I'm all up in the law now, but damn it feels good to get my violence on.

Gunn ,'Unleashed'


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."


sj - Jan 18, 2010 1:30:32 pm PST #10796 of 28404
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I need to read Souless. Vampires and tea trays? The friend who told me that I HAD to read it apparently knows me quite well.


askye - Jan 18, 2010 1:31:01 pm PST #10797 of 28404
Thrive to spite them

And the parasol!


Atropa - Jan 18, 2010 1:50:18 pm PST #10798 of 28404
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I covet the parasol SO MUCH.


Amy - Jan 18, 2010 2:05:23 pm PST #10799 of 28404
Because books.

Every time you guys mention the parasol I go right to a Mary Poppins place. Which isn't a bad thing!

Is anyone else reading the Melissa Marr faerie books? I know (I think) I've asked before, but I'm really loving them. They're a lot more unflinching and less frothy than I expected, and I'm thrilled. The second one, especially, hit some dark places.


Strega - Jan 18, 2010 2:49:53 pm PST #10800 of 28404

Honestly, I don't dislike Gaiman, but I haven't felt the urge to read anything he's done since Coraline. It might just be that I OD'd; there are a couple of writers who I was quite into for a while, but it started to feel like an obligation rather than genuine enjoyment. (I had the same experience with Jonathan Carroll. Maybe it's contemporary fantasy in general that I got tired of.)


§ ita § - Jan 18, 2010 5:00:31 pm PST #10801 of 28404
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You wanted steampunk, you got steampunk (you wanted an end to mashups? You don't got it): Android Karenina.


Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2010 5:04:51 pm PST #10802 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Guess no one noticed when I posted that last week.


Emily - Jan 18, 2010 5:08:40 pm PST #10803 of 28404
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I wouldn't say no one, just... not ita.

And, to be fair, not me either. But that's because I ignore EVERYTHING you say, whereas she may just not have been reading.

(er. sarcasm. right? On the internets no one can hear you use a wry tone of voice.)


§ ita § - Jan 18, 2010 5:14:58 pm PST #10804 of 28404
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I skim at work. I apologise for the oversight.


Gudanov - Jan 20, 2010 5:52:18 am PST #10805 of 28404
Coding and Sleeping

Interesting move by Amazon. I wonder if this will lead to less expensive e-books. Seems like it should.

Amazon Unveils 70 Percent Kindle Royalty Plan