When I reread Watership Down four years ago for the first time in 25 years, I was reminded of what a damn good story it is, a truly epic work.
Kaylee: Captain seem a little funny to you at breakfast this morning? Wash: Come on, Kaylee. We all know I'm the funny one.
'Heart Of Gold'
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."
Kathy A - May 13, 2010 9:14:46 am PDT #11380 of 28344
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
megan walker - May 13, 2010 9:40:47 am PDT #11381 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Thanks for the great ideas!
The collection with "The Body" is the only Stephen King i've read. I know some of his stuff is dystopian--anything I should include on that list?
Sophia Brooks - May 13, 2010 10:00:30 am PDT #11382 of 28344
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
There is a bandom Bunnicula!?!
DavidS - May 13, 2010 10:00:40 am PDT #11383 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I know some of his stuff is dystopian--anything I should include on that list?
The Stand. One of his better books too.
Fred Pete - May 13, 2010 10:05:04 am PDT #11384 of 28344
Ann, that's a ferret.
Second The Stand. But there are two versions. When it was originally published during the '70s, editors trimmed quite a bit. He republished the original version in the early '90s, with the trimmed parts added back in.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon might qualify as a quest -- it's about a girl lost in the woods and trying to get out. But it seems kind of tangential to the quest theme, and it isn't very memorable.
Atropa - May 13, 2010 10:06:16 am PDT #11385 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, yes! I forgot! (Speaking of which, you have to read the bandom fic AU of Bunnicula, Sophia. Hysterical.)
What. WHAT?! WHY HAVE YOU NOT LINKED ME TO THIS?
Kathy A - May 13, 2010 10:07:10 am PDT #11386 of 28344
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The original version of The Stand has some great additional plotlines added back in (Trashcan Man comes to mind), but the 400 extra pages do make the story drag a lot more than the first published version did.
Amy - May 13, 2010 10:10:37 am PDT #11387 of 28344
Because books.
I love The Stand. One of my favorite books ever.
Trashcan Man comes to mind
"Hey there, Happy Crappy." Good times.
Sophia and Jilli, the link is here. It's just Panic, but it's adorable.
-t - May 13, 2010 10:11:46 am PDT #11388 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I want to say Neuromancer, but I'm not sure it really fits.
DavidS - May 13, 2010 10:14:52 am PDT #11389 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I want to say Neuromancer, but I'm not sure it really fits.
Yeah, I don't know if it's Dystopian when I want to live in that world.