Guess no one noticed when I posted that last week.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
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."
Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2010 5:04:51 pm PST #10802 of 28365
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Emily - Jan 18, 2010 5:08:40 pm PST #10803 of 28365
"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 28365
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 28365
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
Strix - Jan 25, 2010 1:09:14 pm PST #10806 of 28365
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I can't recall if anyone else has read Octavia Butler, but I know ita has... So.
I read "Parable of the Talents" last night.
Is it just me, or is the ending one hot, tasked-on mess? It's like, two books of detail and world-building and character-building, and then 3 pages of "...and in the next 40 years, all the shit that I've been building up to happened. Then she died. Kthxbye!"
It was...an incredible letdown. She does all this thought different POV, enough that towards the last 20 pages,I thought "Oh, there must be a third book to deal with all of the stuff that's been building up in this book, with the daughter and Olamina and the uncle."
And then, 3 pages of...non-resolution.
TACKED. ON.
I was very disappointed.
Kat - Jan 25, 2010 7:11:59 pm PST #10807 of 28365
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Erin, I think she had originally intended to do a third, Parable of the Trickster. She's mentioned it in some interviews even. Not that it makes the letdown any less jarring.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2010 7:18:17 pm PST #10808 of 28365
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't remember a letdown like that. I should reread it anyway.
Strix - Jan 25, 2010 7:21:14 pm PST #10809 of 28365
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
please do, cause I was confuzzled by it.
DavidS - Jan 25, 2010 7:46:14 pm PST #10810 of 28365
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thanks to IO9's pointing it out and Jessica's enthusiastic endorsement I am now reading Charles Stoss' Glasshouse.
I'm just getting started but it's (a) fascinating; (b) has a lot of resonance with Dollhouse (so far).
Thanks, Jess!
erin_obscure - Jan 25, 2010 7:56:51 pm PST #10811 of 28365
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Dang, i just searched my library catalogue for _Soulless_ and there is but one title hit, which is about Anne Coulter. Ouch. Do not want.
Erin, i felt the same way about the ending of that book. She really should have written the third book.