The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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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.
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I would ask you to elaborate on why you feel that way but it that could lead to, heh, discussion.
It's not really a big thing. Just from previous book discussions and comments made, we tend to like good juicy stories with characters we can relate to. Watchmen is full of that stuff. Not that V isn't, it just wasn't as accessible, at least to me when I read it.
Been ages since I've read Watchmen. I don't know where I'd find a copy.
I'm sure many libraries have it, I know mine does. Also online retailers like Amazon, Buy, Overstock etc. have it for around $13-$14.
it just wasn't as accessible, at least to me when I read it
Perhaps this is partly because
V for Vendetta
is overtly English, whereas
Watchmen
is set in the US?
But I agree that
Watchmen
blew me away. Well, they both did, but I just finished
Watchmen
yesterday, and there's SO much there.
I'm sure many libraries have it, I know mine does.
Comic books? In libraries?
t hears my local librarians sniff in contempt
I'm sure that was a factor. Also without getting too spoilery, the motivations for the main characters were interesting and complex, but not so much relateable, if you know what I mean. It would be like discussing The Inside's Web and Rebecca without a Paul. Does that make sense?
Comic books? In libraries?
I was shocked too. Not only that, my library has recently (like in the last couple of years) picked up a nice amount of Trade Paper Back graphic novels. I've been able to read a whole lot of amazing comic books (FREE!) like Fray, Dark Knight Returns, Superman: Secret Identity, Watchmen, V, Crisis of Infinite Earths, 1602, the entire Sandman series, etc.
The Salt Lake City Public Library has tons of graphic novels/TPBs. That is, in part, because there is a comic book store in the library square. It's a pretty sweet deal.
Watchmen is character, V for Vendetta is idea.
Yet another reason why I should just move to Salt Lake out of Utah County.
There are many, many of them.
The Salt Lake City Public Library has tons of graphic novels/TPBs. That is, in part, because there is a comic book store in the library square. It's a pretty sweet deal.
I don't know about now, but a few years ago they had one of the best graphic novel library collections in the country, if not the best. I think others are starting to catch up. That said, it would take considerable effort for me to obtain it, and I still really like the Gutenberg idea, even though I think I spell it differently each time I write it.
Libkitty, that wouldn't surprise me. And I was going to ask how you would know that, but, as I typed your name, my fingers threw themselves into my nostrils and banged my head into my desk multiple times. Cause it's just that obvious.
