Music - "Metal Guru" by T. Rex
The picture I'm using is from the 8th Jedi Apprentice book. Not that it's been published just yet, they've just released the cover art! If memory serves me correctly, they're only up to the 5th book in the US - possibly the 6th one. Of course, here in New Zealand we're far behind as usual! (The 4th book in the series only came a couple of weeks ago *sigh*)
I can't help wondering how the publishers whould feel if they knew the books are really popular with older Star Wars fans, espially female fans who like erotic fanfic, some even slash...... On the m_a list, the desscution about this cover was following the lines of "look at the postion of Obi-Wan's behind", with a few talking about the possilites of fanfic based on it (but with a *much* older Obi-Wan of course).
Still, I do agree the books by Jude Watson are slashy. I mean some lines have been posting about the 5th book, fall into the "how could they have missed the implications in that???" Which has made a couple of people joke about the possiblity of Ms Watson actually being a slash fan :) I wonder how many of the books sales are due to adults buying the books, either because they are *big* SW fans and buy everything automaticly? Or because of the talk about the bboks, on mailing lists like Jedihunks and Master_Apprentice?
I know, the one book store I've found selling them here in Wellington is almost always sold of them. Espically of the first 2 books in the series. And when I got the 4th book, the person serving me said a surprising number of adults were getting them. The only reason I started getting them was due to the people from the US raving about them, on the 2 mailing lists. (But, espically jedihunks to begin with - now m_a has sorted taken over as so many people on it see the slashy under currents in the books).
Onto other things before I finsh up for today! :) In 2 weeks and a days time I'll have moved out of my current flat and will house sitting for my friend from work! Still haven't sorted out my new Internet account, but found out today when I arranged to have my phone turned off athe day after I move, that i can keep my current account sans phone account. (My current Internet account is with the NZ phone company). So, I'm umming and arring about changing it at all......
Still, it's going to be *really* nice not having to pay any rent for 5 weeks! I'm just going to have to force myself to save as much money as can each week..... (Even today, I kept seeing all of these really nice clothes I wanted to get :)