For any of you who are enjoying "His Majesty's Dragon," this is very interesting news.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
Anne W. - Sep 12, 2006 1:33:54 pm PDT #1214 of 28134
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2006 1:35:56 pm PDT #1215 of 28134
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2006 1:36:40 pm PDT #1216 of 28134
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
[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.
JZ - Sep 12, 2006 1:42:08 pm PDT #1217 of 28134
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I already know that I won't be able to cope at all with Lost Girls, which makes me sad because I so much love Alan Moore. And I've read enough interviews with him and reviews of the book that I understand intellectually what he and his coauthor/artist are doing and why, I respect it enormously, and I'll defend it ferociously, but I still know there's absolutely no way I personally can read it.
Ouise - Sep 12, 2006 2:19:07 pm PDT #1218 of 28134
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
WHY? What other books of hers do you all recommend?
Everything! I find her consistently wonderful. You should probably start with Castle in the Air, the sequel to Howl's Moving Castle.
Other favourites of mine are Darklord of Derkholm and Power of Three. I also recommend all the Chrestomanci books (there's a new one coming out in October!)
sumi - Sep 12, 2006 2:42:08 pm PDT #1219 of 28134
Art Crawl!!!
I didn't even know that there was a sequel to Howl's Moving Castle!!
Ooh, new Chrestomanci book!!!
Excellent!!
Ouise - Sep 12, 2006 3:18:21 pm PDT #1220 of 28134
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Ooh, new Chrestomanci book!!!
Yes, I'm very excited! I didn't think to link to it in my previous post, so here it is.
StolenCubicle - Sep 12, 2006 3:30:32 pm PDT #1221 of 28134
"I love their text! It just has so much sub."
That makes, what, six Books, and seven short stories in the Chrestomanci universe(s)?
Consuela - Sep 12, 2006 3:30:53 pm PDT #1222 of 28134
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, it hasn't been posted here, yet.
Naomi Novik's Temeraire series has been optioned by Peter Jackson.
Heh.
Ouise - Sep 12, 2006 3:53:13 pm PDT #1223 of 28134
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
That makes, what, six Books, and seven short stories in the Chrestomanci universe(s)?
Six books, yes. I only know the four short stories that were collected in Mixed Magics. Are there more?