Book ,'Objects In Space'
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."
David! I meant to tell you yesterday, Lost Girls is absolutely brilliant. It's a work of art. And great porn. I need to go back and read it again -- there's a staggering amount of detail in there, and I know I didn't catch all of it.
(Jilli, if you're around, you must never, never read this book, as you would probably find it upsetting in ways you didn't even know were possible.)
sj, I was just reading Imperial San Francisco and it had all kinds of fascinating scuttlebutt about my hometown. Lots of skullduggery and wild scandal and blackmail and - curiously - lots of newspapermen shooting each other. The town is founded on two papers the Chronicle and the Examiner - and they were owned by the De Youngs (see, our main art museum) and the Hearts (see Citizen Kane). Anyway - shooting and killing people over editorials!
That sounds more like something I would be more interested in than Teacup Guy would be, but I will keep it in mind.
Edited, because I really can form sentences when I am not half asleep.
It's a work of art. And great porn.
What more can you ask for?!?
I finally got around to reading Ursula K. LeGuin's Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind last month. SO thrilled that they have the same "feel" as the original trilogy, as if these are folk tales passed down through generation after generation that I'm just now being told for the first time. Tehanu had me worried that I wouldn't like any of her more recent writing.
I am reading Howl's Moving Castle and loving it. Why did I not listen to everyone who told me about Diana Wynne Jones before this? WHY? What other books of hers do you all recommend?
(Jilli, if you're around, you must never, never read this book, as you would probably find it upsetting in ways you didn't even know were possible.)
So what you're saying is that I should let Pete read it first when the copy we ordered finally turns up? Okay.
I don't know how attached you are to the source materials as childhood stories, but I think there are things happening to Wendy Darling in this book that you would not like.
[I would, however, highly recommend watching Pete while he reads book 3, as I imagine his facial expressions will be quite entertaining.]
For any of you who are enjoying "His Majesty's Dragon," this is very interesting news.
I don't know how attached you are to the source materials as childhood stories,
Not as attached as people might suspect. I'm okay with those stories being subverted. I just don't want to know if Winnie the Pooh porn exists.
but I think there are things happening to Wendy Darling in this book that you would not like.
Hmm. I think I'll stick with the plan of making Pete read the book first.
[I would, however, highly recommend watching Pete while he reads book 3, as I imagine his facial expressions will be quite entertaining.]
Bwah! Okay, I'll keep that in mind.