draw and write some as well, and like to keep track of the various writing communities on DW. I talk about some day-to-day stuff but usually keep that locked, and behind a cut if it's going a bit stressful that day.

Otherwise I have to give kudos for owning the best cat, objectively. That's a tough stint to bear!

[aeonwren]

I just took a quick peek at your blog, and we both loved Too Like the Lightning and "Silently, and Very Fast", and, of course, the great Le Guin. Very happy to get to know you and add you!

[sparkythegeek]

Books are love.

Re: Hello!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yay! I have added you back.

[renfys]

Hello. I like many of those things.

[rebeccarobota]

Yay, someone else who likes trippy literary SF!

[rebeccarobota]

Added you! I enjoy that you describe yourself as living on the "edge of nowhere" in your intro post - that describes me as well.

[rebeccarobota]

Truth.

[rebeccarobota]

SSSS is fabulous, if "cozy Scandinavian horror" sounds like something you would enjoy.

She is also my first ever cat, so I have the enthusiasm of the newly initiated. She was (adorably) chubby and very timid when I got her, so it's been great to see her personality blossom.

I've added you!

[tcpip]

Like many others I was very saddened by Ursula K. Le Guin's passing last year. She was very influential in my formative SF years, The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness, etc, but mostly her essays in The Language of the Night. And of course The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.

As for the Silmarillion when I was a teenager in the 1980s I thought I must be the only person in the world who thought The Fall of Fingolfin was one of the finest examples of English literature.

For a couple of decades now my main SF interest has been Iain Banks (with or without the 'M')

That's a nice cat. But so is Mac Lir.

http://levlafayette.com/files/2013mac-riff-raff.jpg

[rebeccarobota]

I discovered that if you make the font small enough, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas fits on one page and is still readable. It is hanging on my wall at work for moments of melancholy contemplation.

I need to give Iain Banks another try—I read The Player of Games a while back and while I enjoyed it, I didn't quite connect with his writing.

Ahh, Mac Lir has a rat buddy! And an excellent name.

[tcpip]

On your suggestion, I've just given it a go. Yes, a one-page version of Omelas, 8pt font, 0.42cm margin, Liberation Serif. I'm tempted to print out a few crazed copies and leave them lying around the philosophy department. Such a fine lesson in utilitarianism.

The Player of Games is a personal favourite, but the book which set the scene for The Culture is Consider Phlebas. His non-SF writing is really worth a look as well, The Wasp Factory being the most famous, with Complicity being a rather great example as well.

Mac Lir had a rattie friend; that was Riff-Raff now long departed (he was old in the photo). Over a decade or so I had quite a multitude of rodents scampering about and Mac really looked after them (and on two occasions even saved their lives). Alas, no ratties for a couple of years now. I have travel plans a-foot and getting a rats to move internationally is a tricky proposition.

[athenasleepsin]

Hi! I wish I could write sci fi as I love the genre but instead I write weird poems & flash fiction. You sound cool & North Carolina is my favorite state I've never lived in. Mind if I add you?

[rebeccarobota]

Of course - added you back!

[katiemarie]

you seem interesting firends?

[rebeccarobota]

Sure!

[booksandmusic]

Hi! The name's Leslie. I too am a beginner Ukulele player. I don't really write about fandoms or anything. I generally write about daily life. You are welcome to add me if you're interested.

[mybeautifulwars]

I like all the vegetables. And making the art. And I have the very best dog. We will likely get along 🙃

[rebeccarobota]

Added you!

Ukulele is awesome; it's such a democratic instrument. I haven't been playing lately because I've had weird health stuff and haven't been able to sing, but hopefully I can return to it soon.

[rebeccarobota]

Added you!

[tuulentupa]

Hi! I see you've got a bunch of replies, but if you're still looking, you had me at fantasy and scifi. Don't know how interesting my posts are, but if you want to add me, go ahead! Here's a bit more about me.

[rebeccarobota]

Added you!

[dorchadas]

Stand Still Stay Silent! I just got my best friend hooked on it last year. It's so good.

(I also have several icons of Maedhros, though I haven't delved yet into the Silmarillion fanfiction I have bookmarked)

[rebeccarobota]

I have, ahem, quite a number of Maedhros/Fingon recs if that's your thing.

Went ahead and followed you, if you don't mind!

[dorchadas]

Don't mind at all!

I'm not a big slash fan--not that I object to it, but it's not why I read fanfic. My bookmarks are stuff like Quenta Narquelion or The Splintered Light. If you have anything like that (whether it's Maedhros/Fingon or not), I'll gladly take the recs

[rebeccarobota]

I haven't read either of those, thanks for the recs!

A couple of my favorites where the romance supports the story rather than the other way round: The Follower is probably my favorite portrayal of the Finwean clan. I also recently enjoyed The Starless Road.

Also, if you haven't encountered the Leithian script, it's a thing of beauty, if very quirky.

[dorchadas]

Thanks a lot! I added all of those to my bookmarks and I'll...

...get to them. My to-read pile is huge, so...