I think I have a new favorite film

[miriam_e]

When Marnie Was There (2014) is a Studio Ghibli film I hadn't heard of previously. It is a beautifully bittersweet story that reminds me of some of my favorite RenPy stories.

It adds to, rather than displaces, my other favorites, many of which are Studio Ghibli films too. Speaking of which, it's probably about time I re-watched Whisper of the Heart again. I rewatched another of my favorites again the other day: Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist -- love the quirkiness of that movie, and its refreshing dialogue. And another: The Wedding Singer. Lovely nutty movie, that.

Past due that I re-read John Wyndham's novel Trouble With Lichen too. I used to read it again every several years, but I've come to look forward to it so much lately that I read it once every couple of years. Wonderful story.

Hmmm... seem to be on a bit of a nostalgia binge...

At the moment I'm reading Cory Doctorow's latest novel, Walkaway. I love a lot of his concepts, and this one is based around the idea that people in dire circumstances don't act horribly toward each other, but become everyday heroes. There is a lot to bear out his thoughts on the matter. In recent disasters people have gone out of their way to help each other, often putting themselves at risk to do so. It is a relief to see someone notice that. We have so many disaster movies and horrible survivalists who paint humans as civilised only skin deep where you scratch the surface and monsters emerge. We ignore all the clear evidence to the contrary... such as this picture of the guy who spent a lot of time and effort and fuel pulling wild wallabies out of flood waters.

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[greylock]

Thanks, but I torrented a text file, and printed out the section when it happened.
Blessed are the pirates.

However, for some ridiculous reason I find myself reluctant to part with my paper copies of his books. I don't know why
I can't even part with my Wheel of Time and Sword of Truth books. No reason why.
I can't even burn my Piers Anthony books.... they're covered in plastic. :)

Mine is not the best cover. There's a Saul Bass-style one. Much better. Yours is from my favourite style, and most of my books are that series... just, that one sucks.

I must grab the CBC audio. At some point I'll run out of Dr Who plays!

[miriam_e]

Oh blast! I wish I'd known you were a Dr Who afficianado. recently* Humble Bundle had a Dr Who audio bundle, with oodles of stories featuring the voices of many different, well-known Dr Whos voicing the parts. I didn't get it because I'm trying to conserve my money and bandwidth. Oh well... maybe it will come around again.

Do you know of Humble Bundle? They mostly make games available at a price you choose, with much of the money going to charities (you can choose what fraction, and often what charity). The bundles that interest me most are the ebooks and e-comicbooks.

(* For me, "recently" can mean any time in the past few years -- I have zero time sense. When I say I have zero, that's what I mean. It's not like how most people say they don't have a good time sense. I'm genuinely permanently lost in a mist of time.)

[greylock]

I always thought of HB as software only. Huh.
Thanks for letting me know.