I perhaps need an intervention. A train of Twilight thought that started at "Why do some vampires clearly think there's something morally or ethically wrong about killing humans, and others don't see a problem with it?" just ended up at "Why isn't there a vampire version of PETA? VETH?" I need to find some other book to feed my brain.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Hil R. - Dec 12, 2009 1:37:19 pm PST #10638 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
-t - Dec 12, 2009 1:45:30 pm PST #10639 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like that. Maybe True Blood will go there.
Jessica - Dec 12, 2009 2:55:30 pm PST #10640 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Question for people who've read George RR Martin's Ice and Fire books.
Will there be anyone I like left alive at the end of Storm of Swords? I'm just over halfway through and WAY too many of the Wrong People have died.
-t - Dec 12, 2009 3:16:09 pm PST #10641 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Some worthwhile survivors go on to suffer in the following two books, at least.
Pix - Dec 12, 2009 3:33:47 pm PST #10642 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
If someone wanted to take my Kindle, they'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands. It was amazing for traveling this past summer (I couldn't buy wirelessly while we were at sea, but I just loaded it up ahead of time), and I use it now for my trashy pleasure reading at night. I suck at going to the library (I know, I know), so this is a good alternative for me for books I don't feel the need to physically own. I still buy real books for school/research. Drew bought it for me in February, and I have over 100 books on there I've read since then. Way cheaper than buying normally--for example, I re-read the whole Anne of Green Gables books, and most of them were $2.
Jessica - Dec 12, 2009 5:39:10 pm PST #10643 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Thanks, t.
DavidS - Dec 13, 2009 8:12:28 am PST #10644 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I09's 20 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Decade.
The two that intrigued me most on that list (that I haven't read) were Glasshouse by Charles Stross and The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia.
Jessica - Dec 13, 2009 8:14:02 am PST #10645 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I really loved Glasshouse. Enough to make me ignore what an asshole Charles Stross frequently is on LJ.
Jessica - Dec 13, 2009 8:21:36 am PST #10646 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And I agree with all the comments that say Alastair Reynolds WUZ ROBBED. And putting the Baroque Cycle on there instead of Anathem is just crazypants.
-t - Dec 13, 2009 8:30:39 am PST #10647 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm surprised Rainbows End is on there, that wasn't as good as I expect from Vinge. I actually thought it was older than this decade because the "5 minutes in the future" touches already feel dated...
Probably still a decent list to start catching up on SF again, though, right? Most of those I haven't read, many I haven't even heard of