Speaking of which, I added a page on my blog devoted to book recommendations of mine. I intend to add more detail as in the future, but FWIW. A lot of these are staples at the moment, but I've been listening to staples lately, it's what my library has for downloadable audiobooks.
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
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."
Gudanov - May 12, 2010 10:59:26 am PDT #11368 of 28344
Coding and Sleeping
Polter-Cow - May 12, 2010 10:01:30 pm PDT #11369 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just finished Feed, by Mira Grant, my friend's zombie political thriller, described as Transmetropolitan meets The West Wing meets Night of the Living Dead, which makes it a very Buffista book, in my opinion. Also adding to this opinion is the fact that John Rogers loved it. There is also a cool website. Well done, Orbit.
The book is awesome and I think everyone should read it.
megan walker - May 13, 2010 8:48:27 am PDT #11370 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm not a big fan of the book club concept, but I'm in need of some motivation to power through my longer "should reads" for the year ( War and Peace and Don Quixote especially), so I'm trying to start a book salon at work, where we would read any book that falls within a given topic (a specific author, nationality, or theme). That way, people could choose something long or short, or read multiple books. For example, if we’re reading Dickens, and you didn’t want to tackle something like Bleak House, you could read his Christmas stories, or, if we’re reading Russian authors, you could choose a play by Chekhov, short stories by Gogol, or something like Crime and Punishment.
I want to give a few suggestions of themes and books. So far I have good lists for Classic "Boys" Adventure (The Lost World, The Count of Monte Cristo, Kidnapped, etc) and Dystopias (The Handmaid’s Tale, Fahrenheit 451, The Hunger Games trilogy, Neuromancer, Brave New World, The Children of Men, V for Vendetta, 1984, etc.).
I also want to suggest "Quests" as a theme and need some more contemporary suggestions. So far I have:
Homer's
Odyssey
Don Quixote
Le Morte d’Arthur
The Lord of the Rings
Virgils'
Aeneid
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Beowulf
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Any "modern classic" ideas for this?
Tom Scola - May 13, 2010 8:51:19 am PDT #11371 of 28344
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Maybe you should throw Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces in for discussion purposes?
megan walker - May 13, 2010 8:53:55 am PDT #11372 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Maybe you should throw Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces in for discussion purposes?
Don't think I didn't look there first for ideas! I figure when we actually get around to the theme, I will be reading that since it's been unread on my book shelf for years.
Tom Scola - May 13, 2010 8:54:57 am PDT #11373 of 28344
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Watership Down.
megan walker - May 13, 2010 8:57:30 am PDT #11374 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Watership Down.
Oooh, good one. And a perfect excuse to re-read.
Amy - May 13, 2010 9:02:58 am PDT #11375 of 28344
Because books.
Rabbit Hill was the only bunny book I ever got around to. Except for Beatrix Potter stuff. And the Max and Ruby books, thanks to Sara.
Sophia Brooks - May 13, 2010 9:06:03 am PDT #11376 of 28344
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
No Bunnicula, Amy?!?! And The Celery Stalks at Midnight!
Fred Pete - May 13, 2010 9:07:52 am PDT #11377 of 28344
Ann, that's a ferret.
Not exactly a classic, but Stephen King's novella "The Body" (later became the movie Stand By Me) fits the quest theme.