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[camwyn]

Another way you know you're me:

The mental argument of the day with yourself contains the line, "There's no such thing as whole wheat lembas!", and shortly thereafter includes a comment to the effect of, "Hmm, I'd better clarify a whole bunch of butter as long as I'm making this- now where's the waffle iron?"

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[eevieivy.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, clarified butter.

[feonixrift.livejournal.com]

*mutters lightly in the background* Are you sure there's such a thing as wheat lembas?

*snickers*

[drharper.livejournal.com]

Mind if I metaquotes you?

it is entirely your fault that I'm coveting this...

[derien.livejournal.com]

I never had much interest in "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" before your Sgt. Preston fic. NOW look what you've done to me!

Check Monkey Brain Books (http://www.monkeybrainbooks.com/) and look for
HEROES & MONSTERS:
THE UNOFFICIAL COMPANION TO THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
by Jess Nevins

This is what comes of reading the reviews in Asimov's (http://www.asimovs.com/) (current print issue - probably not up on their site, yet).

Of "Heroes & Monsters" Paul di Filippo writes:
Forget the trauma of watching the inferior film version of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and return to the first sequence of the Alan Moore / Kevin O'Neill comic that inspired it. Now be prepared to double your original enjoyment ... this is an exhaustive and enlightening annotation of all the sources, literary, cultural and visual, which Moore and O'Neill employed in their creation. Nevins has amazingly ferreted out hundreds of obscure Victorian icons and other allusions that went into the composition of this steampunkish comic. On top of this fewast of referentiality, Nevins also delivers cogent essys on "Archetypes," "crossovers," and "Yellow Peril," as well as a fascinationg interview with Moore, in which the scropter reveals, for instance, his indebtedness to Philip Jose Farmer.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Sorry that last post was comletely OT to the thread on this post, I just couldn't find a post on LoEG quickly enough to satisfy my desire for immediate gratification. *is a twerp*