Totally agreed--I liked the second book more, and it's more Lisbeth, I felt. I'm looking forward to the third book (...at some point. I figure I'll pick it up in an airport somewhere when it's in paperback and I'm all desperate for something to read and go "Oooh! I can read THAT! Yes!")
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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."
meara - Apr 09, 2010 8:25:02 am PDT #11233 of 28344
megan walker - Apr 09, 2010 8:27:52 am PDT #11234 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The second book was just way more developed, character-wise and plot-wise, which is often the case I think, but weird in Larsson's case since my understanding is he didn't submit them to a publisher until he had all three.
Toddson - Apr 09, 2010 12:59:59 pm PDT #11235 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For DCistas: Turning the Page. Cheap books, money to a good cause. I just have to keep myself from buying back the books I gave them ....
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2010 10:24:46 pm PDT #11236 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Atropa - Apr 11, 2010 9:16:00 am PDT #11237 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Eeeee! Eeeeee! Really?
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2010 9:24:32 am PDT #11238 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Really.
I said, "Jilli says hi."
She said, "Who?"
"Cupcake Goth."
"Oh! I only know people from their LJ names. I love her videos!"
Also, you have a message involving cupcakes, Goths, and parasols in your book that will go out tomorrow. Also an e-mail with secret information.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2010 9:35:31 am PDT #11239 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I would dearly love to have tea with her. She seems very fun.
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2010 9:42:22 am PDT #11240 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
She was more normal and down-to-earth than I expected. I thought she would be all quirky and twee, like she was putting on a persona, but she wasn't, which was nice.
She says she'll be in Seattle in November for a steampunk conference, so you can set up a tea date then.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2010 9:45:00 am PDT #11241 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
She says she'll be in Seattle in November for a steampunk conference, so you can set up a tea date then.
Good heavens, she's going to be at SteamCon? I guess I have to go then (I'd been waffling).
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2010 9:49:05 am PDT #11242 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, she had a really funny story about your friend Donna, the cover model.
Orbit was at a loss as to what to use for the cover, so they told her to keep an eye out for any images that spoke to her. She came across the photo of Donna that eventually became the cover of Soulless and sent it to Orbit. And for months, she didn't hear anything back, so she figured, whatever, they didn't like it.
Then one day Donna friended her on Facebook, saying, "Hey, I just signed a contract to be the cover model for your books!" And then Gail called Orbit and was like "SO..."
She got to meet her in L.A. when she went down there for a friend's reading, and they met at a gay bar, and she was surprised at how tiny she was, but they hit it off. She noticed that they had very similar mannerisms.