Two unrelated things.

1) From BLDGBLOG, a post entitled "Nakatomi Space", which starts by describing Die Hard as "one of the best architectural films of the past 25 years" and just keeps getting more fascinating and awesome from there, including diagnosing in architectural terms just where the Die Hard sequels went wrong. Man, now I really want to see the architecturally appropriate versions....

2) I just finished reading Mary Gentle's Ash: A Secret History (in its undivided 1100-page glory-or-something), and ... has anyone else read this? Could someone please come help me figure out what I think of it in the comments? I'm pretty sure I liked the ending, I think I just wish it had gotten there about four hundred pages faster.


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