The play really is the thing apparently...

*blinks* What a curious last day at my current assignment so far. I came in to discover two piles of giveaway books. The more curious thing was the titles: Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and Sophocles "Three Theban Plays". I'm not sure I want to know their legal applicability. I picked up copies. After all, one does not turn down free Metro reading material, even if "Oedipus" wouldn't be my first choice. (I'll be humming Tom Lehrer all the way home.)

I do have a soft spot in my heart for "The Crucible" though, being the play of my only high school production. I played one of the Screaming Mimis who cry Witch in the second act courtroom scene. Several people said I made a perfect Puritan. Hmph.

And they're having a mini party for me.

It's about time

DC Comics is finally getting around to collecting some of the George Perez material. First "Crisis", then "Judas Contract" and now the first arc of the "Wonder Woman" series will be collected. I loved the new version. I've been disappointed in some ways with how it turned out after the fact.

http://www.dccomics.com/news/article_display.html?nw_dc_itemCode=dccollectedww

Also a coffee table book on WW on the stands. Some chapters on the Golden & Silver Age editions, but mostly on the Perez years and after. Oye... do I appear to have missed a lot... and not.

Last day

So today was the end of the line. Another temp assignment has come and gone with another one starting Monday. This one was no real joy, a part-time "jack of all trades, master of the obscure software" kind of library job.

Now I brave into the big bad world of law firm libraries. I'm relieved it won't be a two person operation. I've done those assignments and they were not enjoyable.

But who knows? Maybe they'll have a casual Friday so in warmer climates, I can actually wear the Wolfram and Hart polo shirt to work and see who reacts. Could be fun.

Off to scrounge up dinner and write for the evening. I was amused to discover the "Theban Plays" included a genealogy of Oedipus and his demented family, just as I suggested was necessary reading for the "Ring" cycle. Even translated by Robert Feagles, who worked on the "Iliad" translation I have somewhere.

The Fantastic in Art and Fiction

Yes, I know I should be working on the Nano novel, but I wanted to post this before I forgot.

The Fantastic in Art and Fiction
http://fantastic.library.cornell.edu/

Amazing and bizarre collection from the Cornell library, featuring some of the strangest old artwork and illustrations I have ever seen. Great icon fodder too.