Day: April 11, 2011

Starset, Kingrise … a Book Title Poem

Starset, Kingrise

First and second stanzas of Starset, Kingrise
First and second stanzas of Starset, Kingrise

Nightfall
Crossroads of Twilight
The Last Light of the Sun
The Wise Man’s Fear
To Ride Hell’s Chasm
The Way of Kings

The Forge of God
Out of the Silent Planet
The Eye of the Hunter
Heartfire
Moonheart
Revelation
Memories of Ice
Best Served Cold

Third and fourth stanzas of Starset, Kingrise
Third and fourth stanzas of Starset, Kingrise

That Hideous Strength
Silent in the Grave
Flesh and Spirit
Mindbridge
Restoration
Fugitive Prince
Surprised by Joy

If Not Now, When?
Flashforward
To Green Angel Tower
Stormed Fortress
The Return of the King
By the Sword

Final stanza of Starset, Kingrise
Final stanza of Starset, Kingrise

Five Hundred Years After
Fall of Angels
Spin
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Circle of the Moon
Under Heaven

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I composed the above poem using books found on the shelves in my home.  Since I favor epic fantasy as a preferred reading genre, I sought a saga of epoch proportions in answer to the call for a book title poem from the Kansas City Public Library‘s celebration of National Library week.   See my earlier post for details on how to participate in the fun.

National Library Week Mini-Projects

I completed the first of the three mini-projects postulated by my favorite local library (the Kansas City Public Library KCPL) for National Library Week.  This morning I responded to a call from the Facebook page for KCPL to post my three favorite last books on their wall to receive recommendations of what else I might like to read, and where I might find it at KCPL.  I reviewed my recently read stats at GoodReads and decided upon The Lions of al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay; Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis; and, Stormed Fortress by Janny Wurts (further implying the entire Wars of Light and Shadow series).  I received back a recommendation for The Wise Man’s Fear which I read last month.

Create Your Own Story @ Your Library
Create Your Own Story @ Your Library

The next mini-project intrigues me, both as an amateur photography and as a former poet (albeit decades ago).  I plan to scan my book titles (several hundred in house currently) to craft a poem both visually and title-cally.  Since my poetic muscles atrophied years ago, I anticipate it will take a day or two to polish my book title poem.

I’ll save the third mini-project for later in the week.  Writing my autobiography implies heavy posteric meaning.  Or perhaps I should turn tragedy (or at the least mediocre boringness) into comedy?

Anticipating the Hunt

While I enjoyed last week’s SGU episode, Seizure, better than usual, I’m really ramping up for tonight’s ‘The Hunt‘ episode.

SGU: The Hunt airs tonight in the US on Syfy
SGU: The Hunt airs tonight in the US on Syfy

For starters, we get off Destiny, and I mean physically leave the ship through an actual Stargate (or maybe it’s a shuttle? … who cares … it’s not via the Ancient communication stones, which is all I care about).  The episode also features Greer, which is always good for some heart pounding action and Varro gets more screen time.

And we morph into some kind of alien abduction of two of the exploration team.  I wonder which two get captured?  I guess I’ll tune into tonight and find out.