A gleeful discovery....
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freeradical9So, in my quest to track down a copy of the English version of Saiyuki Reload 8, I went to not one, not two, but *three* bookstores before I found it in stock (Borders rules, Barnes & Noble drools).
Barnes & Noble did redeem itself a bit in my eyes, as they had volume 2 of Petshop of Horrors: Tokyo. I like the series anyway, but was absolutely delighted to find some Saiyuki-esque tidbits in one of the chapters.
So Count D has apparently never seen a kappa. His life's work in the exotic and mythical animals trade has never brought him in contact with them, and in fact he has never even heard of them before.
Two children come into his shop looking to buy a kappa. They even show D a reference book "How to Raise a Kappa". (Hakkai: I have that book.) D becomes obsessed, and goes on a mad quest (sushi restaurants, a country estate--I think, and even a construction site) in order to find a kappa.
My favorite part is when the two main characters get told about the kappa's less-than-savory habits.
Elderly gentleman: If you're not careful, they'll steal your shirikodama.
D or Wu-Fei (probably Wu-Fei): Shiriko-what?
Elderly gentleman: It means they stick their hands up the butts of the people who died from drowning in the river and pull out their innards and eat them.
D and Wu-Fei: *SHOCK*
Wu-Fei: Oookay...well, that's that, then. D, you're not going to give an animal like that to kids, are you?
D: It will be all right. As long as you train it correctly....
(Hakkai: Yes, of course. Gojyo hardly ever uses beer cans for ashtrays anymore.)
IMHO, this cries out for a crossover. It would be such fun.
Gojyo: Uh, hello? I gotta buy some dragon chow....
D: *huge sparkly eyes* Won't you stay for tea?
(Hakkai: Excuse me?)
Also, this volume caused lots of squee stemming from the chapter with Daddy D in the genetics lab, naming all the fruit flies. Too funny.
I'm really enjoying the plots in Petshop: Tokyo. Wu-Fei is a poor substitute for Leon Orcot, in my opinion, but I find the series delightfully darker and even more intriguing than the original. Highly recommended. ^_^
Now I'm gonna go skip off and read Saiyuki 8. ^_^
Barnes & Noble did redeem itself a bit in my eyes, as they had volume 2 of Petshop of Horrors: Tokyo. I like the series anyway, but was absolutely delighted to find some Saiyuki-esque tidbits in one of the chapters.
So Count D has apparently never seen a kappa. His life's work in the exotic and mythical animals trade has never brought him in contact with them, and in fact he has never even heard of them before.
Two children come into his shop looking to buy a kappa. They even show D a reference book "How to Raise a Kappa". (Hakkai: I have that book.) D becomes obsessed, and goes on a mad quest (sushi restaurants, a country estate--I think, and even a construction site) in order to find a kappa.
My favorite part is when the two main characters get told about the kappa's less-than-savory habits.
Elderly gentleman: If you're not careful, they'll steal your shirikodama.
D or Wu-Fei (probably Wu-Fei): Shiriko-what?
Elderly gentleman: It means they stick their hands up the butts of the people who died from drowning in the river and pull out their innards and eat them.
D and Wu-Fei: *SHOCK*
Wu-Fei: Oookay...well, that's that, then. D, you're not going to give an animal like that to kids, are you?
D: It will be all right. As long as you train it correctly....
(Hakkai: Yes, of course. Gojyo hardly ever uses beer cans for ashtrays anymore.)
IMHO, this cries out for a crossover. It would be such fun.
Gojyo: Uh, hello? I gotta buy some dragon chow....
D: *huge sparkly eyes* Won't you stay for tea?
(Hakkai: Excuse me?)
Also, this volume caused lots of squee stemming from the chapter with Daddy D in the genetics lab, naming all the fruit flies. Too funny.
I'm really enjoying the plots in Petshop: Tokyo. Wu-Fei is a poor substitute for Leon Orcot, in my opinion, but I find the series delightfully darker and even more intriguing than the original. Highly recommended. ^_^
Now I'm gonna go skip off and read Saiyuki 8. ^_^
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Date: 2008-07-14 02:48 am (UTC)I haven't read Dreamfall yet, although it's on my to-read list (I also heard it got mixed reviews--still, it's Cat, so it can't be too bad!) I loved Catspaw. If I ever manage to finish them, the Saiyuki fic version of Psion will have two sequels, named "Catspaw" and "Dreamfall".
I re-read Vinge's first two books while writing the Psion fic, and it made me remember how much I liked them the first time around. Happy reading! ^_^