Inara: You don't have to die alone. Mal: Everybody dies alone.

'Out Of Gas'


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."


Tom Scola - Jan 18, 2010 4:34:21 am PST #10782 of 28367
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 28367
"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 28367
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.


Sue - Jan 18, 2010 8:24:18 am PST #10785 of 28367
hip deep in pie

Apparently it was Jonathan Ross. [link]


Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2010 8:41:49 am PST #10786 of 28367
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I don't know about that.

He is also a friend of author Neil Gaiman, and he and his wife appear in Gaiman's short story "The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch", collected in Fragile Things.

If he did say that, it may have been completely in jest and taken out of context. Also, what, he is not an Internet critic! He is a BBC personality!

Also, that poster and I disagree on the American Gods plot twist, because it totally slipped by me and I thought it was awesome and hilarious even though I felt stupid.


Strega - Jan 18, 2010 9:49:54 am PST #10787 of 28367

Apparently it was Jonathan Ross.

That's not attribution, it's a list: Gaiman's fans are (1) "twee 'Bisexual' Goth Girls," and (2)Jonathan Ross.


Steph L. - Jan 18, 2010 9:52:41 am PST #10788 of 28367
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Also, that poster and I disagree on the American Gods plot twist, because it totally slipped by me and I thought it was awesome and hilarious even though I felt stupid.

Not surprisingly, you and I are alike on this. I got to that point in the book and thought, oh my god, it was RIGHT THERE! How did I miss it?


Sue - Jan 18, 2010 9:56:34 am PST #10789 of 28367
hip deep in pie

That's not attribution, it's a list: Gaiman's fans are (1) "twee 'Bisexual' Goth Girls," and (2)Jonathan Ross.

Whoops. I'm glad someone here can read. I guess this is the internet critic then.


askye - Jan 18, 2010 10:16:10 am PST #10790 of 28367
Thrive to spite them

I finished Soulless and I liked it a lot more than I expected and I can't wait to read the next one.

I'm still not sold on the idea of werewolves being mostly dead and keeping vampire like hours however, that concept does set up some interesting things for the main character.

Also I'm not sure how accurate it is on Victorian times but the obsession with manners does make things interesting.


Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2010 10:18:44 am PST #10791 of 28367
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Not surprisingly, you and I are alike on this. I got to that point in the book and thought, oh my god, it was RIGHT THERE! How did I miss it?

My friend was even more amused because I had mentioned that I was waiting for that character to show up. I thought it was a brilliant thing to do because it's only obvious in hindsight: Gaiman counts on the reader not to make the connection out of context.

I guess this is the internet critic then.

Plei, punch away.