Apparently, Salman, Salman's nine year old son, and I have been sharing a theory since book 6 came out. I think that's almost as cool as it is that we're (spoiler if you're familiar with my opinions of HP) "basically right" .
So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.
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."
Am-Chau Yarkona - Aug 03, 2006 9:36:24 pm PDT #1140 of 28131
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Aims - Aug 07, 2006 1:30:45 pm PDT #1141 of 28131
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Finished Watership Down. I liked it.
Kathy A - Aug 07, 2006 1:31:58 pm PDT #1142 of 28131
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
And your favorite rabbit was?
Aims - Aug 07, 2006 1:34:30 pm PDT #1143 of 28131
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Fiver, at first. He reminded me of Ender. But then, as I read more, Hazel reminded me more of Ender.
And I really liked Bigwig.
Consuela - Aug 07, 2006 4:26:38 pm PDT #1144 of 28131
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Bigwig. Such a hero.
Connie Neil - Aug 08, 2006 5:26:00 am PDT #1145 of 28131
brillig
Bigwig rules.
beth b - Aug 08, 2006 9:12:31 pm PDT #1146 of 28131
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
so if you had never read any Jules Verne, but were thinking about it, where would you start?
Gris - Aug 09, 2006 4:39:02 am PDT #1147 of 28131
Hey. New board.
20,000 leagues is probably the best. My dad has a big love-on for Journey to the Center of the Earth. Either would serve.
-t - Aug 09, 2006 6:35:15 am PDT #1148 of 28131
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The only Verne I've actually read is Around the World in 80 Days and From the Earth to the Moon (I think, that second might be one of his other moon books, I'm not sure). I'd recommend 80 Days, personally, it's pretty entertaining and doesn't have any speculation that has since been proven false (which can be entertaining in its own right, but takes me out of the story).
Katerina Bee - Aug 09, 2006 8:49:10 am PDT #1149 of 28131
Herding cats for fun
I really enjoyed a hard to find YA Jules Verne book called "A Long Vacation." When I was in middle school I thought it was a fine antidote for "Lord of the Flies." Plot is about castaway schoolboys, and fortunately their leader is a good guy. So they have gardens and goats and a shelter for winter and none of the littleuns are burned up in a fire. When Amazon came along and I still couldn't find it I was deeply bummed.