I also wish people would stop writing the ... extrapolations? ... of Jane Austen. And, in a continuation of the crossover theme, there's now a book out about Jane Austen as a vampire.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'The Message'
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."
Toddson - Jan 12, 2010 8:52:55 am PST #10775 of 28368
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Calli - Jan 12, 2010 10:02:21 am PST #10776 of 28368
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
there's now a book out about Jane Austen as a vampire
A shame she wasn't. We might have more of her books.
Ginger - Jan 12, 2010 11:47:36 am PST #10777 of 28368
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Imagine being a vampire author. You'd either have to change your name and be accused of being derivative of yourself or you'd have to pretend to be a series of descendants who keep discovering "lost" manuscripts. If the latter, you'd have to keep searching for period paper and ink while longing to write the whole thing on your netbook.
erikaj - Jan 12, 2010 11:48:39 am PST #10778 of 28368
Always Anti-fascist!
Ok, there needs to be a book about this.
Consuela - Jan 12, 2010 4:55:08 pm PST #10779 of 28368
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, that's one of the premises of Tanya Huff's "Blood" series: the character Henry is a 500-yo vampire romance author. I don't recall what he did until modern times, though.
erikaj - Jan 13, 2010 4:43:04 am PST #10780 of 28368
Always Anti-fascist!
cool idea...I might read some, although I don't think I've ever read a series through to the end(pretty close on the Graftons, I suppose.)
Sheryl - Jan 13, 2010 12:49:06 pm PST #10781 of 28368
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
There's only five books in the series (plus a short story collection), so it's not such a huge time investment. Plus, they're good! You should read them in order, though.
Tom Scola - Jan 18, 2010 4:34:21 am PST #10782 of 28368
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
6,000 word article about Neil Gaiman in this week’s New Yorker: [link]
DavidS - Jan 18, 2010 7:34:35 am PST #10783 of 28368
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
They're on to us!
(Internet critics deride Gaiman’s fans as “Twee ‘Bisexual’ Goth Girls with BPD”—borderline personality disorder—“who are drama majors and who are destined to become cat ladies.”)
P.M. Marc - Jan 18, 2010 8:01:49 am PST #10784 of 28368
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
(Internet critics deride Gaiman’s fans as “Twee ‘Bisexual’ Goth Girls with BPD”—borderline personality disorder—“who are drama majors and who are destined to become cat ladies.”)
Y'know, did they name internet critic names? Cause I don't think I've seen that, and also feel the desire to punch some dillhole in the nads.