Review on the boxed set???
I would have thought that this review would be on the quality of the set and the extras, considering that anyone here should already be familiar with this series. So thanks anyway for the last short paragraph for those stuck with BluRay (which was a pretty much stillborn format).

Best Kung Fu Movie Evar (so far)
Not historical, no, but neither was Fearless (which is also excellent).
I've never seen a Kung Fu movie that was vaguely historically accurate, but that may not be the point (so far).

Seconded on the nothing less than incredible thing, the way the guy uses language is pure genius.
I forgot to mention that I have of course read through 'The Deep' at least three times since then. I really love the portrayal of a character in the climactic bit whose name I won't mention for fear of spoiling things……

Just a word on that Ozzy song ("What went on in your head" etc.):
It was proof that he didn't read, or at least he didn't read Aleister Crowley…

I'm thinking that "The other story" is likely The Deep.

No.

That eyebrow will at least attract the right guy while frightening off the wrong ones.
Evolution is trying to make you lovelier, please don't interfere.

"A hiss of fear ran through me" returns to me on a regular basis, when I'm dealing with anxiety.

Hooray: I get a new book for my birthday!
I love Little Big and I have read it several times, twice out loud to two different girlfriends, but Engine Summer is my single favorite book (this from a voracious reader of science fiction). I have read it more than twenty times and memorized passages including the entire…