{"id":12140,"date":"2017-10-08T16:11:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T20:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12140"},"modified":"2017-10-08T16:12:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T20:12:14","slug":"september-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12140","title":{"rendered":"September 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DJ8TkB4XUAIX428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DJ8TkB4XUAIX428.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DJ8TkB4XUAIX428-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DJ8TkB4XUAIX428-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>September was a pretty ordinary month. Some big goings-on at the office, but they&#8217;ve been going-on for several months. Mostly, I just read some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12140#books\">books<\/a>, read some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12140#stories\">short stories<\/a>, saw some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12140#movies\">movies<\/a>, and listened to some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=12140#music\">music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"books\">The books<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I read two: Zadie Smith&#8217;s <i>NW<\/i> and John Lanagan&#8217;s <i>The Fisherman<\/i>. I liked them both. I don&#8217;t have a whole lot more to say about either.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"stories\">The stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not entirely sure how many I read in September. I have a record of twenty-six, but I&#8217;m pretty sure I missed a couple in my final tally. (I missed a couple of days too, though, so it wasn&#8217;t thirty.) Either way, these were my favorites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Seven Kinds of Baked Goods&#8221; by Maria Haskins (Luna Station Quarterly)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;You and Me and Mars&#8221; by Sandy Parsons (Luna Station Quarterly)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand&#8221; by Fran Wilde (Uncanny)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Evil Opposite&#8221; by Naomi Kritzer (F&#038;SF)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Still Tomorrow&#8217;s Going to Be Another Working Day&#8221; by Amy Griswold (F&#038;SF)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;God-Ray&#8221; by Gregory Norman Bossert (Saturday Evening Post)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Lamentation of Their Women&#8221; by Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Angels of the Blockade&#8221; by Alex Acks (Tor.com)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Crossing&#8221; by A.C. Wise (PodCastle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"movies\">The movies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I watched 18 of them in September:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deep Red:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deep Red is so over the top, essentially fetishizing every scene, but it&#39;s also really good.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/904169132979040257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Horror of Dracula:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Horror of Dracula takes some not insignificant liberties with the source material, but Cushing and Lee are great together.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/904524290636353536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Personal Shopper:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Personal Shopper is an odd, kinda unsatisfying movie, but I also really liked it, thanks in no small part to Kristen Stewart&#39;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/904553490172784640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was really very good.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/904888502764089344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>American Graffiti:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">American Graffiti was pretty good. Kind of a darker, more ambling, more &#39;50s-fetishizing version of Happy Days.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/906360026368966656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>The Omen:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don&#39;t know if The Omen could really be confused for a GOOD movie, but it&#39;s well-enough cast and made that you forgive it a lot of faults.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/906712000797048832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>It:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought &quot;It&quot; was many things, but interestingly, none of those things was &quot;scary.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/907019470539034624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Night on Earth:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I liked Night on Earth, even if it feels a little inconsequential as a movie.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/907079850250338309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>It Comes at Night:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It Comes at Night (But Kinda Doesn&#39;t Do a Whole Lot When it Finally Gets Here)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/909223218598248448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Beat the Devil:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I may have lost the thread of Beat the Devil&#39;s plot for a little while, but that&#39;s okay, I think the movie does too.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/909271124600553474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Camelot:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Camelot is kind of both delightful and tedious, sometimes simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/909587995833053184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Giant:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giant is pretty good. Maybe not great, or even entirely convincing as an &quot;epic,&quot; but pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/911410692057595905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>The Hills Have Eyes:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Hills Have Eyes is too goofy to be scary, too violently disturbing to be fun.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/911772776733843456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>The Big Sick:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I liked The Big Sick a whole lot. It&#39;s very sweet and endearing and funny.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/911804518484135936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Klute:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Klute doesn&#39;t quite work as a thriller despite some very tense scenes and effective score. But the performances espec. Fonda&#39;s are terrific.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/912137218080280578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Babylon A.D.:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a genuinely well designed bad movie. Its future world feels real and lived-in. Its characters and story, not so much.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/913237567511941121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>The Dark Crystal:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not without its merits (but a little boring), The Dark Crystal feels a little more like proof-of-concept for other, later Henson projects.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/914297725080018944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>The Founder:<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s an interesting biopic, with Keaton&#39;s Ray Kroc as both the hero and the villain of the piece.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Coppersmith (@unrealfred) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unrealfred\/status\/914320538482495488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"music\">The music<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL62qRURJS1HBhcnRBh-u7-e58qAgGfYgj\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September was a pretty ordinary month. Some big goings-on at the office, but they&#8217;ve been going-on for several months. Mostly, I just read some books, read some short stories, saw some movies, and listened to some music. The books I read two: Zadie Smith&#8217;s NW and John Lanagan&#8217;s The Fisherman. I liked them both. 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