I finally got to read the last one, and all I can say is WOW I didn't expect them to go there!
Darquesse's identity? (Plus, OMGWTF pregnant mom?!?)
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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Steph L. - Aug 11, 2010 7:39:08 am PDT #11872 of 28503
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
DawnK - Aug 11, 2010 8:10:32 am PDT #11873 of 28503
giraffe mode
BOTH! I think the mom part more - something seems fishy, ya know?
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2010 8:18:13 am PDT #11874 of 28503
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The mom part didn't bug me, except as a way to ratchet up potential for pain.
As for Darquesse, I think she'll be Valkyrie's mirror-reflection. There's too much hinky stuff going on with there being gaps in its memory when Valkyrie gets all its memories from a given time period. Also, I think there was some mention of it having some emotion -- annoyance, maybe, or impatience?
That's my guess.
DawnK - Aug 11, 2010 8:40:42 am PDT #11875 of 28503
giraffe mode
I dunno, I just got a freaky-strange vibe from it but that could be because of the time gaps between Val being home and away.
I agree on Darquesse - there has been strange stuff going on since Playing With Fire (wasn't there a kiss at school too?).
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2010 9:07:35 am PDT #11876 of 28503
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
wasn't there a kiss at school too?
Yes! Which is sort of creepy.
Laga - Aug 11, 2010 11:16:49 am PDT #11877 of 28503
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille is great so far. He had me right off the bat with matzoh ball soup and Irish music and I was taken by surprise when it turned out to be a shoot-em-up. The relationship between Billy and Souci is believably aggravating. I've laughed out loud a few times. It almost reminds me of if Carl Hiaasen wrote sci fi. I just got past the surprising twist in the middle, "I don't like cops."
I know I've read some Brust before, for sure some short stories and I'm pretty sure I read the Taltos books but I can't remember a thing about them.
Typo Boy - Aug 12, 2010 8:50:06 pm PDT #11878 of 28503
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.
Yeah this is very different.
Consuela - Aug 12, 2010 8:54:53 pm PDT #11879 of 28503
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I read Matt Ruff's Bad Monkeys this week. It's a very entertaining read, rather meta (narrative within narrative), deals with questions of good and evil and the proper means of managing them. Not entirely sure I liked it, but I wanted to keep reading.
Ruff is a really interesting writer: everything he writes is entirely different than everything else. I have to respect that, even though it makes it difficult to know whether you'll like the next thing he comes out with.
Typo Boy - Aug 12, 2010 8:59:07 pm PDT #11880 of 28503
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.
Actually one thing love about Brust many styles uses one he find suits particular story or series.
beth b - Aug 12, 2010 9:05:14 pm PDT #11881 of 28503
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I liked Bad monkeys
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