wasn't there a kiss at school too?
Yes! Which is sort of creepy.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
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."
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2010 9:07:35 am PDT #11876 of 28736
That which does not kill you should RUN
Laga - Aug 11, 2010 11:16:49 am PDT #11877 of 28736
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 28736
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 28736
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 28736
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 28736
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I liked Bad monkeys
happy green eggs and ham day
Polter-Cow - Aug 12, 2010 9:19:07 pm PDT #11882 of 28736
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I read Bad Monkeys a few months ago and found it very entertaining as well. I definitely liked it. It's one of the most page-turning books I've ever read.
Consuela - Aug 13, 2010 7:30:17 am PDT #11883 of 28736
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yup, I would agree it was very page-turning, even when I was going o_0 at Jane's choices.
Kat - Aug 13, 2010 7:53:13 am PDT #11884 of 28736
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I read Little Bee yesterday and thought it was AMAZING. Anyone else read it?
Laga - Aug 14, 2010 10:35:07 am PDT #11885 of 28736
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I finished Cowboy Feng iffy about the ending. I have a helf-baked theory that Brust started the book without an ending in mind and when he got to that point he just couldn't think of anything else. But I did enjoy the ride.