The Dickens Project

Last year (when it was too late to join up, darn them!) the Post ran an article on the Stanford Dickens Project. This allowed you to read an entire Dickens novel "as originally intended" - ie., in installments. You have your choice of getting it in newsprint chapters or having access to a new .pdf chapter online. Both arrive once a week, both are free to you.

I'm still bumming about being too late for A Tale of Two Cities last year, but they've just gone online with this year's offering - Hard Times. Which is one of my favorites, even though it really should be Exhibit A in "how not to write a novel" classes.

The postcard I got yesterday (the 26th!) told me you had to sign up by January 18th for the newsprint edition, but when I logged on this morning I think I got in. It's never too late to get the .pdf version, and the novels from the last two years are still available at the site:

http://dickens.stanford.edu

And now, a fun rennie post

Don't ask about the title. I know only 3 people on the f-list will get it...

For everyone:

If you like costuming or are a renrat in need of garb, Chivalry Sports is having a sale. 3 1/2 days to get a decent price on some really well-made stuff. (Their server is a little screwy, though - you may have to call it in.)

And looky what I'm gonna get for Poohcifer! That's a life-sized picture. Options for having it embroidered on your garb are negotiable. This is much larger than (and hopefully much less stressful for Poohcifer) than the tudor rose pattern I already have.