Many thanks to Rob, who sent the Lain boxed set I’ve been lusting after for months. I happened to meet the UPS man on my way out the door this afternoon, with the telltale Amazon-logo’d box. I know what I’m doing tonight!

It’s been a rather sci-fi weekend all around, actually. As I mentioned, I reread Neuromancer just for the hell of it, and then yesterday Crispy and I watched a truly astounding amount of Dune. SciFi aired the original Dune miniseries, all six hours of it, directly preceding the two-hour premiere of Children Of Dune (the second part of which airs tonight). Eight hours of Dune is a lot of Dune, but with help from couscous and some of those crazy-ass new mint Oreos, we managed it. I’d seen the Lynch version of Dune before, thanks to Colin (who gave me his VHS copy when he got it on DVD), but the miniseries was lots of fun, and Children of Dune promises to be more of the same. I’ve also finally borrowed the first of the books, which I’ve meant to read for years and years.