Days of silence now? That's so weird. After all the tumbleweeds through this thread in the last few days, I'm sorry. I'll never mention GWTW ever again if the other readers would just come back. Purty please?
Cordelia: You're him. You're Angel's son. Connor: It's not like I got to choose.
'Hell Bound'
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."
Katerina Bee - Jan 09, 2010 11:53:21 am PST #10739 of 28370
Herding cats for fun
Typo Boy - Jan 09, 2010 12:25:23 pm PST #10740 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
This happens in Literary sometimes. Nothing to do with GWTW.
Polter-Cow - Jan 11, 2010 12:34:34 pm PST #10741 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just finished The Zombie Survival Guide, which was good, but I just started World War Z, and it's already ten times better in the first ten pages.
beth b - Jan 11, 2010 12:36:06 pm PST #10742 of 28370
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
World War Z was really fun
DavidS - Jan 11, 2010 12:41:13 pm PST #10743 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Once again I will note that I am totally over both zombies and vampires and they need to be put on hiatus. It's a new fucking decade! We need some new tropes.
I am personally hoping for the return of the Archfiend (Diabolik, Fantomas, Fu Manchu, Dr. Mabuse., etc.).
Zombies, feh! I spit out the taste of their rotting flesh.
Vampires can go away until they stop sparkling.
Polter-Cow - Jan 11, 2010 12:45:41 pm PST #10744 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Once again I will note that I am totally over both zombies
Okay, but you should still check out my friend's zombie book in May. Because it is awesome.
It's a new fucking decade!
And the books I am reading were published in the last one!
I am personally hoping for the return of the Archfiend (Diabolik, Fantomas, Fu Manchu, Dr. Mabuse., etc.).
Fin Fang Foom?
Atropa - Jan 11, 2010 12:47:20 pm PST #10745 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Once again I will note that I am totally over both zombies and vampires and they need to be put on hiatus.
Whereas I say that they don't need to be put on hiatus, they just need to be written WELL. Because honestly? There's a vast lack of GOOD vampire books. Trust me, I've read a lot of what's out there. Most of it? Dire. Really fucking dire.
DavidS - Jan 11, 2010 12:48:50 pm PST #10746 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Fin Fang Foom?
I'm pretty sure he's just a monster.
Okay, but you should still check out my friend's zombie book in May. Because it is awesome.
Maybe. I still have to reach Amy's finished zombie book, which I know is guaranteed awesome.
DavidS - Jan 11, 2010 12:54:42 pm PST #10747 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Whereas I say that they don't need to be put on hiatus, they just need to be written WELL.
No, I think we've reached an actual saturation point where there needs to be a cleansing diet of non-zombie, non-vampire books. There's just too much of it and it's eating its own tail. It's accelerated geometrically through the potential storylines until they're all recycled.
The Oughts will be the Zombie/Vampire decade. This decade? Something else. Apart from my opinion, it's almost inevitable with trends in horror. It always cycles off to something new.
Maybe HBO could go do a series based on Storm Constantine's books. At least that would be different. Not horror but exotic enough to appeal to the gothy tastebuds.
Atropa - Jan 11, 2010 12:59:13 pm PST #10748 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Maybe HBO could go do a series based on Storm Constantine's books. At least that would be different. Not horror but exotic enough to appeal to the gothy tastebuds.
What, the Wraetheau series? I don't think it would translate well as a tv series. Also, I think it would need a lot of re-writing to make it appealing for mass-market.