Scattershot news.

[theweaselking]

Teresa Nielsen Hayden on why Dan Brown's "cryptography" is terrible.

She also recommends the "Internet Anagram Server, a.k.a. I, Rearrangement Servant."

Also,
More torture and murder by American-supported Iraqi troops.

Also,
In California, the "conscience clause" now applies to fertility doctors refusing to treat lesbians.

Also,
Bob Novak says that if you want to know who leaked Plame's name to him, you should ask Bush.

Also,
"How Narnia made me a witch", by one of the more famous pretentious dirty hippies who don't use their real names.

Also,
Call for Papers: Mythopoeic Society Conference XXXVII.
"The Map and the Territory: Maps and Landscapes in Fantasy"

Also,
"While the disciples are in a big fight with Pontius Pilate's soldiers after everyone thinks Jesus has been killed, Jesus would show up, slaughter the Romans, then eat Satan."
- From The Top Five Things That Would Have To Change if Narnia Were ACTUALLY A Christian Allegory

On the same topic, two children trivially refute the claim that Aslan is a Christ figure - and then the author makes a strong case that Lucy, not Aslan, is the more appropriate choice.

Also,
Dante had nothing on the Geek Inferno. Limbo for me, baby.

Comments

[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

What serious fantasy novel is going to have Mr Claus drop in, particularly as a benevolent arms dealer?

Fucking awesome. And it's a good point about Lucy, too.

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

But Starhawk is a well-respected and academic dirty hippie who doesn't use her real name!