Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 January 2010

Books and socks

On the first weekend of the new year, I bravely went into town, to the shopping area (I needed to buy a humidifier!). I went into the bookstore, and left with two books under my arm: The Stainless Steel Rat omnibus (amazon|wiki), and Sock Innovation (amazon|rav).

Of course, after buying Sock Innovation, I spent several days searching the web looking for sheep-less sock yarn. I should have thought about this little problem before buying the book and becoming obsessed with socks, but I could not resist its lure.

I have now found some yarn that works for me, and that is shipped from the UK: Cafe Knit sells some Crystal Palace Panda Cotton, and Martin at yarndamour is dying for me some of his cotton-tencel sock yarn!

The Panda Cotton is here already, and I just need to finish Alex's socks so I can free my 2.75mm needles, and cast on for Wanida!

Only missing needles


Then when the new yarn arrives, I can do Milo and Kai-Mei. And Cauchy for Alex. I suddenly love socks.

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Madarame-san

As Madarame (character from one of my favourite anime/manga, Genshiken) did, this weekend I too spent more money on anime, manga and science fiction books than on food.

List of purchases:

  • Read or Die (A)
  • Cowboy Bebop (A)
  • Genshiken 7, 8 & 9 (M)
  • 1984 (SF)
  • Starship troopers (SF)
  • The Moon is a harsh mistress (SF)

Plus, not in those cathegories
  • The origin of species
  • Catch-22