Written in the Stars

[liadnan]

The Onion Horoscope always seems far more accurate and applicable to my life and the way I feel than any "real" one. Seriously

Libra: You will be unable to shake a deep feeling of unutterable sadness as you roam the world with a scruffy band of misfits at the end of history, performing the occasional execution in your search for your lost mother/lover and a way to rekindle the dying sun

Just call me Severian.

Comments

[booklectica]

Capricorn: (Dec. 22—Jan. 19)
Prepare for major life changes this week, Bester. You will achieve great commercial success, vast literary acclaim, and a premature death while completing your magnum opus, The Bars My Destination: A Guide To All 24 Hours Of Orbital Nightlife.

That's extremely cool! And quite close to the fantasies in my head after yesterday, except for the premature death, because I shall live forever.

[nwhyte]

Heh. Just been reading that myself. (Gene Wolfe, I mean.)

[liadnan]

I read them again not so long ago. Still not sure if I "like" them or not.

In my mental map they end up with Virconium and New Crobuzon, but I find both the latter more enjoyable to read.

[rparvaaz.livejournal.com]

I haven't read New Crobuzon but I definitely understood more of the New Sun than Viriconium.

[kittenexploring.livejournal.com]

Sagittarius:
You will be unable to shake the feeling that society at large would be improved by even more chunky, quasi-cubist levitating machinery of mystic origin, as well as the increased use of triple exclamation points by the general populace.

It's so true. There is almost nothing that couldn't be improved with more quasi-cubist levitating machinery.

[rparvaaz.livejournal.com]

You will be thrilled to encounter a science so highly advanced that it is indistinguishable from magic—a science primarily concerned with generating rabbits using common headgear, producing endless amounts of colored handkerchiefs, and sawing women in half

I *like*. :)

[coughingbear]

Cancer: (June 22—July 22)
You've never encountered a problem that can't be solved by the combined mental and spiritual resources of the enlightened people of the galaxy or by swinging from the doorframe and kicking people in the gut.

I like this.

oddly accurate

[nikandra.livejournal.com]

Pisces: (Feb. 19—March 20)

[quixotickitten.livejournal.com]

Virgo: (Aug. 23—Sept. 22)
Despite your years of earnest effort to create a civilized and compassionate dialogue on the emotional languages of race, love, and desire, most of the universe will still insist on calling you "that one black gay weirdo."

'Tis true. If I were in charge, we'd have world peace, everybody would gather up in a giant Hug Chain. Oh yeah. ::cues disco music:: Now, come 'ere and let me hug on you, damnit.