Book #7: Across the Universe, by Beth Revis

Space travel, murder, politics, social control...basically Brave New World in a vacuum.

( I would *really* like that song out of my head now! )

OH! And I almost forgot! There were funny nerd jokes! Like packing "The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy" when going on a 300 year long space flight. And poor Stargate being forgotten in the shadow of Star Trek and Star Wars. And others I won't spoil for you (including my favourite quotation from "Alice in Wonderland" that doesn't involve a walrus or a cabbage). :)

7 out of ten. It would have got 6, except there was a MAP OF THE SHIP, and you know how I feel about maps, and there is some potential left for the series. :)

Vid Rec!

So Festivids is live! And I was going to wait and do all the recs at once, but THERE IS A TANGLED VID, and there are people who need to know this, so:

Everything Comes and Goes

Seriously!

Another Vid Rec

I'm only half-way through the alphabet, but I've reached Mary Poppins and I am declaring my winner for Festivids.

You Make Me Feel So Young

YOU GUYS.

This vid has no flash cuts or effects whatsoever, and the song has that lazy, Frank Sinatra feel. And I think it might be the best edited piece of work I HAVE EVER SEEN. It's mostly from Bert's POV, and, as you probably know, Bert spends quite a bit of time in Mary Poppins dancing. He's still dancing in this vid, my friends, EXCEPT HE'S DANCING TO DIFFERENT MUSIC. It is ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR.

At first I was all "Oh, cool! A Mary Poppins vid!" and by the end I was staring at my computer LIKE I WAS A CODFISH, because I was so very, very impressed.

In addition the perfection of the timing for the dance sequences, the vid also had wonderfully literal clip selection, which I am always a fan of. And very little in the way of talking heads.

UGH, I may never get my brain back inside my head.