I love that book. Love it. Want to marry it and have a jillion of its babies. I also read it in 9th grade, so YPirsigMV.
Was very disappointed by the "sequel" - Lila? Something like that. Suuuucked.
I believe that's my hey. Hey!
Xander ,'Storyteller'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
arby - Jan 27, 2005 2:36:42 pm PST #4149 of 10001
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
Consuela - Jan 27, 2005 3:35:00 pm PST #4150 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read Zen on a long bike ride down the Oregon and California coasts, and sat on the beach and argued with Pirsig a lot. It was interesting, but I was too old for it, being already 28 by that time.
I'm now too old to read Heinlein and enjoy him much as well. I do recall loving the concept of Number of the Beast, with the infinite universes and all, but the end left me baffled and I'm disinclined to go back and find out what really happened.
I admit that I do still say, "What I tell you three times is true," once in a while.
DCJensen - Jan 27, 2005 3:41:21 pm PST #4151 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Number of the Beast spurred me to read and re-read a number of books and stories he referenced in the work.
Betsy HP - Jan 27, 2005 4:51:53 pm PST #4152 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
"What I tell you three times is true,
It's from "The Hunting Of The Snark" anyway.
Liese S. - Jan 27, 2005 6:13:56 pm PST #4153 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
drove me bugfuck, to the point where I annotated the margins.
OMGWTFMARGINS!!>?!
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 6:19:07 pm PST #4154 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You appreciate the depth of my upset, I see.
Liese S. - Jan 27, 2005 6:36:43 pm PST #4155 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yes. Very clearly.
Cranberry - Jan 27, 2005 8:17:26 pm PST #4156 of 10001
I was fine when existence had no meaning. Meaninglessness in a universe that has no meaning -- that I get. But meaninglessness in a universe with
meaning? What does that mean?
I've had the discs for Wonderfalls since last April. Neener. Neener.
Me too! Though I got mine a couple weeks after you did, and I had to try very very hard to stay out of the spoiler thread here because I wanted to watch the finale unspoiled (I succeeded).
I just posted some news on SaveWonderfalls -- some of the cast and crew members will be participating in a webcast on February 1st from the FOX lots (I'll be there, too!). Details about when, where and how to watch are on the site. Does anyone here post at Whedonesque? I'd like to get this news up there, but they frown on people advertising their own sites.
Allyson - Jan 27, 2005 8:33:30 pm PST #4157 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'll post for you, Cranberry.
Cranberry - Jan 27, 2005 8:41:27 pm PST #4158 of 10001
I was fine when existence had no meaning. Meaninglessness in a universe that has no meaning -- that I get. But meaninglessness in a universe with
meaning? What does that mean?
Thanks, Allyson!
I'm trying to get more details about the webcast -- they're planning it at the last minute, as usual. Word is Tracie Thoms and Katie Finneran will probably be there. I'm not sure about the others; I know they've been invited, but they're kind of scattered all over the place.