Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

First, stories. I picked this up at Readercon, on the last day.   A dealer has a lot of books - used, I believe - on sale for $1.   I was eyeing this one earlier, and went, 'nah.'   I got it the last day as an impulse buy.   "You can read it on the boat, and not be sad when it gets totally wet," I told myself. 

Good choice.   So far this is amazing, and it got soaked, and I didn't care because I had spent so little on it. 

I got sunburned, I had a migraine that made me feel like vomiting, and I left my glasses on the boat.   I also learned I do not know how to sail, or at least this was reinforced.  I'm not as bad as I suspected, but I also suspected I would hit land, so that's not saying much.

It was also a great deal of fun.   I got a good chunk of this book read.  So far, my favorite story happens to be the longest as of yet, and is by Nancy Kress.  I stumbled upon this line and had to say something:

"'I'm not doctor, as you're constantly telling me, but temporal-lobe epilepsy is a very well documented source of religious transports.   Joan of Arc, Hildegaard of Bingen and maybe even Saul on the road to Damascus.'"

I know it's only a brief mention of her, but given what's happening to Cixin, one of the main characters in this short, I'm interested to see if this one line has a ripple effect, and will change how I think of what happens latter given the conversation that happened here.   On Troy's blog.    Which is one of the reasons this quote caught my attention and I posted it immediately. 

Gonna try to eat and alleviate the migraine more.   (Getting out of the sun and a shower helped, to be honest.)  I'll be back to reading comics later.