Just a small splurge this time

[catalyst2]

While I was in Perth, I dropped into Quality Comics and Empire Toys as usual. I was fairly restrained this time: Firefly: The Official Companion: Volume Two, Angel Scriptbook Collection: Volume 2 and Redeemed: The Unauthorized Guide to Angel were the total extent of my buys. I've only had a quick look through all three but they all look fascinating reads. The only other thing I was tempted to buy was a Georges Jeanty-signed Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: #1 (variant cover) but at AUS$60 that was too much even for an obsessive like me!

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[tijnat.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm jealous. I don't even have Volume 1 of either of those - yet - and I haven't heard of "Redeemed". I have Keith Topping's book on Angel, "The Hollywood Vampire". Unfortunately it only covers till the end of Season 4. I have several other books on both Buffy and Angel that I have enjoyed and I'm looking forward to "Serenity Found" which will be coming out this summer.

I'm glad you had a good trip. It sounds like a great game - was it rugby?

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

I bought the seven individual Angel scripts as they came out, the first five of which are in Vol 1 so I don't think I'll get that one but the second has another 5 scripts in, 3 of which won't be released individually (including I Will Remember You which I love) so I just had to get those.

If you buy anything though, get the two Firefly Companion books - they are just gorgeous on a beautiful heavy paper with brilliant colour and all kinds of interesting articles in addition to all the scripts, of course.

[tijnat.livejournal.com]

They're both on my amazon.ca wish list. I have the "Serenity" companion (not Inara ;)) and I love it.

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

Sorry, forgot to add that the game was Aussie Rules (http://afl.com.au/).

[tijnat.livejournal.com]

That was my other guess. I took an Australian Browncoat friend to see a Canadian Football League game last year and it was suggested that she wouldn't think it was a football game unless people were being carried off the field! :D (She agreed.)

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

Also noticeable is the stop-start nature American Football vs the continuous running of Aussie Rules (eg, if you are awarded a free kick you can keep on playing if you wish in Aussie Rules).

[tijnat.livejournal.com]

Yes, she found the Canadian football game to be very slow compared to Aussie Rules, even though the Canadian version is usually considered to be more exciting than the American version. ;)

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

We had a Canadian guest lecturer here last year who said much the same -he did admit to being a little prejudiced because he liked the Canadian version more but he said that if the American version was like a Hummer, then the Canadian version was like a Jeep and the Australian version was like a Ferrari! I liked that analogy.