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.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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."
Katerina Bee - Aug 09, 2006 8:49:10 am PDT #1149 of 28133
Herding cats for fun
DavidS - Aug 09, 2006 9:05:40 am PDT #1150 of 28133
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Katie, did you look under Two Years Vacation?
I wonder if it's available at Project Gutenberg. Wouldn't Verne be in the public domain by now?
It's listed on Amazon as Adrift in the Pacific, Two Years Holiday.
Katerina Bee - Aug 09, 2006 9:32:12 am PDT #1151 of 28133
Herding cats for fun
Thanks David. That was fast! I do know now that this volume had more than one title, and that's why it was (once) almost impossible to find. Happily I acquired the exact same edition I read in middle school and the familiar cover makes me happy every time I see it.
meara - Aug 09, 2006 2:00:12 pm PDT #1152 of 28133
I wonder if it's available at Project Gutenberg. Wouldn't Verne be in the public domain by now?
He is, including Around the World in 80 Days and 20000 Leagues, but that one is not, apparently.
-t - Aug 10, 2006 1:38:26 pm PDT #1153 of 28133
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Has anyone read Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire series? I picked up Dead as a Doornail thinking it was the first book, but it is not, and now I can't decide whether to go ahead and read it or go find the actual first in the series. Does order matter, in this case?
Consuela - Aug 10, 2006 3:10:45 pm PDT #1154 of 28133
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I tried to read the first of those and put it down halfway through. Other people have had more success with them, though, and HBO has picked them up for series development.
-t - Aug 10, 2006 3:13:35 pm PDT #1155 of 28133
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hm. I guess I will try this one and see if I like it. Thanks!
Typo Boy - Aug 10, 2006 4:48:51 pm PDT #1156 of 28133
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
-t , Sookie did not grab me. However I really liked Grave Sight. IJS.
Typo Boy - Aug 10, 2006 4:55:06 pm PDT #1157 of 28133
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
-t - Aug 10, 2006 5:04:27 pm PDT #1158 of 28133
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good to know, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks, Gar.
Eta: I just found that! Intriguing.