Some of them talk about reading like it's a dose of medicine.
Right. It's like the ethical responsibility of an educated person. It's a very different cultural presumption.
Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.
'The Message'
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."
DavidS - Aug 19, 2010 7:07:03 pm PDT #12069 of 28342
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
DavidS - Aug 19, 2010 7:09:10 pm PDT #12070 of 28342
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, David, you should at least read And Then There Were None
Didn't the Butler do it?
and Murder on the Orient Express.
I saw that!
Dana - Aug 19, 2010 7:09:47 pm PDT #12071 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Miss Marple rules. I like "The Mirror Crack'd."
-t - Aug 19, 2010 7:09:50 pm PDT #12072 of 28342
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Bleak House is also in some ways considered the precursor to the detective novel.
I knew there was a Dickens that was relevant but I couldn't come up with it. Possibly because I haven't read it.
megan walker - Aug 19, 2010 7:13:45 pm PDT #12073 of 28342
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I really don't like Miss Marple (the character). Some of her mysteries are okay, but they aren't my favorites.
megan walker - Aug 19, 2010 7:35:47 pm PDT #12074 of 28342
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Okay, I lied. I started thinking about my Top Ten and two of them are Miss Marple mysteries.
Top Ten Agatha Christies:
A Murder is Announced
The A.B.C. Murders
And Then There Were None
The Man in the Brown Suit
(I realize this is completely irrational but there it is)
Murder at Hazelmoor
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Murder on the Orient Express
N or M?
(I love Tommy and Tuppence)
What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Dana - Aug 19, 2010 7:37:26 pm PDT #12075 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I want to love Tommy and Tuppence, but the only one I really like is...um...oh, crap, it's some quote from Macbeth. "Something Wicked This Way Comes", I think.
megan walker - Aug 19, 2010 7:38:03 pm PDT #12076 of 28342
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
ETA: That's the one where she brings them out of retirement because so many people liked them. I wouldn't have wanted more books with them, but I liked the early spy stuff.
Dana - Aug 19, 2010 7:38:51 pm PDT #12077 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Close! Same line!
Typo Boy - Aug 19, 2010 8:01:55 pm PDT #12078 of 28342
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.
Also read a Harley Quin short story or two. As far as I know Agatha's only foray into the supernatural, and genuinely chilling. The non-supernatural character Mr Satterthwaite is sort of scary/pathetic as well if you think about him too much.