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Just received my copy of the new limited edition steelbook of Luc Besson’s The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). Love the yellow! Going to compare the extras with previous releases.

2026 reading check-in. here are all the books i’ve read so far. all but dante and homer are new to me. trying to read the stuff i’ve always heard about, but never read. #booksky Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1/3

currently reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. 4 chapters in and this thing is ridiculously entertaining. 💙 🪐

just got my copy of The Transformers: The Movie; The Soundtrack - The Reformatted Edition. this bad boy is going in my 2017 corolla and never leaving.

I’m halfway through Heinlein’s A Stranger In a Strange Land, I have no idea where it’s going, and I’m entertained as hell. 🪐📚💙

Was fortunate to see a pre-screening of #TheOdyssey last night. Some original props were on display. Epic film. Moved me emotionally. Stayed true to the spirit of Homer in many ways. Looking forward to a second viewing.

Finished reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. Up next is A Stranger in a Strange Land. 📚🪐

Finished reading Sense and Sensibility. Next up, The Picture of Dorian Gray. 🖋️📚

after finally reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the cabin really ain’t in it much 📚💙

if i mailed my journal to you, would you keep it safe or would you take it to austria like a moron?

never forget that Poseidon died for your sins 🌊 🔱

folks, i got myself a whale of a highlighter. this thing could swallow 3 John whole in a few strokes, leaving no white space in its wake. fear me, Melville! 🐳 📚💙

was your response anything like this? 😂

sorting through an old library and in the back of a copy of Trésor Poétique is a handwritten timeline of British royalty from Henry VIII to George V 📚💙 🗃️

consolidated all my arthurian mass market paperbacks 📚💙

I scored a set of Joan of Arc postcards from the 1910s. I tried to capture the silver sheen with my phone, but the pics don’t do it justice. ⚜️🗡👸🏼⚜️ #medievalsky 🗃️

joan of arc looked stellar in philly today. not a bad angle. ⚜️🗡️👑⚜️

scored some cheap arthurian works for $3 at an antique store 📚💙

These are some of the #TolkienReadingDay greetings I sent friends and family this year. The road goes ever on and on . . .

here is the full table of contents for Studies in Medievalism XXXV

The latest Studies in Medievalism is out, which includes my essay focused on Joan of Arc in the Time Gate sci-fi anthologies “Joan of Arc Al in Time Gate (1989): A Medieval Simulacrum in the Twenty-Second Century” 🪐📚💙 🗃️

i have more copies of The Transformers: The Movie than i need, but not as many as i want

just got a copy of Popularising the Middle Ages in Modern Fantasy: Neomedievalism, Video Games, and Vikings. There’s something for everyone! 📚💙 🪐📚

Just arrived in the mail - Pugh and Weisl's Silent Medievalisms: Reimagining the Middle Ages During FIlm's Foundational Era (2026). There are 2 Joan of Arc films represented here. #medievalsky 📚💙 📽️

just got the proofs for my forthcoming essay in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching! #medievalsky 🗃️

Just received my author copies for my contribution to Arthuriana 35.4 (Winter 2025). My article on bored knights on the Quest for the Holy Grail is available for free via open access muse.jhu.edu/pub/91/artic... 🗃️ @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social

currently reading The Monitors (1966) by Keith Laumer 🪐📚💙

currently reading: The Day They Invaded New York (1964) by Lewis Irwin 🪐📚💙

My Arthuriana essay about bored knights on the Quest for the Holy Grail is currently available via Open Access on Project MUSE. Download it and forget about it! #medievalsky muse.jhu.edu/pub/91/artic...