Hah, it totally does.
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
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."
brenda m - Jan 30, 2010 6:52:09 am PST #10873 of 28359
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Beverly - Jan 30, 2010 8:26:48 am PST #10874 of 28359
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
With a touch of Damon (Ian Somerhalder) from Vampire Diaries. Total CW-fest.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2010 1:51:45 pm PST #10875 of 28359
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Literature-Map - the tourist map of literature.
I'm a bit surprised by Douglas Adams. I guess he's more mainstream than I'd thought.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2010 4:17:50 pm PST #10876 of 28359
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Where's the best place to read a good synopsis of the Amazon/MacMillan brouhaha? I understand that Amazon has pouted and at least mostly come round, but the details and precisely what they dropped lost me.
Amy - Jan 31, 2010 4:23:58 pm PST #10877 of 28359
Because books.
I could forward you the Publishers Marketplace summaries, if you want.
Tom Scola - Jan 31, 2010 4:25:55 pm PST #10878 of 28359
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Here are a couple of takes on it that I found useful:
They were written before Amazon released its "capitulation" letter, which has to be one of the most passive-aggressive press releases I've ever read.
Barb - Jan 31, 2010 4:26:09 pm PST #10879 of 28359
“Not dead yet!”
I quoted an article that outlines the "agency model" which is, in effect what the whole mess was about, in my blog, ita. [link]
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2010 4:36:55 pm PST #10880 of 28359
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks. Those links were all very informative.
And that concession letter by Amazon? Major pissy fit material. Sheesh.
Steph L. - Jan 31, 2010 5:52:31 pm PST #10881 of 28359
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"capitulation" letter, which has to be one of the most passive-aggressive press releases I've ever read.
I am *astonished* that a business would ever put something out like that. That kind of blew me away.
Jessica - Feb 01, 2010 5:07:38 am PST #10882 of 28359
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am *astonished* that a business would ever put something out like that. That kind of blew me away.
Really? I feel like that kind of junior-high level hissy fit is par for the course when tech companies argue in public.