I'm seconding the request for sequence and timing.
Ginger's talking points are so intriguing to me, I really want to get started on the actual discussion!
Love isn't brains, children, it's blood, blood screaming inside you to work its will.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
beekaytee - Aug 23, 2005 6:11:44 am PDT #1225 of 3301
Compassionately intolerant
Strega - Aug 23, 2005 6:12:13 am PDT #1226 of 3301
Gosh, there are probably dozens.I think there must be thousands of pastiches. Or tens of thousands.
I liked The Canary Trainer once I got the joke. That's the third one, though. The West End Horror was the sequel.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 23, 2005 6:13:50 am PDT #1227 of 3301
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
One was even a best-seller during the '70s -- The Seven Percent Solution, which involved Holmes' drug habits.
Which had a very good movie made of it.
Connie Neil - Aug 23, 2005 6:13:52 am PDT #1228 of 3301
brillig
The West End Horror was the sequel.
Duh, yes. I even have that one, too.
Ginger - Aug 23, 2005 6:39:16 am PDT #1229 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There are certainly thousands of Holmes stories. I kind of know what's out there, but I haven't read too many of them, since I'm a geek and a purist. I hope Connie and others can throw in some discussions of Holmes in the hands of others.
I'm trying to figure out a schedule. I'm going to be out of pocket Labor Day weekend with Dragoncon and visiting Buffistas. How does this sound?
Begin discussion of A Scandal in Bohemia and The Red-Headed League -- 9/7
The Red-Headed League and The Blue Carbuncle -- 9/14
1st half Hound of the Baskervilles -- 9/21
2nd half -- 9/28
I'll plan to have a brief opinionated piece about Holmes and some links up by next week.
Amy - Aug 23, 2005 6:45:32 am PDT #1230 of 3301
Because books.
The Red-Headed League and The Blue Carbuncle -- 9/14
Ginger, do you mean the Speckled Band there? Red-Headed League was paired with Scandal already.
The schedule looks good to me.
Wolfram - Aug 23, 2005 6:47:18 am PDT #1231 of 3301
Visilurking
Ginger, I think you meant one of those "Red-Headed Leagues" to be "The Adventure of the Speckled Band."
ETA: or what AmyLiz said.
Ginger - Aug 23, 2005 6:50:21 am PDT #1232 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yes, that what I meant. Apparently there's not enough coffee in the world for me today.
Wolfram - Aug 23, 2005 6:55:34 am PDT #1233 of 3301
Visilurking
Ginger, do you want me to put up the additional stories you chose with the HotB? or is the format you found them in acceptable?
Not Ginger, but I love the format you used with HotB. Would it be much trouble for you to do the same with the short stories? Then we could post an announcement in Press with Ginger's schedule and the links and fire the starting gun.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 23, 2005 7:19:04 am PDT #1234 of 3301
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Is there a link to this "Htob" somewhere?